All that colour is starting to make me feel strange 😂😂😂 black and white over ink drawing …. . . . ….#linocut #printmaking #blockprinting #reliefprinting #lino #farmlandbirds #ink #blackandwhite #cornwallart #cornwallwildlife #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #artiststudio #inthestudio #art #illustration #collage #mixedmedia #wildlife #naturalworld #animaartist #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #wildlifeartist #humananimalrelationship

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I hope everyone is planning a wild weekend !!! ❤

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‘Dream come true’ Magpie still just playing with ideas definitely still unresolved 😂but having fun!

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I have a family of magpies in my garden they always have so much to talk about ❤…

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Oystercatcher at godrevy those bleach out colours of the last few weeks broke today with much needed heavy showers… I wonder if my palette will return to its normal darkness ;)

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Just for a moment back to ww1 carrier pigeons

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WHY magpie :)

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More magpies…they lend themselves so well to working with text …

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Magpie :)

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Swift’s over map, music and dress pattern collage … Today’s experiment whilst waiting for paint to dry …

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On the subject of lapwings and as today will be a painting day here is a little one I made a while ago …

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Not a great print (a bit patchy) but I like the way the line in the background is adding to the composition. . . . . . ……#linocut #printmaking #blockprinting #reliefprinting #lino #lapwings #cornwallart #cornwallwildlife #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #artiststudio #inthestudio #art #illustration #collage #mixedmedia #wildlife #naturalworld #animaartist #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #wildlifeartist #humananimalrelationship

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With a little extra detail swift…lino print with collage and mixed media work in progress…

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Very excited to find this one printed on an old page from pride and prejudice …

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Feeling quite nostalgic to find these prints I no longer have the plates and thought all the prints were sold…I may put a couple in my shop later ….. . . . . ….#linocut #printmaking #blockprinting #reliefprinting #lino #crow #rook #cornwallart #cornwallwildlife #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #artiststudio #inthestudio #art #illustration #collage #mixedmedia #wildlife #naturalworld #animaartist #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #wildlifeartist #humananimalrelationship

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And here they are begining to ‘materialise at the top of a long scream’ as Ted Hughes describes them :). . . . . . …..#linocut #printmaking #blockprinting #reliefprinting #lino #swifts #cornwallart #cornwallwildlife #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #artiststudio #inthestudio #art #illustration #collage #mixedmedia #wildlife #naturalworld #animaartist #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #wildlifeartist #humananimalrelationship #tedhughes

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When I thought I had plenty of lino plates I remembered the Swift’s in Tavira and the Ted Hughes poem and needed to make more!

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More testing and playing with collage…:). . . . ….#linocut #printmaking #blockprinting #reliefprinting #lino #seabirds #cornwallart #cornwallwildlife #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #artiststudio #inthestudio #art #illustration #collage #mixedmedia #wildlife #naturalworld #animaartist #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #wildlifeartist #humananimalrelationship

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Still playing with ideas mocking up my thoughts but I do like where this is taking me 😁 the text reads ‘its not too late’

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Playing with collage and background ideas #inthestudio #printmaking

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Test printing liking some of the plates very much 😁

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Now where were we?

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The lino flock so far……❤. . . . ..#linocut #printmaking #blockprinting reliefprinting #lino #seabirds #cornwallart #cornwallwildlife #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #artiststudio #inthestudio #art #illustration #collage #mixedmedia #wildlife #naturalworld #animaartist #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #wildlifeartist #humananimalrelationship

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A few more oystercatchers… My little flock is growing daily ❤. . . . …#linocut #printmaking #blockprinting reliefprinting #lino #oystercatcher #seabird #cornwallart #cornwallwildlife #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #artiststudio #inthestudio #art #illustration #collage #mixedmedia #wildlife #naturalworld #animaartist #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #wildlifeartist #humananimalrelationship

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The flock of gulls is growing :). . . . …#linocut #printmaking #blockprinting #reliefprinting #lino #herringgull #seabird #cornwallart #cornwallwildlife #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #artiststudio #inthestudio #art #illustration #collage #mixedmedia #wildlife #naturalworld #animaartist #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #wildlifeartist #humananimalrelationship

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Carving gulls today …

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One of my cormorant test prints…I love the way they develop personality and in this case a bit of attitude all by themselves

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Oystercatcher test print… This is just the begining for these I intent to create some collage or abstract backgrounds for them…but also quite like the simplicity of black & white …

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Lapwings test print … . . . . .#linocut #printmaking #blockprinting #lino #peewit #lapwing #wildlifeartist #birdart #birdartist #wildbird

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Love this by #edwardbawden Maggie and the peacock from Aesop’s fables..

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More lino plates magpies this time … Loving carving these ❤. . . . . #linocut #printmaking #blockprinting #lino #magpie #magpiemonday

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A rare Sunday in my studio adjusting some lino plates before preparing backgrounds to print on quite poignant at the moment with the moorland fires where these beautiful creatures ground nest ❤

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Also working on a wonderful little book project organised by Sara Bevan @bevan4849 and lapwings …

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Carried away cutting the blocks… I have always found this process very mediative … Lapwings, cormorants and oystercatchers so far…

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Beginnings of a mixed media printmaking series … The question I have walked around all my creative life is how can i make work which communicates the contemporary relationship we/I/humans have with wildlife…? I still haven’t resolved it …. Not just painting wildlife but ………. well whatever it is I am going to try again 😂😂😂

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Solstice..the longest day midsummer …..

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Excited to have my cards on my website again finally! https://ift.tt/2JUHe8T

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Always an easy exciting time of year seeing the work of the students I have the pleasure of working with exhibit their work.. this evening @artdesigncorn #cornwallcollege from 5pm

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End of year BA Hons graduate show . Preview this evening 15th June 5 – 8 pm open Saturday 16th then 18th – 22nd 10 – 4 pm . .

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I do rather like the accidental expression on the face of this pigeon :)

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With one of my other hats on today…. #Repost from @impressions.of.nature with … A little more from today as part of the “Stepping the St Michaels way” walk @suzysharpeart is working with @cornwallcollege @artdesigncorn students to produce ‘impressions of nature’ using items collected during the walk. @cultivatorcornwall . . . .

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Cher Ami with collage…

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Dont worry still working with pigeons this may become a background… Tis a little colourful for me!

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My pigeons look a little menacing as a group…

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And this…just playing!

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Ohhh I quite like this little experiment!

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Pigeon expressions….

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Ink drawing from sometime ago… One of my all time best selling cards. From a project about crows :)

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The Dickin medal awarded to animals as an equivalent to the Victoria. Cross. I have to confess the giving of medals to animals confuses me, we put them into service and they have no knowledge of the danger they face… Animals and birds have undoubtedly helped us in many ways and saved many lives but they rarely if ever choose this service… Anyway the first one was awarded to Winkie and was also awarded to 24 dogs, 3 horses, 1cat and a further 31 pigeons

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May Day! Love these illustrations .

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