Handmade lithographs - printed at Northern Print Studio, North Sheilds and at the former Lowick House Print Workshop, Cumbria.

In the spring of 1996, whilst working away at Lowick House Print Workshop for a couple of weeks, I was trying, unsuccessfully, to print a flat green as a first colour for a lithograph of a hillside with two trees. As is often the case with printmaking and all its tricky processes, it wasn't going how I'd hoped. I couldn't get the ink to print as I wanted - I was doing something wrong. In frustration I went for a long walk over the nearby fells. Just before getting back to the workshop it occurred to me that, with this image, I wasn't particularly interested in the ground below the line of the hill . . . and Couple (i) (see foot of this page) and a great many more similarly minimal lithographs were born!

In the mid 1990s I enjoyed a three month residency on the Falkland Islands. I feel sure that the vast open space of the South Atlantic is somewhere behind these pictures, but then so too is the landscape of east Cumbria where I live and work. On overcast days the powerful presence of Cross Fell diminishes and birds and trees take on a greater significance. The many thousands of thorn trees are truly wonderful in their great variety of shapes and sizes - some gnarled and bent by the elements and others with seemingly charmed lives.

Further South (1st state)

This lithograph is sold out

This, the 1st state of Further South, was signed as an edition of 85 though only 29 copies were ever printed.

The 29 copies were printed, signed and numbered by the artist at Northern Print Studio, Tyne and Wear on John Purcell 285gsm mould-made 100% rag paper.

A 2nd plate of the original drawing was then made - and developed differently. 20 artist's proofs and an edition of 85 were printed from the 2nd plate and these became Further South (2nd state)  

£200.00

Couple (ii)

An edition of 50 with 15 artist's proofs. Printed in one colour (Vandyke brown), signed and numbered by the artist in 1996 at Lowick House Print Workshop, Cumbria on John Purcell 285 gsm mould-made 100% rag paper.  Lowick House Printmaking Residency 1996 - sponsored by Robert Horne Paper Ltd., Monarch Chemicals Ltd. and Abacus (Colour Printers) Ltd.

Available to buy online only.

£180.00

Crow

Printed in an edition of 50 (no artist's proofs), signed and numbered by the artist in 1996 at Lowick House Print Workshop, Cumbria, UK on John Purcell 285gsm mould-made 100% rag paper.

Made whist on a Lowick House Printmaking Residency, 1996. Sponsored by Robert Horne Paper Ltd., Monarch Chemicals Ltd. and Abacus (Colour Printers) Ltd.

There are just 5 copies of this print available to buy - online only.

£165.00

Rookery (1st state)

Printed in 2 colours, black and grey, in an edition of 20 (no artist's proofs), signed and numbered by the artist in 1996 at Lowick House Print Workshop, Cumbria, UK on John Purcell 285 gsm mould-made 100% rag paper.

Made whilst on a Lowick House Printmaking Residency 1996 - Sponsored by Robert Horne Paper Ltd., Monarch Chemicals Ltd and Abacus (Colour Printers) Ltd.

£215.00

Fence (ii)

There are just 2 copies of 'Fence' left for sale. 

8 artist's proofs, printed, signed and numbered by the artist in 1999 at Lowick House Print Workshop, Cumbria, UK on John Purcell 285gsm mould-made 100% rag paper.

 

£220.00

Holding On

An edition of 85 with 10 artist's proofs. Printed, signed and numbered by the artist in 1997 at Lowick House Print Workshop, Cumbria, UK on John Purcell 285gsm mould-made 100% rag paper.

£155.00

Skein (i)

An edition of 85 with 10 artist's proofs. Printed, signed and numbered by the artist in 1997 at Lowick House Print Workshop, Cumbria, UK on John Purcell 285gsm mould-made 100% rag paper. 

This edition is sold out

£90.00

Palenque (iii)

Editioned to 85 (though 40 copies only, printed) with 10 artist's proofs. Printed, signed and numbered by the artist in 1997 at Lowick House Print Workshop, Cumbria, UK on John Purcell 285gsm mould-made 100% rag paper.

£80.00

Lift

An edition of 85 with 10 artist's proofs. Printed, signed and numbered by the artist in 1997 at Lowick House Print Workshop, Cumbria, UK on John Purcell 285gsm mould-made 100% rag paper.

£55.00

Wood (1st state)

An edition of 85 with10 artist's proofs. Printed, signed and numbered by the artist in 1997 at Lowick House Print Workshop, Cumbria, UK on John Purcell 285gsm mould-made 100% rag paper.

£70.00