“Scene I” (Whale)
Enter the hump backed whale, stage right, slowly through the dead of night… A copperplate etching with aquatint and embossing. Ronan gave me a wonderful
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Orkney Grasses
This was the very first copper plate etching plate I ever did! Malcolm, Bernard and I were in Orkney. A very special trip, a mission
Hogweed II
This was a fairly early etching on my ‘printmaking journey’. Stopping out was more meticulous than my eyes allowed for, especially with the studio gloopy
Hogweed I
Another Hogweed copper plate etching (See ‘Hogweed II’ here)! A distant relative (who I never met) was an artist, and as a child I was
Branching Out
Like Into the Trees, this print took off in its own direction! I’ve never managed to do the copy/ paste/ tracing method that a lot
Into the Trees
I enjoyed drawing this tree, it took a wee life of its own after the start. I love it when that happens! It’s a less
Oak Tree
I liked this tree – the shape is really pleasing. Don’t trees have character! Sometimes some of them just ‘speak to you’! The tone of
Windswept Oak
I decided to do a wee series of copper plate etchings of trees. This was the first one. I took it from a distinctive oak
Hogweed – work in progress
In my quest to master a lovely graduation of tone through aquatint, I tried a coffee lift on the background of this plate. I have
Wee Honesty
Wee honesty – a copper plate etching, with aquatint. Smaller than its big cousin, “Honesty”, it still represents the shadowy forms of the seedheads in