Etchings, linocuts, collagraphs
and monoprints
Maggie began her relationship with printing when she was being taught the skills by John Brunsdon, at St. Albans School of Art. Though having set it aside for many years, she has in recent years taken to it again with as much vigour and distinguishable artistry, humour, and "Maggie-ness" as was ever the case.
Each etching, collograph, monoprint or linocut has been
hand printed by Maggie - this form of printing is not "reproduction".
Several are on handmade paper, some of which was brought back from Thailand.
The paper is always bigger
than the stated image size,
so there's room for manoeuvre when framing.
It was a small piece of lino that I cut for this cockerel. I had in mind the Japanese netsuke carvings, where all the carving is contained within a small piece of ivory.
The cockerel is somewhat similar to one of my Llanfair neighbour's, which was still happily scratching in 1998 when I first sketched it.
Scratching Cock
Linocut
Image 10.5 x 15.25 cm.
Unlimited edition.
Hand made paper.
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This etching features a flock of newly
shorn sheep standing on a tump beneath the moon.
How ridiculous they all look once they've been shorn, gathering together
to hide their embarrassment.
Moonflock
Etching
Image 18 X 12.75
Edition of 50
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Sorry - all sold
The balustrades against the blue cedar
immediately reminded me of a childhood storybook in which a white peacock
magically stood out in the dusk.
I have placed the peacock in the Rose Garden in the National Trust House
at Erddig, near Wrexham ~ North Wales. I love the shapes of the brick
Dutch gable in the Victorian parterre.
Peacock in the Rose Garden
Linocut
Image 17.25 x 37
Unlimited edition.
Hand made paper.
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Blue the only colour, the buildings being white, and the priests black.
Blue Dome
Etching
Image 15 x 21.5 cm
Edition of 50.
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Black priests walk among the sun burnt buildings while the eternal blue sky hangs above.
Greek Church
Etching
Image 15 x 21.5 cm
Edition of 50.
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In this etching I lie with my love beneath a horse chestnut tree with flowers like candelabras, and a full mid-summer moon. To make love outside on a warm evening is magic.
Mine beneath the Bushes
Etching
Image 15.25 x 22.5 cm
Edition of 30.
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Inspired by an old photograph which unintentionally looked like an optical illusion of an overloaded cow at Cilgerranfair, in Wales. I quite identified with the poor beast.
Poor Cow
Etching
Image 20 x 30cm
Edition of 100.
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Peeping Pauline pegging purple.
Pegging Purple
Etching
Image 7 x 7cm
Edition of 50.
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Enigmatic figures slowly climbing the hill on a dark winter’s day. Where are they going? Where have they come from?
Riders in the Snow
Collograph
Image 15.5 x 30cm
Edition of 13.
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Ominous hats to shade off the sun, reminiscent of Iberian dress of yesteryear. This etching is based on a cloudy recollection that I have of a picture of peasants by Matthias, a minor painter of the Nazi era.
The Sweepers
Etching
Image 13.5 x 15 cm
Edition of 12.
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Inspired by a visit to the wonderful Pavilion Museum in Brighton where old fans were on show.
I used the shape to depict Shropshire's most famous hill - The Wrekin.
Wrekin Fan
Fan shaped image - collagraph
49.5 x 27 (at highest) cm
Edition of 35
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