Sparrowhawk Linocut Print natureart a beautifully textured handmade Himalayan

a beautifully textured handmade Himalayan paper

The pamphlet known as ‘A Straunge & Terrible Wunder’ was a sensation and its fame has lasted to this day

Behold the anti-Santa

more like a plate from a children’s story book

The image area is 210mm 300mm

Sparrowhawk Linocut Print natureart a beautifully textured handmade HimalayanThe sparrowhawk is the raptor we see most often close up, the surprise attack in the garden, the centre of the drama when the alarm calls of songbirds rise amongst the trees and hedges. I have been fortunate enough to study the finest Japanese woodblock prints first hand, to study line and composition, and using these observations I have carved this print, the Sparrowhawk. I wished to depict poise and power in this print, the steely eyed gaze of a