I received a handwritten note from my youngest collector that reads, "Thank you for the lovely otter picter [sic]. It is so adorable I also really [pen colour changes] liked the card it was so funny (I have changed pen) do you like my — [drawing of a cetacean with "whale" written inside it] or dolphin [nineteen X for kisses] Loads of love frome [sic]"

I had so much fun carving this one. There are so many textures: the ridges of the leaves, the shiny berries, the mouse’s pelt, even its little hairy feet all needed different marks and strokes to depict them.

How one print became a whole band on the way to helping secure the future of Grassroots Music Venues during the pandemic.

Many of my cards are available as greetings cards. Why not send a little bit of the countryside or a musical thought to your friends and family?

Six cantankerous geese decidedly NOT laying are providing donations to the Trussell Trust (Food Bank).

A linocut relief print of a pair of Mallard ducks resting in a patch of grass with plantain leaves and daisies which are in full flower.

Who doesn’t love a Red Squirrel in its winter coat? I mean, look at those ear tufts!

A little insight into the design and cutting process of ‘The Prize’, my print of a male Pheasant

When I was very young we lived near a fishery. Some of my favourite walks took us around the big lake which was bordered by a long rhododendron alley on one side and overhanging beeches and willows on the other. It was here I first saw the spectacle of Brown Trout leaping from the water to catch the bounty of the Mayfly hatch.

As a child, I spent a lot of time out in the countryside watching the ever-changing cast of characters who appeared as the seasons changed. Here are some of those characters. You may recognise a few!