Angels Exhibition
Still time to see the Angel Festival at St. George’s church in Clun as it is open daily until January 4th My angels are hanging in the entrance porch and there are over 100 more angels inside created...
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March 21st (Spring Equinox) Back to the drawing board …Observation, Objectivity and Discipline of Drawing for 28 days. The month of February I have always placed importance on drawing that is...
View ArticleOff to the (Book Arts) Fair
BABE (Bristol Book Arts Event) at the Arnolfini was held over two days last weekend … April 11th & 12th. All 3 floors of the Arnolfini gallery were full to bursting with exhibitors showing &...
View ArticleLithography on stone.
Draw, reverse, draw again, process, process a bit more, ink up & finally …. take a print. The image drawn on the stone with ink, tusche & litho crayon Once I set eyes on the beautiful,...
View ArticleCutting Into Books & Politics. (The pen is mightier than the sword)
A new collaborative ‘Altered Books’ project with Angela Martin is currently in the Exhibition … Revisiting the Laws of England on show at The Sidney Nolan Trust alongside paintings by the late Sidney...
View ArticleGardening Progress
Gardening … Work(s) in Progress … I can never call myself a gardener but I have friends who are seriously good gardeners with amazing gardens. I regularly visit beautiful gardens like Powys Castle...
View ArticleAll in a Gardeners Year
All in a Gardeners Year … A Guide to Common Hazards… Is finished (well almost) I did it … All artwork was completed by the end of July and I have even printed out the first prototype proofs of the book...
View ArticleTime for some more Letterpress Printing
Recent prints – two colourways … Advice to self when struck with moments of indecision!
View ArticleTime
Print coming off the press Using Letterpress, monoprint & lithography together I have created another TIME print. It will be shown at the 14th exhibition of fine art prints and artists books in the...
View ArticleManchester Artist’s Book Fair
Just printing the last few book covers … Only 2 days to go until … http://www.manchesterartistsbookfair.com/come-to-the-fair.html Manchester Artist’s Book Fair on Friday 16th + Saturday 17th October...
View ArticleManchester Artists Book Fair 2016
THIS WEEKEND … Manchester Artists Book Fair 2016 is on Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th October 10 – 5.00 in the Old Fire Station. http://www.manchesterartistsbookfair.com/ There will be loads to see...
View ArticleOriginal Print Books
Latest original print books. Wandering (Not all who Wander are Lost) … This was inspired by reading and researching about bees and butterflies. It was made by first printing and over printing...
View ArticleLetterpress and Bees
Two letterpress prints (one with additional lino cuts) … both new work in progress and ‘Wandering’ Book. All created as a result of my increasing interest in both our honey bees and the large number...
View ArticlePoppies
Nov 11th … Remembrance Day World War 1 Large Poppies Screen Print 100 x 72 cm Altered Book … screen printed throughout and then reconstructed Artists Book … Letterpress, lino and woodcuts Tiny...
View ArticleThoughts on Time
New work on the theme of ‘Time Lost‘ … Letterpress and screen prints (Above) The text is blind embossed and the dandelion is printed with gold dust which creates sparkles. (difficult to portray here)....
View ArticleNew Screen Prints
I have just completed and delivered two new screen prints to the Dotty Dog Gallery in Shrewsbury. The images are of dancers and the screen prints are combined with a mono-prints layer making each...
View ArticlePas de Deux
Welcome to my Website and Blog … I am a printmaker illustrator and designer. I work with several printmaking techniques, silkscreen, lithography, intaglio and relief and I also make artists books I...
View ArticleAll in a Gardeners Year
All in a Gardeners Year … A Guide to Common Hazards… Is finished (well almost) I did it … All artwork was completed by the end of July and I have even printed out the first prototype proofs of the book...
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