Category Archives: Printmaking

A print is not necessarily a reproduction of a painting.

On Flight – With or Without Wings

Each month, even each day, can bring mixed blessings and recent times have been no different.  My entry of ‘Monarch’ into the South East Art Society‘s Open Art Awards achieved a Highly Commended, which was certainly a buzz.  In the … Continue reading

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Galloping into the New Year

Already, January has disappeared into a cloud of dust – literally, here, with the weather being dry, hot and very often windy – and we are fast approaching the middle of February.  Already, several projects have been completed and others … Continue reading

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Always Something to Learn in Printmaking

Despite anticipation and excitement over learning something new at the September Grampians Brushes in Halls Gap, I experienced a good dollop of angst in the lead-up.  I’d enrolled to take David Frazer’s weekend workshop on multi-coloured linocuts and wood engraving.  … Continue reading

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Printmaking – Disappearing Block

Having tested the water with a reduction lino cut with the Jester (see previous post) I decided to challenge myself with a larger, more detailed work, using the reduction method of cutting a block.  The John Shaw Neilson Acquisitive Art … Continue reading

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Life’s Like That

The above print was done for an exchange with an on-line international group of printmakers.  When I first did the design, it was a bit of whimsy, but the theme, of being manipulated by outside forces, quickly became reality. I … Continue reading

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