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

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 Linoleum – Lino for Linocuts…Linoprints

I must say there have been a few changes to the artists linoleum used to make linocuts/linoprints over the last 30 years or so. Many people will remember those old hard brown squares of lino we valiantly tried to carve in our high school art classes! Well they have progressed since then...thank goodness!! Below are... Continue Reading →

June 7, 2008 12

New Linocuts…Linoprints

These are 3 new linocuts that I have just finished handcolouring. They are to be part of a series of 12... You can see the linoblock carvings here and the black and white prints here.

May 25, 2008 0

Designing…linocuts…inside the processing…

Designing linocuts or any artwork can be a very individual process depending on many factors including the media the artist works in, the style of work and can even come down to the space/time available. Many artists work in a highly intuitive and spontaneous manner, particularly in the contemporary arts practice and produce the most... Continue Reading →

May 14, 2008 0

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