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 - July 2025
The Bodnant edition is (at last) complete and will be available on the website shortly - there are progress photos on my Instagram and Facebook pages.
The new and unplanned edition 'Llanw isel ar lan y Fenai' (Low tide on the Menai Strait) is currently part of Royal Cambrian Academy Annual Summer Exhibition and also is available on the Coast page of my website.
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.
Another teaching session is coming up on Sunday 20th, this time as part of the Miniprint Cymru/Wales project.
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.
