Impressions from Nature

 Solo Exhibition 

The Media Centre

7 Northumberland Street

Huddersfield

HD1 1RL

26th January to 6th March 2026

Open Monday to Friday 9am-4pm

Blencathra from Castlerigg

Mezzotint

Clearing Sky over Top Withens

Linocut

Lunar

Mezzotint

Falco peregrinus

Engraving on plastic

Where Seven Streams Fall

Mezzotint

The Last Shadows of Summer

Mezzotint

Stepping Stones

Wood Engraving

And Autumn Waning fleeted by

Linocut

Moorland Bridge

Wood Engraving

Sylvan Shadows

Mezzotint

Sylvan Pathway

Mezzotint

Sylvan Cathedral

Mezzotint

Water Ouzel (Dipper)

Engraving on plastic

Spring Walk

Mezzotint

Down the Byways of Albion

Mezzotint

Sylvan Cascade

Mezzotint

Reaps Cross

Engraving on plastic

All the above are available to purchase through my Folksy shop.

Down the by-ways of Albion

 

Down the by-ways of Albion

Mezzotint

150mm x 200mm

Edition of 50

Finally finished editioning this latest Mezzotint. On the face of it a nostalgic image of a long gone rural idyll. My title deliberately implies this. Albion being an old name for Britain dating back to the classical Greek writers and revived by the romantic poets such as William Blake. However, the image is contemporary, or at least was a couple of years ago  when I came across it deep in the countryside of North Norfolk.

For the more technical minded, the plate was rocked using a 4 inch wide 100 lines per inch Lyons Rocker in 24 directions and printed on 250gsm Somerset Satin with a Blue Black ink across the top half and a Brown Shade Black ink across the bottom half from Hawthorn Printmakers.

Editioning

 Started to edition the new mezzotint and managed to pull 12 impressions today. All the stage proofs were printed in charcoal black. For the edition I'm using a blue shade black for the top half of the print and a brown shade black for the lower half. The difference between the two is slight and subtle and doesn't show too well in the photographs. I don't want it to look like it is printed in two colours, I just want the foreground to look warmer in tone than the background.

Hen Harrier

 New Linocut print completed this week.

Hen Harrier

10 colour Reduction Linocut printed in 9 stages.

190mm x 170mm

Stage prints below

Colour 1

Colours 2 and 3

Colour 4

Colour 5

Colour 6

Colour 7

Colour 8

Colour 9

Colour 10

Almost Finished

 I've worked this new mezzotint plate almost to the finish now. Just a few things to tidy up and some highlights to burnish to white and it will be ready to edition.

Inked plate on the hotplate ready for wiping.

Wiped plate on the press bed.

Plate and newly printed impression.

Derby Print Open

I have three Engravings and a Mezzotint accepted for this exhibition organised by Green Door Studios.
 

Art in the Pen

 Set up today at Art in the Pen at Craven Auction Mart in Skipton. I'll be there tomorrow 9am- 4pm and Sunday 10am - 4pm. 3 hours work to transform an empty pen into a mini art gallery.