Little Landscapes

Busy in the studio making some small landscapes.

Glorious Day, Little Langdale

Langdale Pikes Plate

These are the first prints from a new plate inspired by a walk across the Langdale Pikes in Cumbria.

The first print is a straight intaglio treatment of black ink. I am pleased with the dynamic quality of the image.

The second print is stronger in the original than it looks in this reproduction. To produce it the plate was first wiped with a mixture of Ultramarine with Paynes Grey, then Cadmium Yellow was rollered on top along with blots of neat Cadmium Red, applied with scrim.

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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.