Evening Flight
Evening Flight
Black and white version of ‘Evening Flight, Blue’
An evocative image of gulls dispersing over a calm sea at the end of the day.
This is a monotype, a one-off unique print.
Signed and numbered on the front
Materials: Lithographic printing inks, Somerset satin paper 300g, zinc plate, etching press
Edition of 40
Size: 58 x 58cm including border (actual image: 50 x 50cm)
Orders are wrapped in acid-free tissue, loosely rolled into a thick walled 10cm wide cylinder and dispatched signed and tracked within 4 days
Etching is an ancient Intaglio printmaking technique. I have redrawn my sketch onto a grounded zinc plate using an etching needle. The plate is then placed in acid to etch the line and an aquatint added for the tone. It is inked for every print in the limited edition.