Current inspiration:
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Local and migrant bird species .
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A range of habitats, including our back garden and walks to my allotment.
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The Norfolk coast.
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Occasional travels to interesting places such as Romania, Iceland or Lesvos.
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Plant prints also fascinate me and I teach and maintain this ‘habit’ regularly.
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I print and edition my own work, usually in very small edition numbers (most below 20) to keep them special.
My original fine art training was in printmaking and I keep my love of it alive by teaching it to others and creating new work inspired by wildlife and travel.
My original fine art training was in printmaking and I keep my love of it alive by teaching it to others and creating new work inspired by wildlife and travel.
Earlier prints from my ambitious student days involved huge and dramatic landscapes, often as big as I was. Now with the practicalities of life to deal with I work smaller and tend to home in on more intimate aspects of landscape: the mini worlds or niches of animals and plants that occupy it and their ‘happenings’.
Since meeting my partner, a keen birder, I have developed a latent interest in birds and continue to be fascinated with learning about them and the bigger picture of the natural world in all it’s complexity. So a lot of current ideas are found while out watching birds, or invertebrates and other creatures on the allotment or where ever I may be.
I use a wide range of printing techniques including silkscreen, lino, other relief printing, drypoint and etching. I enjoy them all equally.
Since meeting my partner, a keen birder, I have developed a latent interest in birds and continue to be fascinated with learning about them and the bigger picture of the natural world in all it’s complexity. So a lot of current ideas are found while out watching birds, or invertebrates and other creatures on the allotment or where ever I may be.
I use a wide range of printing techniques including silkscreen, lino, other relief printing, drypoint and etching. I enjoy them all equally.
I exhibit my prints at:
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local events such as Cambridge Open Studios
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the British Birdwatching Fair.
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I currently tutor print workshops at:
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The University Botanic Garden in Cambridge
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Wicken Fen (National Trust)
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