Bluebells

This is my newest edition to the flower designs. I used a mixture of lino and acrylic for this one. The black outline is lino and the colour was added later using acrylic.

This was inspired by a trip to Foxley Wood in Norfolk. Bluebells are so amazing in bulk on a beautiful sunny day.

Imitation is the best form of flattery

When I received this email earlier this week it made my day!

Hi Zoe

I thought you might like to see how you have had an influence on a new generation of artist!  We recently visited a gallery in Blakeney where my six year old son fell in love with your linocut prints.  He used his own pocket money to buy a card of "Summer Rays" and this morning has produced his own tribute to it!  I attach a picture for you to see.

Your prints are lovely.  Good luck with future work.

Best wishes

Getting emails like this makes it all worth while :-) And his picture is fab!! It's based on this one below:

Summer Rays

My First Blog

Hi, I'm a printmaker new to the world of blogging. I'm looking for fellow printmakers and artists to share experiences (good and bad!). I specialise in linocut printing, both black and white and colour. I use traditional reduction process, starting with the lightest colour to the darkest cutting from the same piece of lino. More recently I have been using lino to create the patterns and shapes and then filling in colour with acrylic. This gives me a larger freedom of colours.



This is a linocut image of Southwold Lighthouse, Suffolk. I have used linocut for the black defining shapes and patterns and acrylic for the colours. I found this gave me flexibility to use many different colours.



This is a linocut image called Summer Rays. I have used a traditional reduction process here. It was a nightmare printing with so many different colours. After this print I started to experiment with different techniques.