Lino — Simmthing Cool

Librarian

29.6cm x 20.3cm block printing

On my recent visit to Japan we stayed in an ryokan, the tatami mats and the paper walls through which you could hear your neighbours enjoy their evening gave inspiration to this print.

Gitana

30x43 cm Block print

A powerful pose in contrast with the movement in the dress and the block based background.

It began with a sketch from a live drawing session.

Willow

29.6cm x 20.3cm block printing

On my recent visit to Japan we stayed in an ryokan, the tatami mats and the paper walls through which you could hear your neighbours enjoy their evening gave inspiration to this print.

Late night ritual

20x25 cm Block print

Exploration into rhythm. Trying to express movement in a static format.

In the pool

15.5 x 20.5 cm Block printing

A couple take a midnight dip amongst the weeds but something peculiar slides beneath.

Stranger with eye in hand

21x30 cm block print

Lino cutting is wonderful for getting the contrasts of big chunky shapes.

Free to roam

14.5cm x 20cm block printing

Merging different shapes together and letting them make their own story organically is enjoyable for me.

Toma, toma

30x40cm block print

Fingers seem like a swarm of bees as they flick and pick across the strings.

Dale, dale

30x40 cm Block print

Flamenco dancers have so much strength and thunder, I’m sure that years past they helped shape the Spanish land.

Abbé

24x32cm Block print

Music and musicians play a big part in my creativity. There is such a romanticism revolving around them.

Spring

29.6x42 cm Block print

I often go to Manchester History museum and look at artefacts from across the globe.

Spring 2

29.6x42 cm Block print and gouache

I mostly print in black, with some touches of colour made with gouache. But, sometimes, I enjoy using several blocks of colour for the same design. The result would be something like this.

Geisha 18x21.4cm 3 colour reduction print. This was my first experiment with the reduction print process.

Violeta Parra19.3x25 cm 6 colour reduction block print The South American folk singer I adore. This is inspired from listening to her a lot, a lot. — **Violeta Parra**
19.3x25 cm 6 colour reduction block print
*The South American folk singer I adore. This is inspired from listening to her a lot, a lot.*

Tea Time14.7x20.8 2 colour reduction block printSundays as a child were such an affair. Total chaos but they stay with fondness in my heart. — **Tea Time**
14.7x20.8 2 colour reduction block print
*Sundays as a child were such an affair. Total chaos but they stay with fondness in my heart.*