Seaside Wildflowers – The Development of a new Fine Art Linocut

SEASIDE WILDFLOWERS - CREATING A FINE ART LINOCUT The centrepiece artwork for my new exhibition at the Northern Rivers Art Gallery is a new linocut - Seaside Wildflowers. Back in February I was approached by the Northern Rivers Art Gallery Director Ingrid Hedgcock, to exhibit alongside an exhibition of the Master Woods Craftsman & his... Continue Reading →

December 6, 2013 2

The process of developing my Australian Wildflower & Wildlife Alphabets

Over 10 years ago I worked on an Australia Fauna Alphabet but over the years my artwork, style & designs have developed & so a few years ago I decided to revisit the idea of producing a new Australian Wildlife Alphabet. Alongside this I wanted to also develop an Australian Wildflower Alphabet. When I produced... Continue Reading →

November 29, 2013 6

Blue Mountains Wildflowers first prints

Well today I tackled the first printing of this new design. I set up the print studio and rolled out the ink onto the glass plate ready to ink the carved lino block. You get an impression of how the print will actually look printed from the first roll of the black ink onto the... Continue Reading →

August 19, 2013 1

New Designs – Wildflowers Blue Mountains

I must apologise for such a big break between posts. One of my dearest family members became very ill and passed away so I have been away several times in the past few months helping out. It has been a very sad time for me but I also very much valued the final time I... Continue Reading →

August 16, 2013 1

Linocuts – Week 1 Back to work carving

I have managed to start caving some small lino blocks in the last week or so and it is all going well with my shoulder so far which is excellent. Here is a small image of some of the carvings - they are a couple of small designs I was working on back in 2012.... Continue Reading →

March 24, 2013 8

In the print studio … first proofs – averting problems with stray lino chips

Today I made it to the print studio to do some proof printing of my new design - 'Postcards' series - Sturt Desert Pea. Here is the final carved lino block. One of the curses of printmakers is dirt and lino chip particles that get mixed with the ink and end up on the block... Continue Reading →

May 10, 2012 2

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