These past 2 weeks have been a bit of a roller-coaster. After delivering my eldest son to the airport - he has moved to Melbourne - I was hit suddenly by a severe virus and spent all of last week in bed, basically in isolation as no-one else in the house wanted it - nor... Continue Reading →
Just a quick note just to show the very slow progress (due to things like unexpected trips to Sydney) on carving the banksias design. It is also a bit challenging to place all those veins in from the perspective of carving with lino that can be soft and pliable and therefore easily chipped out where... Continue Reading →
Earlier this year I was asked to complete a small linocut of Tasmanian Christmas Bells. Fortunately I had taken some photos a long time ago of the Blandfordia punicea and have in my garden grown the local NSW Christmas Bells Blandfordia nobilis and Blandfordia grandiflora. I had previously completed a small linocut of the NSW... Continue Reading →
They say sometimes what goes around comes around. Or perhaps it should be called in this instance the sometimes 'obsessive' nature of artists!! After spending ages on the original drawing design - inking it up and then deciding to fiddle around with it to make it just that little bit better - I have taken... Continue Reading →
I thought I would work through the process I have used to design the current linocut I am currently working on and a few of the thought processes. In my previous post I noted I have been looking at banksias lately and in particular Banksia serrata from my garden. I have been photographing my own... Continue Reading →
After 2 trips to Sydney in 2 months and a third coming up I have been trying to squeeze work in around all this 'busyness'. I have finally finished the rough completion of 2 projects I have been working on for over 10 years and as soon as the actual edition prints are painted and... Continue Reading →
Wildflowerings - Art Studio Diary 