Bird in a frame #birding #birdphotography #photographyfromtheroof #birdinframe #sonya7r3 #sony100400gm #sonybirdphotography #utbanbird #morninglightphotography #morningvibes #sonyalpha_id
Here is another of those adorable Herring Gull Chicks a nestling this time around 3 weeks old... still so cute. Proof for a Linocut on paper 21 x 29cm I am really looking forward to doing some more of these... and combining with a little monoprint too... watch this space! 😊
I am going with the feedback and I will be posting more Printmaking... here is a new addition a little Herring Gull chick...the are just the sweetest little creatures and I couldn't resist ♥️ This is one of my first proofs... what do you think ? https://www.suzysharpeartist.com/printmaking
These are my best nine for 2020... a little strange as my focus is not really on my printmaking but maybe this is telling me something??? So many people have taken the time to support me by liking and sharing my work and I am truly grateful. In honour of this I am going to do a GIVEAWAY... of the Rook and the Sun, original linocut 21 x 29 cm. I made a few versions of this all slightly different. So watch this space i will post the actual print up up later today 😊 #givaway
In the spirit of a Solstice Celebration here are a few more sun related lino cuts... welcoming the return of the light, sun, warmth and new beginnings. ☀️🌔🌕🌖☀️ #printmaking #linocut #monoprint #solstice #wintersolstice #shortestday #myth #legend #folktale⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #everydaymagic #seasonalchange #solstice #litha #linocut. #printmaking #blockprinting #monoprint #utbanbird #contemporaryart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #contemporaryprintmaking #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers #printmaker #oneofforiginal #lapwingart #starlingart
🌔🌕🌖 Part 2..."Raven Steals the Light Both father and daughter were delighted with their new addition and played with him for hours on end. As the child explored his new surroundings he soon determined that the light must be kept in the big box in the corner. When he first tried to open the box, his grandfather scolded him profusely which in turn started a crying and squawking fit the likes of which the old man had never seen. As grandfathers have done since the beginning of time he caved in and gave the child the biggest box to play with. This brought peace to the hut for a brief time but it wasn't long until the child pulled his scam again, and again, and again until finally only one box remained. After much coaxing and wailing the old man at last agreed to let the child play with the light for only a moment. As he tossed the ball of light the child transformed into the Raven and snatching the light in his beak, flew through the smoke hole and up into the sky.The world was instantly changed forever. Mountains sprang into the bright sky and reflections danced on the rivers and oceans. Far away, the Eagle was awakened and launched skyward - his target now clearly in sight. Raven was so caught up in all the excitement of the newly revealed world that he nearly didn't see the Eagle bearing down on him. Swerving sharply to escape the outstretched talons, he dropped nearly half of the ball of light which fell to the earth. Shattering into one large and many small pieces on the rocky ground the bits of light bounced back up into the heavens where they remain to this day as the moon and the stars. The Eagle pursued Raven beyond the rim of the world and exhausted by the long chase, Raven let go of what light still remained. Floating gracefully above the the clouds, the sun as we now know it started up over the mountains to the east. The first rays of the morning sun brought light through the smokehole of the old man's house. He was weeping in sorrow over his great loss and looking up, saw his daughter for the first time. She was very beautiful and smiling, he began to feel a little better.
Here is one of those wonderful ancient stories in two parts 🌕🌖🌑🌔🌕 "Raven Steals the Light" There was a time long ago when the earth was covered in darkness. An inky pitch blanket over the world making it very difficult for anyone to hunt or fish or gather berries for food. An old man lived along the banks of a stream with his daughter. The reason why the world was dark had to do with the old man who had a box that contained a box that held many other boxes. In the very last box was all the light in the universe and this was a treasure he selfishly kept to himself. However the mischievous Raven existed at that time because he always had. He was none too happy about the state of the world for he blundered about in the dark bumping into everything. His interfering nature peaked one day when he stumbled by the old man's hut and overheard him muttering about his boxes. He instantly decided to steal the light but first had to find a way to get inside the hut. Each day the young girl would go to the stream to fetch water so the Raven transformed himself into a tiny hemlock needle and floated into the girl's bucket. Working a bit of his "trickster" magic, he made the girl thirsty and as she took a drink he slipped down her throat. Once down in her warm insides he changed again; this time into a small human being and took a very long nap. The girl did not know what was happening to her and didn't tell her father. One day the Raven emerged as a little boy child. If anyone could have seen him in the dark, they would have noticed that he was a peculiar looking child with a long beak like nose, a few feathers here and there, and the unmistakably shining eyes of the Raven. to be continued......
This is a very special time of year to me. I struggle to fit everything in when the days are short. A Solstice occurs when one of the Earth's poles has its maximum tilt away from the Sun, the winter solstice itself lasts only a moment but, has been seen a significant time of year in many cultures, and has been marked by festivals and rituals since pre-historic times, It marks the symbolic death and rebirth of the Sun it has many other names
Tomorrow will be the shortest day... I like the tradition that when you wake at sunrise you write down all the things you would like to leave behind, some people light a candle too. You ponder those things throughout the day then at sunset you burn them in the fire. Then spend the evening considering and writing down the things that you would like to bring into your life for the next 12 months.... ❄🌑☀️🌑☀️🌑☀️🌑☀️❄ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Rook linocut on paper...
I have been Lino printing today with some students at the College so I thought I would post one of my own works in progress 😊. . . . . . #linocut #printmaking #blockprinting #monoprint #utbanbird #contemporaryart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #contemporaryprintmaking #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers . #gullart #printmaker #oneofforiginal #herringgull #redlistbird
In other news whilst contemplating my way forward. I have been revisiting some lino plates I made sometime ago...but now I know gulls better I am not sure they really articulate their complex personalities... #linocut #printmaking #blockprinting #monoprint #utbanbird #contemporaryart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #contemporaryprintmaking #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers . #gullart #printmaker #oneofforiginal #herringgull #redlistbird
Still with Jackdaws and printmaking for a moment. Linocut with monoprint.. . . . . . #linocut #printmaking #blockprinting #monoprint #utbanbird #contemporaryart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #contemporaryprintmaking #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers . #magpieart #printmaker #oneofforiginal
Another Jackdaw linocut with monoprint in gold ink which spilled over onto the bird 😊 #everydaymagic #linocut #printmaking #blockprinting #monoprint #utbanbird #contemporaryart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #contemporaryprintmaking #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers . #magpieart #printmaker #oneofforiginal
From my previous post... this is the end if the poem by Ted Hughes ... so often so desolate... I love his poems and hate them all at the same time In a kitchen. The moustached goblin savage Nested in a scarf. The bright blank 50 Blind, like an angel, to my meat-crumbs and flies. Then eyelids resting. Wasted clingers curled. The inevitable balsa death. Finally burial For the husk Of my little Apollo - The charred scream Folded in its huge power #swiftawarenessweek #linocut. #printmaking #blockprinting #monoprint #utbanbird #contemporaryart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #contemporaryprintmaking #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers . #magpieart #printmaker #oneofforiginal
Swifts by Ted Hughes Fifteenth of May. Cherry blossom. The swifts Materialise at the tip of a long scream Of needle. 'Look! They're back! Look!' And they're gone On a steep Controlled scream of skid Round the house-end and away under the cherries. Gone. Suddenly flickering in sky summit, three or four together, Gnat-whisp frail, and hover-searching, and listening For air-chills - are they too early? With a bowing Power-thrust to left, then to right, then a flicker they Tilt into a slide, a tremble for balance, Then a lashing down disappearance Behind elms. They've made it again, Which means the globe's still working, the Creation's Still waking refreshed, our summer's Still all to come - And here they are, here they are again Erupting across yard stones Shrapnel-scatter terror. Frog-gapers, Speedway goggles, international mobsters - A bolas of three or four wire screams Jockeying across each other On their switchback wheel of death. They swat past, hard-fletched, Veer on the hard air, toss up over the roof, And are gone again. Their mole-dark labouring, Their lunatic limber scramming frenzy And their whirling blades Sparkle out into blue - Not ours any more. Rats ransacked their nests so now they shun us. Round luckier houses now They crowd their evening dirt-track meetings, Racing their discords, screaming as if speed-burned, Head-height, clipping the doorway With their leaden velocity and their butterfly lightness, Their too much power, their arrow-thwack into the eaves. Every year a first-fling, nearly-flying Misfit flopped in our yard, Groggily somersaulting to get airborne. 40 He bat-crawled on his tiny useless feet, tangling his flails Like a broken toy, and shrieking thinly Till I tossed him up - then suddenly he flowed away under His bowed shoulders of enormous swimming power, Slid away along levels wobbling On the fine wire they have reduced life to, And crashed among the raspberries. Then followed fiery hospital hours tbc. #swiftawarenessweek #linocut. #printmaking #blockprinting #monoprint #utbanbird #contemporaryart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #contemporaryprintmaking #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers
One more solstice bird for today.... I hope the sun has shone on you today 🌞🌞💛💛🌞🌞 Lapwing, linocut with monoprint on paper.. . . . . . . . . All of my canvases and printmaking are on offer with a solstice 2020, 20% discount until the end of June all on my website link in my profile... Or you can go to this page https://www.suzysharpeartist.com/purchase. #linocut. #printmaking #blockprinting #monoprint #utbanbird #contemporaryart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #contemporaryprintmaking #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers . #magpieart #printmaker #oneofforiginal
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ The Solstice which is actually a moment in time at 21.43 tonight offers a point of reflection for many on all that has grown out of the seeds of your intentions that back in midwinter: and to celebrate our achievements and count our blessings, then look ahead: to what we want to take forward in to the next half of the year. Oystercatchers linocut with monoprint on paper. . . . . . . . All of my canvases and printmaking are on offer with a solstice 2020, 20% discount until the end of June all on my website link in my profile... Or you can go to this page https://www.suzysharpeartist.com/purchase. #linocut. #printmaking #blockprinting #monoprint #utbanbird #contemporaryart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #contemporaryprintmaking #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers . #magpieart #printmaker #oneofforiginal
In a celebration of the sun on this Solstice here is a Magpie linocut with monoprint on paper. I must admit it is nice to see the sun again after a few damp weeks ... ... . All of my canvases and printmaking are on offer with a solstice 2020, 20% discount until the end of June all on my website link in my profile... Or you can go to this page https://www.suzysharpeartist.com/purchase. #linocut. #printmaking #blockprinting #monoprint #utbanbird #contemporaryart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #contemporaryprintmaking #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers . #magpieart #printmaker #oneofforiginal
As it's the solstice I thought I would share some images with golden globes throughout the day ...Starlings across the sun multi plate linocut on paper. All of my canvases and printmaking are on offer with a solstice 2020, 20% discount until the end of June all on my website link in my profile... Or you can go to this page https://www.suzysharpeartist.com/purchase. . . . . #linocut. #printmaking #blockprinting #monoprint #reliefprinting #lino #utbanbird #farmlandbirds #contemporaryart #narrative #cornwallart #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #artiststudio #art #wildlife #naturalworld #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #humananimalrelationship #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers . #magpie #printmaker #oneofforiginal
I have 6 canvases on the go today this is one if the smaller ones 30 x 30 cm, still a work in progress...I find Jackdaws ever present, in towns cities, beach, cliffs, countryside...always busy and always with an air of joy about them... ❤. . . . . . . . #screenprint #painting #printmaking #utbanbird #ubiquitous #farmlandbirds #contemporaryart #narrative #cornwallart #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #artiststudio #art #wildlife #naturalworld #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #humananimalrelationship #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers . #jackdaw #printmaker #oneofforiginal #crow
Rook and the sun. Linocut Lovely and sunny here today, it's not been as hot in Cornwall as other places... and the air definitely feels fresher... . . . . . ... . #linocut. #printmaking #blockprinting #monoprint #reliefprinting #lino #utbanbird #farmlandbirds #contemporaryart #narrative #cornwallart #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #artiststudio #art #wildlife #naturalworld #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #humananimalrelationship #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers . #magpie #printmaker #oneofforiginal #rook #crow
It has been a while since I shared a magpie, I have a beautiful pair nesting in my garden and eating me out of house and fat balls. I love to watch them trying to balance on the feeder whilst getting the maximum amount of food in their mouths.... . . . . . . #linocut. #printmaking #blockprinting #monoprint #reliefprinting #lino #utbanbird #farmlandbirds #contemporaryart #narrative #cornwallart #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #artiststudio #art #illustration #mixedmedia #wildlife #naturalworld #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #humananimalrelationship #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers . #magpie #printmaker #oneofforiginal #anthrozoology
Purely printmaking for this one as a completely handcrafted contrast to my digitally created collage yesterday....linocut with monoprint of lovely lapwings always a joy to watch, I see them mostly around the Hayle estuary in cornwall .. . . . . . .. . #linocut. #printmaking #blockprinting #monoprint #reliefprinting #lino #utbanbird #farmlandbirds #contemporaryart #narrative #cornwallart #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #artiststudio #art #wildlife #naturalworld #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #humananimalrelationship #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers . #magpie #printmaker #oneofforiginal
I had a wonderful day of printmaking yesterday, it was very good to get back to the studio... felt like it had been a while ... lapwings..... . . . . .. . #linocut. #printmaking #blockprinting #monoprint #reliefprinting #lino #utbanbird #farmlandbirds #contemporaryart #narrative #cornwallart #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #artiststudio #art #wildlife #naturalworld #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #humananimalrelationship #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers . #magpie #printmaker #oneofforiginal
Whilst I am trying to conjure up some warmth here is a pair of lapwkngs ... seen at Hayle estuary at this time of year, from a distance in flight they always appear to be black and white which belies their beautiful iridecant plumage. . . . .. . . #linocut. #printmaking #blockprinting #monoprint #reliefprinting #lino #utbanbird #farmlandbirds #contemporaryart #narrative #cornwallart #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #artiststudio #art #wildlife #naturalworld #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #humananimalrelationship #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers . #magpie #printmaker #oneofforiginal
Rook on a lace plinth now in the spring exhibition at @cornwall_crafts at @nttrelissick. One of my daughter's is competing in a CrossFit competition today so also hoping for a podium finish for her . . . .. #linocut. #printmaking #blockprinting #monoprint #reliefprinting #lino #utbanbird #farmlandbirds #contemporaryart #narrative #cornwallart #birdart #wildbird #artiststudio #art #illustration #wildlife #naturalworld #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #humananimalrelationship #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers #rook #printmaker #oneofforiginal #anthrozoology #crossfit #crossfitcrow
Apparently today is blue Monday.. most depressing day of the year... so this rook is walking away from the blues! My January is for planning so quite exciting in some ways .. and the days are getting longer so whilst trying not to wish life away I am looking forward to spring ...
This little rook is feeling on top of the world today ... Striding towards the end of the week ... When I put them on their boxes it always makes me think of box jumps in CrossFit maybe he should be CrossFit crow !. . . . #linocut. #printmaking #blockprinting #monoprint #reliefprinting #lino #utbanbird #farmlandbirds #contemporaryart #narrative #cornwallart #birdart #wildbird #artiststudio #art #illustration #wildlife #naturalworld #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #humananimalrelationship #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers #rook #printmaker #oneofforiginal #anthrozoology #crossfit #crossfitcrow
I have a pair of magpies who nested in my garden last year, I love to hear them chattering with their young... they have been inspecting last year's nest lately so I hope they will choose to use it again this year. . . . . #linocut. #printmaking #blockprinting #monoprint #reliefprinting #lino #utbanbird #farmlandbirds #contemporaryart #narrative #cornwallart #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #artiststudio #art #illustration #mixedmedia #wildlife #naturalworld #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #humananimalrelationship #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers . #magpie #printmaker #oneofforiginal #anthrozoology
Marvelous magpie again inspired by the same pair who nest in my garden... This one is in my winter sale and I will be sending the 50% discount code to my mailing list this evening #wintersale. . . #linocut. #printmaking #blockprinting #monoprint #reliefprinting #lino #utbanbird #farmlandbirds #contemporaryart #narrative #cornwallart #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #artiststudio #f #art #illustration #mixedmedia #wildlife #naturalworld #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #humananimalrelationship #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers . #magpie #printmaker #oneofforiginal
Lapwings and the sun ...... . . . #linocut. #printmaking #blockprinting #monoprint #reliefprinting #lino #utbanbird #farmlandbirds #contemporaryart #narrative #cornwallart #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #artiststudio #art #wildlife #naturalworld #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #humananimalrelationship #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers . #magpie #printmaker #oneofforiginal
I have a family of magpies in my garden they are always very weary of me always looking over their shoulder ... But they tend to come in pairs one to watch out and the other to collect food. .great personalities ❤. . . . #linocut. #printmaking #blockprinting #monoprint #reliefprinting #lino #utbanbird #farmlandbirds #contemporaryart #narrative #cornwallart #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #artiststudio #f #art #illustration #mixedmedia #wildlife #naturalworld #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #humananimalrelationship #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers . #magpie #printmaker #oneofforiginal
Magpie on a red box...the activist? I am hopeless with titles what could I title this one ? He does look like he is making an address! . . . #magpiemonday #linocut. #printmaking #blockprinting #reliefprinting #lino #utbanbird #farmlandbirds #ink #contemporaryart #narrative #cornwallart #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #artiststudio #inthestudio #art #illustration #collage #mixedmedia #wildlife #naturalworld #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #humananimalrelationship #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers . #magpie
Sometimes lovely things happen. Quite by accident .. I was using some proofs as masks yesterday so the were over printed with colour ...I love his red feet :) , , , , #collage #linocut #magpie #printmaking #blockprinting #reliefprinting #lino #utbanbird #farmlandbirds #ink #contemporaryart #narrative #cornwallart #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #artiststudio #inthestudio #art #illustration #collage #mixedmedia #wildlife #naturalworld #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #humananimalrelationship #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers . .
Another magpie on a plinth of words :). . . .. ...... #peopleandbirds #collage #linocut #magpie #printmaking #blockprinting #reliefprinting #lino #utbanbird #farmlandbirds #ink #contemporaryart #narrative #cornwallart #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #artiststudio #inthestudio #art #illustration #collage #mixedmedia #wildlife #naturalworld #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #humananimalrelationship #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers
Finally settled on the words to stand this magpie on .. 'All too human' seemed appropriate as the chatter together in family groups around my garden :). . . . ...... #peopleandbirds #collage #linocut #magpie #printmaking #blockprinting #reliefprinting #lino #utbanbird #farmlandbirds #ink #contemporaryart #narrative #cornwallart #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #artiststudio #inthestudio #art #illustration #collage #mixedmedia #wildlife #naturalworld #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #humananimalrelationship #get_imprinted #ukprintmakers
Sun and Starlings. . . ...... #silouette #peopleandbirds #collage #linocut #printmaking #blockprinting #reliefprinting #lino #utbanbird #farmlandbirds #ink #blackandwhite #cornwallart #cornwallwildlife #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #artiststudio #inthestudio #art #illustration #collage #mixedmedia #wildlife #naturalworld #animaartist #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #wildlifeartist #humananimalrelationship
Having fun in the studio! Collage and printmaking . . . . ..... #silouette #peopleandbirds #linocut #printmaking #blockprinting #collage #reliefprinting #lino #utbanbird #farmlandbirds #ink #blackandwhite #cornwallart #cornwallwildlife #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #artiststudio #inthestudio #art #illustration #collage #mixedmedia #wildlife #naturalworld #animaartist #mixedmedia #conceptual. #contemporaryprintmaking #contemporaryprintmaking #wildlifeartist #humananimalrelationship
Considering the birds.... .. . . ..... #silouette #peopleandbirds #collage #linocut #printmaking #blockprinting #reliefprinting #lino #utbanbird #farmlandbirds #ink #blackandwhite #cornwallart #cornwallwildlife #wildlifeart #birdart #birdartist #wildbird #artiststudio #inthestudio #art #illustration #collage #mixedmedia #wildlife #naturalworld #animaartist #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #wildlifeartist #humananimalrelationship