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 - June 2025
Where did April and May go? Could I have them back please!
The Bodnant edition is (at last) nearing completion after some drying issues with the multiple layers - there are progress photos on my Instagram and Facebook pages.
A new and unplanned edition 'Llanw isel ar lan y Fenai' (Low side on the Menai Strait) will have its first showing at the Royal Cambrian Academy Summer Show which opens June 28th, and it will be available on my website too, as soon as I can find a spare hour to do the update.
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.
For anyone in the Conwy area, I'm having a pre-house-move 'Affordable Art Sale' this coming Saturday 7th June in my village chapel Vestry.
All proceeds are going to Sightsavers. Works for sale include some of my 'early' linocuts but a real pick 'n mix of post graduation work, illustrations, paintings and more. If you're in the area, please pop in. The venue is Ty'n y Groes (just south of Conwy) Chapel Vestry between 10am and 12.30pm.
My web host informed me yesterday that my contact forms are not working as they should. Until the problem is resolved, if you need to contact me, please email me, thank you.
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.
