One of the most difficult times for any artist must be when one has accepted an invitation to be part of a group exhibition only to start work and NOTHING works out. Slowly the pressure mounts; time is ticking by and every preparatory sketch/proof fails.  Panic is close. At times like this it’s just too [...]

I’ve enjoyed working on Plexiglass but started to get a bit bored with drypoint. Initially, I tried to introduce texture and tonal values by scratching randomly with sand paper and this worked nicely. Carborundum effectively added dark velvety blacks with fuzzy edges and when applied using alkalin glue dried fairly quickly so the wait before [...]

I’ve tried to use chine colle gold leaf on the halo about three times but wasn’t successful.  Each time there were patches of white surrounding the halo and it looked really ugly.  This may have been glue seeping out.  I used wall paper glue in powder form.  The gold leaf was applied to tissue paper [...]

Something is happening. I’ve spent the last 24 hours, it feels like a lifetime, messing around with carborundum, ink, paper and wax and something is starting to happen. I’m not sure what but I’ve got that trembly feeling when lots of little ideas, some years old, others more recent are starting to slowly combine into [...]

After a long period during which I felt like a complete fraud lacking any original thoughts and without any motivation I’ve finally got it together again.  Admittedly, I had to force myself to go back to my studio.  It felt like going to visit someone you’ve neglected badly and you’re not sure if they’re going [...]