Category Archives: out and about

Artist In Residence: Day 2

On the second day of my residency at Urban HQ in Swansea, I carried on carving lino blocks but I also started to put some of my linocuts on display in the space. I’ll add to them as time goes on. If you’re visiting the city centre, please pop in and have a look and pick upContinue reading “Artist In Residence: Day 2”

An Artist In Residence

I have just started an artist residency at Urban HQ in Swansea. It’s a creative hub and café on the site of the old Police Station. I’ll be there throughout April, working on my linocut projects in the little gallery space by the Orchard Street entrance. As the month goes by, I’ll be exhibiting workContinue reading “An Artist In Residence”

Foraging In The Sunshine

At last! Sunshine! Spring is here! Husb and I went foraging as it’s Ramsons (wild garlic) season. We know some old woodland where the Ramsons grows prolifically and we foraged responsibly. There were celandines and wood anemones peeping through the wild garlic leaves. We also saw lots of primroses and just the one bluebell –Continue reading “Foraging In The Sunshine”

Miniprints In Mostyn

I have three linocut prints in the Miniprint Cymru Wales exhibition which has now travelled to Mostyn in Llandudno, North Wales. It opened yesterday (14th March) and continues until May 2nd. There are 270 original prints of all kinds – silkscreen, etching, drypoint, collagraph, linocut, woodblock, monotype, letterpress and cyanotype – the whole range ofContinue reading “Miniprints In Mostyn”

A Painterly Photograph

During my trip to Pakistan back in 2007, I realised the extent of creativity in that part of the world, creativity that had been flourishing for centuries if not millennia. Buildings and gardens were covered in beautiful paintings, mosaics, carvings, marquetry. I photographed a part of a mirrored mosaic on a ceiling, it looks likeContinue reading “A Painterly Photograph”

Colour In Print: Colour In Wool

Almost 20 years ago, I paid my first visit to Pakistan and was blown away by how beautiful and friendly it is. I did loads of sketches and photos and when I came back home, I used these as inspiration for new artwork. This portrait of a man from the Hunza Valley is done usingContinue reading “Colour In Print: Colour In Wool”

Hanging Out In Pakistan

Way back in 2007 (when I was a lot younger and skinnier) I went on a magical journey to Pakistan with a motley group of fellow travellers. Here I am enjoying the beautiful mountains and admiring locally spun and dyed wool in the Hunza valley. I’m standing next to my work that was exhibited inContinue reading “Hanging Out In Pakistan”

The Old Silk Route

Almost 20 years ago I journeyed to Pakistan, it was amazing. I did a lot of sketching and when I came back, those scribbles were the basis for new artwork. I was doing a lot in the three-colour separation monotype technique at the time. I learnt the process from American artist Vinita Voogd who cameContinue reading “The Old Silk Route”