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Rinsey Rockpool
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...
July
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...
White Horses
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...
The Phone Cases
So we have these gorgeous phone cases instigated by my daughter Elle, who has been on the case of my social media and is taking over my marketing. Means I'll get more cutting time, YEY! but also I get pics put up of me in my pyjamas! Thanks El My artwork printed on phone cases. We've partnered with a print on demand company so the cases come out directly to you from them. After our initial hiccup all seems to be working well. So thank you so much to all our 'early adopters' who were very patient while we sorted...
Evening Reflections
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...