Looking at Sketchbooks
I have always loved looking at other’s sketchbooks. One of my earliest art memories is seeing a page of Samuel Palmer’s sketchbook in my loc
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Painter and Printmaker
May 24, 20203 min read
The Moth Diaries
Moths are the perfect, obliging models, who sleep during the day. I take two or three into my studio to identify and draw, where they remai
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Painter and Printmaker
Jan 26, 20203 min read
Discovering the Woodcock
My sketches and early drawing of my Woodcock print Early in December, on a cold and dreary afternoon, I left my studio to retreat to the...
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Painter and Printmaker
Nov 11, 20182 min read
Old Man - Lest We Forget
On a day when we remember those who gave so much, a poem by Edward Thomas who was killed in action on the 9th April, 1917, by a shell...
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Painter and Printmaker
Nov 7, 20185 min read
How to make a Linoprint
The following article appeared on Painters Online, the online edition of "The Artist" magazine and thought it might be useful for someone...
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Painter and Printmaker
Oct 28, 20182 min read
Turning Over a New Leaf
To know fully even one field or one land is a lifetime's experience. In the world of poetic experience it is depth that counts, not...
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Painter and Printmaker
Oct 17, 20183 min read
The Last of Summer
I might appear that I have been a little tardy with blog posts over the summer, but the truth is I have found writing rather difficult....
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Painter and Printmaker
Jul 20, 20183 min read
Sweet Suffolk Owl
The happy discovery of a tawny owl family in my garden, made me long to have the opportunity to observe owls more closely, but I was very...
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Painter and Printmaker
Jul 20, 20182 min read
Moths and Moonshine
Those of you who follow me on Instagram and Twitter will know that I am rather partial to moths. The hot, still summer days of the past...
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Painter and Printmaker
Apr 8, 20182 min read
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
To see a World in a Grain of Sand, And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand, And Eternity in an hour. Winter...
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Painter and Printmaker
Mar 11, 20181 min read
"River Man" goes to town
I am thrilled that my linocut print of a grey heron, "River Man", will be exhibited at the Mall Galleries in London with The Royal...
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