Lockdown woodcut, Wind in the Trees - 9" x 12"Made from sketches on site in Glasgow.
Lockdown woodcut, Old door Pisa.From sketches made during a visit.
Sound of Jura - Etching - 6" x 6"
River in winter - 12" x 18"Hand-coloured etching. Made from sketches on the Clyde during the winter.
Sound of Harris - 8" x 11"Carborundum print from sketches made while sailing.
North sea Squalls - 7" x 7"Etching - 7 x 7 ins
Walking to Ventenac, Canal du MidiA monoprint taken from sketches made during a walk by the canal. Monoprinting provides a very suitable outcome for a painter if a fairly quick response is looked for.
Ebb Tide - Etching and Aquatint - 2016Coastal edges have always provided an endless source of subject matter and Ebb Tide is one example where shapes textures and movement interplay to create an interesting composition. Here in a variable edition a little colour has been added to the plate. The area is Kilcreggan beach.
Scapa Flow - Etching -2018 - 12 x 19insEtching on steel from sketches made on South Ronaldsay in November 2017. Depth of composition was required incorporating Hoy and the mainland. Weather deteriorating.
Structure and Rain - Mezzotint - 2018Mezzotint is more labour intensive regarding plate preparation but is hugely rewarding in execution and well suited to light and dark. This composition was based on sketches at a construction site in Glasgow during heavy rain. The swathes of rain were visible in the street lighting against the skeletal building structure.
Victoria Bridge, Glasgow - Mezzotint - 2017Again local, this bridge stands on one of the early crossings of the river and was opened in 1856. Movement created by the wind on the river was the interest factor and the contrast with the solid bridge structure
Briggait Pillar - MezzotintFrom sketches done locally. The light falling on the sandstone pillar was the attraction here. The former fishmarket would have been well known to my grandfather who was a local wheelwright.
Chasing the Night, BernerayCarborundum print on perspex taken from sketches made on Berneray in November 2017.
Making for Ornes, Nordland - Etching and Carborundum - 2018 - 16x25 insDeveloped from quick sketches sailing from Kirkenes to Bergen in Norway in April 2012 as the ship wove through islands off the coast . The sharp contrasts between snow and ice, the dark cliffs and skerries and the emerging daylight were not to be missed.
Blizzard, Kirkwall Bay - Woodcut - 2018 - 12 x 18 insFrom sketches made visiting Orkney in November 2017. Working in strong winds with icy rain and snow I felt that the small cuts made in a woodcut would be an appropriate response. Four or five colours were overprinted on Madrid Litho paper and printed using a wooden spoon.
Black Craig, Orkney Woodcut - 2018 - 12x18 insFrom sketches made on Orkney in November 2017. Black Craig looks onto the Atlantic a couple of miles from Stromness. The surge of the sea,the high cliffs and the feeling of movement were what I was after here. Several colours overlaid and printed on Madrid Litho paper with a wooden spoon.