Shadowlands

I have submitted two mono prints in response to an open call from for work put out by Vertiline In Love ‏ @vertilineinlove. Print artists were invited to depict Sheffield in small, black and white original works. There are some beautiful prints in a wide variety of styles opening new windows on a familiar city.

My own work shows the view that unfolds driving down Spout Lane in Stannington. I  love this unfolding vista of home, which I have seen nearly every day for the past twenty years.

Vertiline in Love's  http://vertilineinlove.com          exciting pop up exhibition, Shadowlands is currently on in Birds Yard, Chapel Walk, Sheffield.

Snow Day

It looked beautiful and it is hardly a long journey, but the studio was not enticing today! For more in a similar vein visit The Priory Garden.

Happy New Year

We have been playing around with wooden puzzles over Christmas and I think it has inspired a rather Rubic's cube quality in this new small plate. The background ink was French blue, let down with plate oil, then neat cadmium yellow was rolled over the top and , finally, patches of crimson pressed on with scrim.

Clearing the Decks

Winter approaches and a damp chill invades the studio. The heater takes the edge off this enough to work, but it is too damp to leave the work itself in there. So here is a reminder of how it all looked this summer for Open Up Sheffield. Now the walls are bare, a blank canvas on which to start again.

Inking Up!

Printing the new plates has been going well so far.

Nightmare

The first in a new series of urban landscapes. It has its basis in photographs I took in Greece. This print is a triple inking of Prussian Blue, rolled over with Cadmium Yellow and Crimson.

A Wood of my Own

Visiting the David Hockney exhibition "The Bigger Picture" this weekend at the RA was an inspiration. I had designed three of the Beely Wood prints to hang together to form an extended image. I am now thinking of printing them on a single sheet of paper next time I go to Pete's to use the big press.