I have finally started to get back to work - although slowly - and have just updated my website with the final version of the 'Tawny Expressions' linocut which I have called 'Evry Move You Make...Watching YOU'. The local 'tawnies' as they are affectionately known are back of an evening hunting under the street lights... Continue Reading →
It is wet windy and cold here at the moment with a 'weather event' looming - according to the weather forecasters. Nice weather for being inside drinking coffee, making winter comfort food and well procrastinating which seems to loom large for me in recent times. I have however managed to complete one set of colour... Continue Reading →
Having finally carved, printed and now coloured this linocut (after working on the original drawing over a year ago and the pre-sketch ideas are over 2 years old!) I finally have finished! I had hand painted the emu first as you can see but it felt a bit empty so added a graded wash of... Continue Reading →
I have finally completed 4 new linocut designs. They are part of my Design Art Series and are designs using Australian Wildflowers. The last two are directly inspired and taken from own native garden. The first is Scarlet Banksia - Banksia coccinea This design is based on the Native Mistletoe - a parasitic native but... Continue Reading →
Today - 26th is Australia Day - a public holiday here in Australia and a day to celebrate all things Australian - so today I am celebrating our unique wildflowers with some of my linocut designs. The Golden Wattle - Acacia pycnantha is the Australian floral emblem. Below is a design incorporating all the Australian... Continue Reading →
Just a quick post about my work featuring in the latest Homespun yearbook (dare I say 'also available at your local newsagent') which has a focus in this issue on Australian Flora and Fauna. as you can see they featured some of my 'design art' images and a Tawny Frogmouth.
Wildflowerings - Art Studio Diary 