Carving Waratahs…Linocut…Linoprint…Linoblock

Still carving away on the "Waratahs". It is slow but that's because it has some intricate carving that needs to be taken carefully. When carving small complex areas with a number 1 blade (the smallest v-shaped gouge - lino carving tool) you need to go slowly and carefully. The artists lino whilst easier to carve... Continue Reading →

June 18, 2008 1

Wildlife Art @ Discovery – Canberra Exhibition

Just a quick note to say that two of my works have been selected to be part of the Wildlife Art @ Discovery - CSIRO Discovery Centre Clunies Ross Street, Black Mountain, Canberra ACT. The exhibition runs from 27th June to 6th July, 2008. The Exhibition is presented by WABA - Wildlife And Botanical Artists.... Continue Reading →

June 17, 2008 2

Carving a new Linocut – Linoblock…Waratahs

I am currently carving this new linoblock - Waratahs. I am still deciding on the style of hatching I would like to carve on the leaves - so have left the sections that you can see on the leaves at the top of this image as flat raised areas - need to make the decision... Continue Reading →

June 15, 2008 0

In the garden today…Grevillea “peaches and cream”

Grevilleas are lovely in the garden and are a good source of nectar for many of the local native birds. This plant is a more recent addition to our garden but has grown well and has these gorgeous flowers. I have grown many of the plants that I use in my artwork. Although those waratahs... Continue Reading →

June 14, 2008 0

Swamp bloodwood…Corymbia ptychocarpa

There a few of these lovely trees in our area -previously classified as Eucalyptus ptychocarpa but on the re-classification round-about have become Corymbia ptychocarpa. Shame that the linocut I made several years ago is called Eucalyptus... Their common name is Swamp or Spring bloodwood - a Western Australian species. They tend to be an open... Continue Reading →

June 11, 2008 0

Artists Lino and Linocut design…Thinking outside the square.

Just a quick thought - often we approach design for linocuts with the thought in the back of our mind of the standard sizes of the linoleum blocks - squares of 15cm x 15cm or 30cm x 30cm. So we design accordingly to these 'specifications'. I found it immensely liberating when I bought my first... Continue Reading →

June 8, 2008 0

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