The Land Around Us
bound : unbound artist collective – website relaunch
I’ve been a member of this collective of five artists who come together to make artist books informed by their various art practices for over ten years. We’re relaunching our website with a new address- check it out!
https://www.boundunbound.org.uk
Richard Diebenkorn-Going Large
I’ve begun a five week workshop at Paintbox Art School in Cockenzie, East Lothian, developing some paintings of the local landscape inspired by this West Coast USA artist. This is from week 2, a charcoal and white emulsion paint drawing A0 size.
A new screenprint
St Gabriel’s Wings. Visit my online shop for details and to buy.
Fruitmarket Artists Bookmarket
Save the date for this annual event. Saturday and Sunday 10 & 11 February. I’ll be there with my artist books and prints at the www.boundunbound.org table.
My first exhibition in London!
I’ll be at the opening.
Next Exhibition
I’ll be exhibiting framed prints with 14 other Edinburgh printmakers in September. Info in image above. Later in the year I will have a wall of prints at Brick Lane Gallery in London. Details later.
Etching for the first time
I’ve just finished a course at Edinburgh College of Art/Edinburgh University called Intaglio Printmaking-Contemporary Approaches. I’ve continued an earlier theme of brutalism for the subject matter. Here are two of the prints I made.
Edition
My print has been selected for the Edition exhibition by Tonic Arts at Royal Infirmary Edinburgh April 26-September 8 2023. It’s also been chosen for the poster image.
Another artist bookmarket
Artists Bookmarket
Find me at the bound:unbound table at this annual event at Edinburgh’s Fruitmarket gallery Saturday 18 & Sunday 19 February 2023. Lots of artist book makers from all over.
New Year, New Challenge
I’ve started a new course ‘Contemporary Printmaking’ at Edinburgh College of Art/Edinburgh University. It’s focussed on intaglio printmaking particularly etching, which is a new process for me. Here’s my first drypoint print on the course.
November and December events
I’ll be exhibiting or having a stall at the following events:
Edinburgh Macmillan Art Show continues online until 20 November- I have two works still available. http://www.macmillanartshow.square.site
Pattern Books exhibition at Upright Gallery Edinburgh, 26 November-23 December. I have four books in this. http://www.uprightgallery.com
Edinburgh Printmakers members exhibition ‘Kinship’ 1-23 December. I have a print in this. http://www.edinburghprintmakers.co.uk
Christmas market at Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Edinburgh 3 December- find me at my stall. http://www.outoftheblue.org.uk
Christmas market at Edinburgh Printmakers 10&11 December- find me at my stall. http://www.edinburghprintmakers.co.uk
Another market
I’ll be selling my prints, cards and small paintings at the Christmas market at Out of the Blue Drill Hall, Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh on 3 December.
http://Outoftheblue.org.uk
Art Market
I’ll be selling my prints, cards and artist books at Colony of Artists annual festival on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 September. Find me at venue 40 The Hive. Further info at www.colonyofartists.co.uk
Artists Bookmarket
I’ve been part of the bound:unbound table at last weekend’s market at Edinburgh’s Fruitmarket Gallery. Lots of visitors, chat and sales.
Printmaking exhibition
With the printmaking class of 20/21 at Leith School of Art, I’m exhibiting some prints at Whitespace gallery in Edinburgh. April 23 – 27 2022.
Nature Works
I have four artists books in this exhibition at Upright Gallery in Edinburgh.
Against the background of climate change and COP26 in Glasgow over 32 artist book makers have submitted works reflecting their own concerns for the environment. uprightgallery.com for more information and opening times.
Art for a good cause
I have three unframed prints for sale in this online exhibition. Check it out to buy art while supporting an excellent charity. http://Macmillanartshow.square.site
St Ives and the Sea
Here’s one of the finished paintings.
I’ve been making preparatory paintings with collage in a five week course at Paintbox School of Art in Cockenzie, East Lothian, called St Ives and the Sea. A process-led first 3 weeks and now I’ll be moving on to make three final paintings. I’ll post them on the website when they’re finished.
Printing the City
I’ve been making collagraphs using card packaging as my plate, incising and peeling the card before inking it up for intaglio printing. The resultant print is then reassembled into a 3D object. I’ve added them to some previous lino print assemblies to make an imaginary city. This is all working towards my final project in my printmaking course.
Experiment in printmaking
I’ve been learning a few new printmaking methods on my course at Leith School of Art. Recent methods relate to working with simple tools and materials because the course is temporarily online until lockdown restrictions are eased.
This week we learned ‘kitchen litho’, a form of lithography using silver foil, wax crayons, Coca Cola, vegetable oil and oil paint. Here is an image of a plate and of two prints.
Empty Streets
A book of lino cut prints and rubber stamping of words that have become part of our everyday vocabulary.
Sold!
A different kind of Christmas Market
The Christmas market at Out of the Blue Drill Hall in Edinburgh was a bit of an experiment where the makers just dropped off their sales items for the staff to display and sell on their behalf. Visitors had to book a slot in advance so it wasn’t certain that enough people would sign up to make it worthwhile. In fact it was a sell out!
The yellow print top left went off to a new home and lots of other pieces were sold. A great idea by Out of the Blue staff for negotiating the current situation.
