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Last October I was excited to be asked if I'd design some prints for the St Ives Brewery's Craft Beer cans. I felt it was a great honour and it made me feel like I must be accepted as a proper St Ives artist despite being a Northerner. Firstly I went out to visit the locations and took photos. I was a bit worried, as to me composition is the most important starting point and designing for a can with text in important places compromises the composition. I made a tracing paper template so I could check the design layout...

One of my fave beaches. And most of 2023 it had sand. All rocks again now but how lovely it was with the sand.  I loved this photograph, so it's been a plan to cut it since I took the picture. The combination and strength of the foreground shapes makes it quite an unusual composition.  I have found this my most confusing puzzle of a print so far. I got a bit stuck in the middle but it all worked out in the end. so... working out Rinsey rockpool Here we go with all the stages Drawing on lino  First...

Back in July 22 I visited Kynance Cove on a gorgeous July evening with my sister. We swam in the sparkling water and I came home with lots of inspiring photos. April 23 I produced a print I named Kynance Light and it was my fastest selling  print. Since then I've kept looking at this photograph and wondering if it was suitable for a print. The blurred patch at the front and the stretched wave had me a bit worried as to whether it would look weird and not work, but the more I kept seeing this photo the more...

New Polzeath 14th May looking for compositions. Gorgeous big dramatic landscapes and reflections. Lovely light although slightly dark, but with enough sun to catch the white spray and that gorgeous green light in the rolling wave. I really fancied this crashing wave challenge and had no idea how it would work out. I'm very happy with the end result  I love cutting water and haven't done a print which had so much white in. My basic drawing with lots of measured even lines across the bottom for the lines of the sparkles  First cut, everything to stay white which meant a...

Antalya piers in Turkey last October. Definitely too busy for me during the day, I love my quiet Cornwall, but so beautiful in the evenings with all these golden reflections. Oops as I wrote this I realised how busy Cornwall beaches can be in the summer !  I couldn't resist having a go at these wonderful waves they're just so gentle and warm and with those intricate pier reflections. I saw this as yellows and blues and wanted to keep to that colour pallet. I was very disappointed when mixing the colours they weren't blues, just greys, but contrasting with the...