Kaolin-coated boards (2: larger work)
See also Kaolin-coated boards (1: small work) and Hampshire Open Studios. Three larger works made on Claybord, in both monochrome (black Indian Ink): … and in colour (Indian style pigment inks):
Kaolin-coated boards (1: small work)
Kaolin, or china clay, is the principle ingredient in scraperboard (UK) or scratchboard (US), a medium that has long been popular with illustrators. It is typically bound to a lightweight card backing, making the product relatively inexpensive but not very resilient. A hardier version of…
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Hampshire Open Studios 2019
This year I will be at Folly Farm Studios with the ceramicist Ursula Waechter. Folly Farm lies in a beautiful valley, on the A339 between Kingsclere and Basingstoke. The studios are on a modern business park opposite Pit Hall Farm. Click here for our entry…
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Skew -SOLD
This yew tree grows on the bank of a small local stream. It’s no ancient giant, but it is a lovely tree nonetheless. Skew indian ink on paper, unmounted (paper 61 x 43 cm) £210
Dynarow Zawn
De Narrow Zawn is a tiny inlet in Cornwall’s “tin coast“, a World Heritage site littered with the ruins of old mines for tin, arsenic and copper. In fact, it’s at Botallack, which is probably the best known Cornish tin mining site. If you were…
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Behemoth
The yew tree portrayed here is on Merrow Down near Guildford, Surrey. It is probably not the largest or the oldest tree at that site (its regularity and lack of visible hollowing suggests a relative youthfulness), but it is, nonetheless, massive. “Behemoth” is a biblical…
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Bestiary (Hollow Yew)
Yew trees are quite odd trees. They evolved earlier than most of the other familiar British trees – oaks or beeches, say – which suggests that their oddities may be ancient traits that other, more modern trees, didn’t need: aerial roots, branches that take root,…
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Packham
This pear was going to be part of my lunch on one of my recent “Open Studio” days. But something about it said. “paint me”, and so I did… Packham oil on canvas, 30 x 30 cm £90
Entangled
This is an oak tree that stands by the side of the main road as it bypasses the village. It is part of a narrow wood that screens the backs of some houses from the traffic. Judging from its size, I’d guess that it is…
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Open Studios May 2019
Remaining Open Studio dates (May 2019): … Friday 10, Saturday 11, Sunday 12, … Tuesday 14, … Friday 17, Saturday 18, Sunday 19, … Tuesday 21, Wednesday 22, … Monday 27 (Bank Holiday). Links: my page on the Open Studios site, Exhibitions blog Visit my…
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