Wishing all the mothers and mother figures a happy Mother’s Day and thinking about all those who are no longer with us but very much in our hearts. And mums who can’t hug their kids today, I hope it won’t be long before you can. .
Here’s to all those girls on the path to becoming women... The world is waiting. Happy International Women’s Day 2021! . Celebrating all the strong, kind and inspirational females I know. . #internationalwomensday #womensupportingwomen
I’ve been making new monotypes of calm lakescapes sketched and photographed during past road trips in Europe. I use rollers, brushes and card to apply etching inks onto a plate before pulling it through the press just once, so they are as origi
Today’s work in progress... I’m enjoying my new inks! A4 monotype . . #beach #boy #beachlife #beachwalker #summer #holiday #yellow #family #art #monotype #painting #originalprints #printmaking #mentalhealth #arttherapy #colour #strengt
With its secret, hidden paths and gloriously wild nature, Hampstead Heath has to be the most romantic place for lovers to lose themselves... . This is one of my favourite spots... one minute from the main road and you’re in another world. .
I thought I didn’t like yellow... but a few hours immersed in it has definitely lifted my spirits. . Monotype/one-off print/painting pulled through the press. . #yellow #canolafields #clavering #essex #motheranddaughter #family #art #monotyp
Lockdown III, sketches of locals on the move in North London... results of daily loitering on Hampstead Heath and in Highgate woods trying to capture my subjects before they spot me/run/cycle away/set their dog on me. The last series I did was in t
We will never forget. Thinking of those we lost on #holocaustremembranceday . . ‘Waiting, 1941’ This etching was inspired by a photo of my mum, a second generation holocaust survivor, sitting on the steps of her home in Budapest shortly
My Heart’s in the Highlands... #burnsnight . celebrating poet Robert Burns born January 25 1759 . This is the view south from Dunkeld bridge developed from a drawing in my summer 2020 sketchbook. . Drypoint and monoprint, edition of 10 . #r
A morning’s inking... warming up for a bigger piece. Developed from a sketch of my son August 2020. We spent the afternoon on the bank of the Thames an hour outside London. I managed to draw him while he contemplated the murky water and just b
Print or painting? It’s actually a monotype. However it starts life as a one-off painting on perspex which is pulled through a press to create the final image. . I’ve just just added this one to my website. Click on the link in my Bio
Joining in with 2020 #topnine There’s a definite calming vibe this crazy year... . Thanks to the following curators and galleries for the exhibiting opportunities this year.. @mashamgallery @mallgalleries @mervdm @wattsgallery @gwen_hughe
Always lovely to see my prints in their homes... ‘Girl on Swing’ is in good company next to works by #franswesselman and #jillmurphy in this photo sent recently by a collector. Love the theme and feel of the stairwell gallery of black and
Someone asked me if I could make a Giclee print of my large monotype (one-off print) ‘Noon Sailing’ for her boyfriend for Christmas. So here it is... . The image is printed onto Da Vinci acid-free archival cotton rag paper 315gsm using
‘Snow Globe’, etching and aquatint is showing at the newly reopened annual printmaking exhibition at Watts Contemporary Gallery in Guildford, featuring work by 20 artists working in a diverse range of techniques. The run has been extended
Plate and Print.. . #art #printmaking #drypoint #etching #engraving #winter #winterprint #winterforest #reflections #northlondon #nw3 #hampsteadheath #christmasgifts #trees #festive #winterlandscape #interiors #homeinterior #artforinteriors #insta