My work mainly features the urban environment and the places I know best: London and its nearby area. It is an interest in architecture and a fascination with the way space is taken up in our cities that have led to these pieces, as well as the patterns, repetition and colours found in the built environment. Some of this interest occasionally spills over to lead to work of other subject matter.
I work predominately in relief print, a hand process involving cutting away areas from the surface of a flat block of lino, inking the remaining area and printing from this on to paper. I use oil based inks and print on high quality 100% cotton rag Fabriano paper using an albion press, a Victorian letter press.
The sizes refer to the actual image size. Each image has been signed and numbered under the bottom edge adding approximately another one to two centimetres to that dimension.
If you wish to purchase a print I now take payment by paypal which is a secure method of paying. Or if you would rather pay by cheque please contact me using the link on this website. I send the prints ready mounted to fit in a standard sized frame. The price includes UK postage by next day special delivery which needs to be signed for on delivery. I will let you know by email when I have posted it. For customers wishing to have the print sent abroad please choose the postage option.
Special Notice for September 2010
I am unable to post out orders during most of September, so if you have an order you are in a hurry for please place it by the morning of Friday 3 September. On Friday 1 October I will be resuming postal orders again. By all means place an order but it will be October before it gets in the post.
Meanwhile if you are near any of the galleries listed in the background page they might have what you are looking for.
2010 upcoming shows:
8-10 October: Fulham Palace Art Fair, Bishop's Avenue SW6 6EA. This is a new fair by the organisers of the successful Brighton Art Fair and so is going to be an exciting event. I will be in Bishop Terrick's Drawing Room with the Fountain Gallery Artists. Opening times for the fair are Fri 8 October 11am-7.30pm. Sat 9 Oct 10am - 6pm and sun 10 Oct 10am - 5pm. I have a very limited number of private view tickets for the Thursday evening, please let me know if you'd like one. I also have a few 241s, again let me know if you would like one. I will distribute both at the beginning of October on a first come first served basis.
15-17 October: Landmark Art Fair, Teddington - more details coming
20-24 October: Affordable Art Fair, London - more details coming
16-19 December: Spitalfields Arts Market - more details coming
Workshops:
Creative Printmaking without a Press
If you want to learn about making your own linocut prints and the relief printmaking process, I run workshops at the Landmark Arts Centre in Teddington, Middlesex. The next series of six sessions starts on Thursday 4 November. The cost is £99 including basic materials.
For booking please go to www.landmarkartscentre.org and click on the heading classes and activities. If you wish you can contact me for more information before booking (use the contact link above).