Reflections

Reflections

A new way of working Sometimes, something happens which unexpectedly changes your outlook going forward. Now that my 3 month residency at Gosforth Nature Reserve is over and the exhibition packed away, I can start to reflect on what I’ve learned from the...
Responding to Nature

Responding to Nature

Sketchbook inspiration I’ve now been spending time getting to know Gosforth Nature Reserve as their Artist in Residence for around 6 weeks. My time on site is spent walking and observing, listening to birdsong, taking photographs and sketching. Most of the...
Exploring the North Sea

Exploring the North Sea

North Sea, August It’s a huge privilege to live near the coast. Once you’ve experienced it, it’s very difficult to move away. Whether you like to swim, surf or just walk along the beach, it’s an addictive presence. One of my favourite things to...
Nature’s Cycle: a new print series

Nature’s Cycle: a new print series

A seed of an idea Last year, we were all shocked and appalled at the felling of the tree at Sycamore Gap.  The incident led me to think a lot about the power of nature to renew – already, a seedling grown from the tree has been replanted. The roots continue to feed...
Ex Libris: a commission

Ex Libris: a commission

A very personal commission It’s not very often that an opportunity comes along to create something unique and personal in printmaking. Relief prints, by their nature, can be printed repeatedly from a single block, and are therefore usually made in editions of (nearly)...
For the Love of the Toon

For the Love of the Toon

Howay the Lads Howay the Lads is a print unlike any other I’ve made. It’s important to me that, far from being an accurate representation of a place or an event, it represents a feeling, a noise, a surging of excitement, a passion. It depicts that moment before the...