Sunday, 20,December,2020 | Blog
A while ago I decided to create a linocut of an eccentric and rather “unloved” looking building in Brighton – the Western Pavilion. This building was created as a domestic dwelling in the style of the famous Royal Pavilion, but has been bashed about...
Wednesday, 21,October,2020 | Blog
Walking in Brighton a year or so ago, I saw an intriguing building that was like a mini Royal Pavilion. I returned recently to take a closer look, with a view to creating a linocut of it. The Royal Pavilion’s “baby brother” It’s called the...
Sunday, 26,March,2023 | Blog
After a series of posters of some of my favourite spots in the UK, I have returned to the world of theatre! The Fortune Theatre, Covent Garden, London, with The Woman in Black Recently, I was asked if I had a poster of the Fortune Theatre in London – long time...
Thursday, 5,January,2023 | Blog
My artistic efforts are at the moment divided between illustration and linocut printmaking. In the run up to Christmas, and during the holiday, I’ve been very industrious in producing new illustrations of places that inspire me around Britain. These are being...
Wednesday, 23,November,2022 | Blog
I’ve added some more theatrical Christmas or winter cards to my shop this year. Although printmaking with lino is my main thing, I do enjoy other forms of art as well. Two years ago, I started an Etsy shop with some cards featuring some of my linocut prints. I...
Wednesday, 22,June,2022 | Blog
Just over a week ago I went back to Somerset, where I grew up, to take part in the annual Mendip Challenge with an old friend. Thousands of people sign up for a sponsored walk of various lengths across the Mendip hills back to Uphill cricket ground on the outskirts of...
Wednesday, 27,April,2022 | Blog
I have now completed my new linocut of the boats and River Axe at Uphill on the outskirts of Weston-super-Mare. This is an interesting and peaceful end of the beach, and I’m hoping to do more linocuts of the area – and, hopefully, a series on the Axe...
Sunday, 3,April,2022 | Blog
For the last week or so I’ve been working on a new linocut of the boatyard area of Uphill in Somerset. The scene at Uphill My original hometown is Weston-super-Mare in Somerset. At the far end of the town is the village of Uphill. It is on the coast and has now...
Saturday, 2,April,2022 | Blog
Recently I worked on a sketch of one of the boats here on Hastings beach – turning it into a smallish (approximately A4) colour linocut. Here’s the original sketch:- Sketch of Hastings fishing boat with the linocut block beside it. It was done as a...
Saturday, 19,February,2022 | Blog
I wrote about printmaking papers in my series about the various supplies and tools needed for linocut printmaking at home. But since then I have got myself a small press and have been able to try out a few of the heavier printmaking papers. So here’s my humble...
Friday, 28,January,2022 | Blog
I’m working on a couple of linocuts at the moment. One is a large linocut of the Tower of London (pictured above in an early draft). I started this before Christmas with a view to also using it in a design I have in mind. The other is a small linocut of one of...
Friday, 20,August,2021 | Blog
I’ve been wanting to do a linocut of Herstmonceux Observatory for a while. I like astronomy and science as a topic for prints. The buildings and structures used by astronomers and physicists really interest me. Herstmonceux Observatory is not far from here, out...
Monday, 3,May,2021 | Blog
A look at those other bits and bobs that are useful for printmaking with lino. Bench hook Bench hooks are wooden slabs that help hold lino in position on the table while you are carving. I find them very useful to stop the lino escaping away from you, and they...
Tuesday, 13,April,2021 | Blog
Here’s a quick look at what I’ve discovered so far by trial and error about carving tools, ink rollers (brayers, I think, for any Americans reading this?), and other useful bits and bobs that are useful for linocut printmakers. For my thoughts on lino,...
