Happy Easter! And if you’re really not feeling it this year, at least you can console yourself with chocolate for breakfast.

Usually a plate looks pretty bad once it’s been cleaned a few times but the plate for ‘The Listening Post’ looks like the oxidised metal of a bronze sculpture.

This post is brought to you through the medium of expressive mime…

How and where I use colour in my art and printmaking.

A day’s productivity pile before … and after!

I’ve just got myself a Ko-fi page!

If you haven’t heard of it, Ko-fi helps people who make things get support from the people who like those things.

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.

Have a good holiday (goodness knows you’ve earned one this year!) and let’s hope for a brighter New Year.

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.

In which I rhapsodise about a beautifully made and PRINTED “Choose Your Own Adventure” way to translate and solve Old English Riddle 57.

I love words. I like the way they look and the way they sound. I like to know their history and their definitions, so without further ado, I present to you my Lexicography of Printing Terms. I'll add to this as I come across new and delicious words.

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!