This is a hybrid print made up of a collagraph base layer and handcut copperplate, aquatint etching.

A female sparrow on a arch of barbed wire.

All my work starts with drawing.

I aim to capture the movement and energy of the birds.

The backgrounds are created using recycled bits of card or packaging and loose gestural marks to convey an atmosphere of a familiar rural scene.

Each print takes time to create and is not a process one can rush.

Printed as a small and precious edition of just 20 (all artwork signed and numbered)

Printed on snowden 300 gsm paper

Paper size approx 25cmx25cm

Image size approx 15cmx15cm

Sold unframed (shown framed as an example)

all orders are sent in a recycled, reinforced cardboard folder or tube ready for framing.