Here are three pieces of the new work. One starting point was an image by Cy Twombly which led to the red vegetation/plant like piece. I’ve become interested in the juxtaposition of something organic with a non organic geometric shape – the representation of a 3D object in 2D and how this confounds the image […]
I have now made 6 or 7 new prints on Somerset paper using a technique that uses 1mm pvc sheeting. I am cutting the plastic into shapes to describe the design. Pieces have drypoint or carborundum added and are then inked relief or intaglio or both. The jigsaw is then reassembled on the press and […]
Double Elephant is 21 years old. Established in 1996, we mark this with a group show at Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum. 35 members are showing 75 prints. I gave a speech on the opening night and it feels great to have achieved this for Exeter – very proud of us for keeping going through […]
Double Elephant Print Workshop has recently completed a third residency at Franklyn House Hospital in Exeter. This time we worked on images that focussed on food and healthy eating – the designs were later printed onto foamex and displayed in the dining area. The designs started with a basic drawing that illustrated a poem or […]
Here are three new prints – a kind of variant edition of three monoprints from lino all on Misumi Japanese paper. Colours were all chosen simply on a gut instinct and through the process of colour mixing. They are each two colours printed over black with a texture detail added to the central areas. For […]
The Brook Gallery – https://twitter.com/BrookGallery threw down the gauntlet with their tweet “for all our artists out there, how about coming up with the equivalent ‘How to choose colours like an artist’!” making reference to http://interiorstylehunter.com/choose-colours-like-an-interior-designer/ so I thought I’d have a go….. First of all, there are no rules – and that’s the point. […]
The welcome sign for Fielding ward has been delivered and installed – so fits well in the space and links well with the other prints I made for the entrance corridor, quiet room and on the ward itself. It’s been great to be involved with Art for Life and to see an integrated project for […]
Hanging work for the start of DOS this morning. Managed to only drop one framed piece whilst hanging them on this large feature wall. Twenty framed prints to see in the house and lots more in the studio. I am open September 10th, 11th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th – that’s […]
Today in Double Elephant to print a sign for the newly developed and re-designed entrance on Fielding Ward at Musgrove Park hospital in Taunton. I rolled the green to blue background straight onto the paper (I’d intended to print a graded colour but couldn’t find a plate large enough) then made a photo screen from […]
Time passages prints currently on display at Store Street Gallery. See http://www.storestreetgallery.com/1-alfred-place/