I draw, I sketch and produce mixed-media collages but my absolute passion is for linocutting, and it has been since the mid 1990's. I enjoy the physical process of cutting and carving the lino with freshly honed tools and I find the variety of styles and marks I can achieve with such simple materials always challenging but endlessly surprising and satisfying. You can read more about me and my work here.
NEWS SNIPPETS - May 2026
I'm now settled into my new home in the Vale of Clwyd and currently waiting for my studio in the garden to be completed..
The enforced wait for a large space to work (it'll be fantastic when it's ready) has meant that my linocuts so far this year are 'kitchen table' productions, so on a much smaller scale than my usual work. Moving to a more urban location has however meant lots of new material for linocuts and I'm also surrounded by a very different landscape.
Denbigh has over 200 historic buildings, some of which I'm capturing in a new set of linocuts called 'The Denbigh Series'. The first, a duo of buildings (Siop Clwyd and Sandbank Bakery) on Denbigh's High Street is complete and is available on a new 'Urban' page in the gallery shop.
In other news, I'm teaching at Bodnant Art School's new Rhos-on-Sea venue next month - a mixed media (linocut and collage/chine colle) workshop titled 'Beside the seaside, beside the sea'. Bookings are made directly through Paul or Kate at studio@bodnantart.com
Reduction linocutting is one of the most complex and intriguing forms of relief printmaking - it requires having to work with a reversed sketch or drawing, being able to envisage multiple layers of tone and colour, all whilst working toward a final image which exists only in my head.
The reduction process involves using a single block of lino which is progressively cut away for each layer of colour. As the block is essentially destroyed during the process, a reduction print can never be reprinted or re-editioned, guaranteeing a genuinely limited edition.
