Still with my Starlings ebook today, this is the last page and a drawing I made sometime ago... I know it has a new home but like most of my sold work I have no idea where its is now... I loose track ...🤔

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Here is another little snippet from this months bird of the month ebook...focusing on the starling... if you want to receive the free 16 page ebook there is a link in my profile to subscribe...or you can follow the link below https://ift.tt/2OAUfYX. . . . . . .#poetry #gabrieldanterossetti #motzartsstarling #ebook #minicomic #zine #newzine #smallpress #zines #zinemaking #birdofthemonth #birdbook #freebook #freezine #illustration #starling #mabinogion #poetryquotations

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Looking forward to this...#Repost @openstudioscornwall • • • • • • Painter and Printmaker @suzysharpeart has registered to take part in #openstudioscornwall 2020 in Troon near Camborne #openstudios #Cornwall #May2020 #SuzySharpe Registration for this event closes on November 30th 2019.

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This time of year seems quite magical sometimes, darkness, stars, feasts and glitter...when I made this Hare linocut with a golden monoprint window I was thinking about illuminated manuscripts and icon paintings.

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Just for a little change Trees, although this is part of an altered book I made about starlings...i am posting it also to raise awareness of the @woodlandtrust scheme to offer free trees to schools... if you know of a school who would like to plant trees..! #bigclimatefightback #everytreecounts

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I am happy to hear that Balancing Ravens flew to a new home via @cornwall_crafts from @nttrelissick gallery. . . . . . . #Repost @suzysharpeart • • • • • • Ravens... monoprint and linocut. . . . . . . Always more to see on my website if you would like to browse 😊 #raven .#crow #linocut #printmaking #monotype #reliefprinting #lino #urbanbird #contemporaryart #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #contemporaryprintmaking #anthrozoology #humananimalrelationship #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers #narrative #art #citybird #urbancrow #anthrozoology

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This is the back page from my bird of the month ebook focusing on the wonderful Starling... if you want to receive your copy of the free 16 page ebook there is a link in my profile (subscribe to studio insights)

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The TEAM helping me again!!!!😂 nearly finished... 200 trees planted and fenced so that these little cherubs cant munch them 🐎🐑🐏🌳🌱🌿🌳🐑🐑🐎

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So for everyone on my studio insights mailing list the wait is over... this months bird is the wonderful Starling... if you want to receive the free 16 page ebook there is a link in my profile to subscribe... https://ift.tt/2OAUfYX

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And finally for today ... of course my day has been punctuated with crows amongst others 😊

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Call me strange but this is one of my favourite things! Most of the trees are in now and I have fenced the ones which will share a field with the horses. More to do but happy with where I am. Testing my functional fitness these last few days and realising I need to get back to the gym...

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Walter has been a bit scared today of my wheelbarrow and my waterproofs bless him...

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Struggling to motivate the team today... "come on guys we only have 100 trees left to plant.. it will be fun!" 😂 They are just not sharing my enthusiasm!

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Well that's it for October ... my November bird is out now, you can see it by subscribing to my studio in sights there is a link in my profile https://ift.tt/2OAUfYX by the way if you want to see this painting in the flesh you can see it in it's new home at the gorgeous cabin in cornwall @carolgunwen...

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More pages of my little Barn Owl ebook..just before my new one comes out for November. If you would like it you can join monthly studio insights... https://ift.tt/2OAUfYX link in profile

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Collage Crow in a busy world, there was lots of crow calling this morning not sure what it was about but something was happening in the crow world 🖤🖤🖤

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I have very few christmas cards left now...my horse and owl are completely sold out I am afraid...in my online shop if you would like to browse

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Last few days now for my October bird of the month ebook... I will be writing my blog post and sending my new November ebook out in with Studio Insights... if you want to get your free copy there is a link in my profile just sign up for my monthly studio insights ... and you will get a link by email 😊

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Wow! this looks such an exciting show at @penleehousegallery beautifully curated by @cornwall_crafts

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Another one made with natural pigments and botanical inks... this was a commission in 2005 for an open studios event... it slowly faded over the coming months and within a year it was gone completely.

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More beautiful ferns #monoprint

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I do just love the monoprinting process and ferns our students from @artdesigncornwall made some wonderful prints today at @cornwallcollege here is one I made earlier...

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A lovely day ahead today as I will be bookmarking and monoprinting with some of the leaves just about green enough to work with at @cornwallcollege with @artdesigncornwall students

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A lovely day ahead today as I will be bookmarking and monoprinting with some of the leaves just about green enough to work with at @cornwallcollege with @artdesigncornwall students 😊

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Another blast from my past 2005 again, this was part of an installation called 'Cave' in which I used pigments derived from the plants and earth around my home then from memory I drew the animals with whom i shared it...

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Thank you @nic_philps for identifying this Tremella mesenterica yellow brain fungus ... here is a little more about it from the @woodlandtrust A frilly sign of a witch’s curse, yellow brain is a parasitic jelly fungus that looks a little like a brain and feeds on fungi that feed on dead wood. Common names: yellow brain, golden jelly fungus, yellow trembler, witches’ butter According to European legend, if yellow brain fungus appeared on the gate or door of a house it meant that a witch had cast a spell on the family living there. The only way the spell could be removed was by piercing the fungus several times with straight pins until it went away. This is why yellow brain also has the common name of 'witches’ butter'. In Sweden, yellow brain fungus was burnt to protect against evil spirits

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Agatha the pig with snow flakes... christmas card 😊

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Do you have your October bird of the month? I am now working on November...so time is running out... if you would like to get your free download you just need to sign up to my monthly studio insights to receive a link to the pdf ... poems, facts, links to some amazing charities and a little story in this one.

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I managed to get the whole flock in a shot today, starting from sausage the dog then spoonie with her back to us, the lambs Walter and Desmond, George, luna and Olga then at the back Firefly and Misty ... only the feral cats missing...who are not so feral these days...

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This is a bit of a throwback from 2005 called herd using earth pigments and botanical inks. My interest in natural pigments has been reignited by a workshop last year with @sianbluntpilleyart in association with @cornwallcollege @artdesigncornwall and @cultivatorcornwall

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One more of my christmas cards... I have a cold and I am grumpy! But this goat always puts a smile on my face 😊

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With a bit of snow over high ground I can post another of these. Christmas cards on my website link in my profile ❄🎄🎅🌲❄

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I dont have many left but I have now put my Christmas cards in my online shop... they are 10 x 10 cm packs of 6... this is Half Hidden Kevin. ❄🌲🎅🎄❄

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More about Moons, this time with an Owl. This November moon is also called the darkest moon, beaver moon, frost moon, oak moon, dark moon, tree moon, but my favourite is the mourning moon...it feels like the world slips into mourning at this time of year, it is said that as the longest nights approach, the full moon encourages us to bring our thoughts, feelings and past out of the darkness , before we bid them farewell...

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Well that's that then ... I have just registered for @openstudioscornwall in May 2020 watch this space! Planning some workshops too!!! 🎨👏❤😍🤪😂😍❤👏🎨 • • • • • • Open Studios Cornwall 2020 will run from Saturday 23rd May to Sunday 31st May 2020. #openstudioscornwall2020

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Tonight there will be a full moon, so I want to tell you a fable about a Fox and a Full Moon... One evening a hungry fox, saw the reflection of the full moon in a well, which he believed to be cheese. There were two buckets which alternately drew up the water. The fox leapt into the highest one, his weight caused him to descend into the well. Once in the well he realised his mistake and could see no way to get up again but by some other hungry one enticed by the same reflection. At last a wolf, parched with thirst, drew near, to whom the fox called from below, "here is a treat for you! It is an exquisite cheese, there will be plenty for you. Come down in the bucket." This tale was easily believed by the wolf, who descended by his greater weight, which not only took him down, but also brought the fox up. And the moral “Everybody is ready to believe the thing he fears and the thing he desires.”

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Sticking with my morning Raven theme, I wasn't happy with this one so I started to play with a little more pattern, it has moved on from here again but I like this point, i called it 'gnarled wisdom' from a Ted Hughes poem . . .. . . . .. .

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As I left home my local Ravens rose up from the field and cloaked good morning! I always see them as a symbol of wisdom and knowledge... In Greek mythology, ravens are associated with Apollo, the god of prophecy. They were the god's messengers in the mortal world. Apollo sent a white Raven to spy on his lover Coronis. When the raven returned with bad news apollo scorched it in his fury!

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Collage play, a raven against an abstract autumnal background...

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Conversations with creatures 😊 #turnbacktime from one of my MA modules 2013 I would love to go back and do it again... and again... and again

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And this was the result Raku fired Raven .

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In an unexpectedly badgery day here is my last badger for today... I made this one into a card because it was so popular, .but I also have prints of most of the paintings I post on request, just in case you are wondering 😊 and I am never quite sure why that is so difficult to say! 😂

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This is a repost of one I made ages ago...not enough hours in the day to make everything I want to make! ❤🦡🦡🦡❤always thinking of the @badgertrust and the amazing work they do

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Smoke fired Badger 😊

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Oh Desmond why are you always where you shouldn't be??? Two days running he has been stuck so badly in brambles he couldn't get himself out and had to be rescued !!!! Silly boy...always so inquisitive!

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A precarious tower of ravens on a small world... linocut with monoprint

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Just one more corvid... this one is more a Jackdaw than a Rook. Again available from my website as a card or in a set of 5 with some friends!. . . . . . #jackdaw #rook #crow #crowart #crowartist #inthestudio #urbanbird #farmlandbird #contemporaryart #cornwallart #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #art #illustration #wildlife #naturalworld #contemporarypainting #humananimalrelationship #narrative #mythology #myth #wildlifepainting #anthrozology #urbancrow #greetingscard #artcard #artforsale

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Another crow today... why not... ************** Also a card from my website

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Conversations about crows today... their brilliance, huge personality, vast vocal range, non verbal communication, social structure and all round gorgeousness! So here is one I made earlier part of a large series (or murder) of crows... in ink but now available as a greetings card from my website if you would like to check it out 😊. . . . . . . .#rook #crow #crowart #crowartist #inthestudio #urbanbird #farmlandbird #contemporaryart #cornwallart #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #art #illustration #wildlife #naturalworld #contemporarypainting #humananimalrelationship #narrative #mythology #myth #wildlifepainting #anthrozology #urbancrow #greetingscard #artcard #artforsale

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Clearer skies and even a little blue today... my little collage bird is pleased😂

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