I draw, I sketch and produce mixed-media collages but my absolute passion is for linocutting, and it has been since the mid 1990's. I enjoy the physical process of cutting and carving the lino with freshly honed tools and I find the variety of styles and marks I can achieve with such simple materials always challenging but endlessly surprising and satisfying. You can read more about me and my work here.
NEWS SNIPPETS - March 2025
February flew by in a blur of teaching and forced a pause in my first large scale edition of the year - a view within Bodnant Garden. Fingers crossed, it should be finished by the end of the month. Next week I'm heading to Runcorn to run a 2 day reduction linocut course for a small group and early April I'll be closer to home with the Dwygyfylchi Art Society for a 'beginners' session.
In 'Early Work' you'll find a changing selection of (I guess the title says it all really) work which I completed more than 10 years ago. An ideal place to browse for affordable linocuts if you're new to buying original art.
The Greetings Cards page has new handprinted 'trios' of William Morris inspired cards, printed on Mulberry paper. On the One-off Print Based Works page, there are some new mixed packs of gift tags and miniprints which use the same Williams Morris design overprinted on various multicoloured backgrounds.
A new 'Seasons' page has been added to the Linocuts area of my shop and six wintery editions, some, which you may not have seen before, can be found there. My newer/current work may be tucked away in the individual category pages, so if you're looking for a coastal image or a mountain, or a waterfall, that's probably the best place to start.
Reduction linocutting is one of the most complex and intriguing forms of relief printmaking - it requires having to work with a reversed sketch or drawing, being able to envisage multiple layers of tone and colour, all whilst working toward a final image which exists only in my head.
The reduction process involves using a single block of lino which is progressively cut away for each layer of colour. As the block is essentially destroyed during the process, a reduction print can never be reprinted or re-editioned, guaranteeing a genuinely limited edition.
