Rabbit waving

The Brewery print: Stage 7

Finished!

The Brewery, Lewes

Linocu 13 x 10 cm.

The Brewery print: Stage 6

Finished?

Not quite.

The Brewery print: Stage 5

And more colour.

The Brewery print: Stage 4

More colour, less cat.

The Brewery print: Stage 3

Now some colour!

...with a cat walking past.

The Brewery print: Stage 2

Not much more.

The Brewery print: Stage 1

Not much too see yet.

Bull House, Lewes: Stage 4

Final stage, a near black.

Bull House (Thomas Paine's house), Lewes
Linocut, 10 x 10 cm.

House print: Stage 3

Darker brown... Are we nearly finished?

House print: Stage 2

A gradient of some brown and red quickly adds more detail.

House print: Stage 1

Another print starts: Just a layer of grey that will form the shadows.

They went that way!

Linocut: Lewes Castle, final stage

Dark grey and darker green on the final layer.

Lewes Castle
Seven stage reduction linocut, 10 x 10cm.

Print in progress: Stage 6

...And darker still with the greens.

Print in progress: Stage 5

Some dark grey and brown to bring out the buildings; again, masking to keep the green of the previous layer clean.

Print in progress: Stage 4

More dark green, with careful masking to keep the rest of the image clean.

Print in progress: Stage 3

Darker grey to darker green gradient. Careful placing of the roller on the plate was necessary to keep the border between the grey and green in the right place.

Print in progress: Stage 2

Grey to green gradient.

Print in progress: Stage 1

Another print starts. Just some blue and brown.

Linocut: A26 at Lewes

A dark colour to bring out the details, and finish the print.

A26, Lewes
Five stage reduction linocut, approx 13.5 x 10 cm.

It's the view of the River Ouse and the A26 looking south from Chapel Hill (the road up to the golf course) in Lewes, looking south towards the Ouse valley down to Newhaven.

Print in progress: Stage 4

Nearly there. Fields, a river, a road, trees and grass come into focus.

Print in progress: Stage 3

Now there's something starting to happen, with a blue to green gradient.

Print in progress: Stage 1

Next stage, and a bit more to see. White-to-blue-to-green gradient.

Print in progress: Stage 1

Not much to see yet: a white-to-grey-to-brown gradient. (The colours are much lighter in life than in the photo.)

Society of Graphic Fine Art exhibition

These three pictures are in the Society of Graphic Fine Art exhibition at the Menier Gallery, 51 Southwark St, London, SE1 1RU.
The exhibition runs from Monday 30 September to Saturday 12 October, 11 - 5pm (Fridays until 8pm).

House on the Paseo de Marti Havana
Ink on paper, 24 x 30cm.
Barkhor Square and the Jokhang Temple, Lhasa Etching, 21 x 30cm.
Hemingway's Room, Havana Ink and watercolour on paper, 10 x 15cm.

Grey day at Wakehurst

The Walled Garden, Wakehurst. 3pm.

The Walled Garden, Wakehurst, 3.30pm.

Wakehurst, 3.55pm.

Trees at Wakehurst, 4.20pm.

All: Ink and watercolour on paper, 15 x 10 cm.

All hung

Exhibition panoramas

From left to right: my paintings, Marina's paintings, Bill's paintings, and Liz's paintings.

Roman di Paolo's jewellery; my prints and paintings

Paul Mcpherson Gallery, 9 - 28 September 2013

77 Lassell Street, Greenwich, London, SE10 9PJ

www.paulmcgallery.com

Exhibition catalogue

Click the cover to open the catalogue.

Pale decaying tints

Pale decaying tints
Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30cm.

Strange mists

Strange mists
Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30cm.

The sea beyond

The sea beyond

Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30cm.

First obscurity of evening

First obscurity of evening
Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 24 cm.

Dark edges of the park

Dark edges of the park
Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 24 cm.

The rays which light the nearer tracts

The rays which light the nearer tracts
Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 24 cm.

The far removed landscape

The far removed landscape

Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 24 cm.

Some merciless incendiary

Some merciless incendiaryAcrylic on canvas, 30 x 30 cm.

On the horizon, two towers

On the horizon, two towers
Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30 cm.

Stretched the soft azure landscape

Stretched the soft azure landscape

Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 24 cm.

New moon behind her

New moon behind her

Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 24cm.

Old landscapes long forgotten

Old landscapes long forgotten

Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 24cm

Clear of its glooms before the autumnal equinox

Clear of its glooms before the autumnal equinox
Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30 cm.

Lost in the radiance of the sun

Lost in the radiance of the sun

Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30 cm.

Etching lino again

Etching lino again, this time trying to make a figurative picture.

I painted a bird shape with varnish, and then etched the block. The solid black in the middle is where the varnish held on, and resisted the caustic soda; the soft gray around the outside is where the block was etched. The white bits within the bird shape are where the varnish didn't resist the caustic soda.

Then I printed the block with a mask over the background.

And then on coloured backgrounds.