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Rise of Female Artists

Elizabeth Blackadder Frida Kahlo Linocut Marianne North Royal Academy Summer Exhibition Women Artists Yayoi Kusama

Linocut printed onto canvas mounted onto wood - ready to hang 152cm high by 4cm wide 2cm deep Edition of 100. £880.00 See linocuts in shop to purchase.  Selected and hanging in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2021 A few available from my website or studio  Female artists listed in order -  Yayoi Kusama   1929 - present   Born in Japan, Kusama found acclaim in 1960s New York. Since the 1970s she has lived in Tokyo, where she continues to work prolifically. Dame Elizabeth Blackadder DBE, RA, RSA. 1931 - 2021  Was a Scottish painter and printmaker known for her images...

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Shortlisted RA Summer Exhibition 2021

Linocut London New work printmaking RA Summer Exhibition 2021 Royal Academy

So excited I have just found out one of my linocuts has been Shortlisted for the RA Summer Exhibition - its very different to my other work and I will reveal more when I get the final result - fingers crossed. results not until September.   This is the first one I got in ten years ago. 

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Tulips for Tapping

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Tulips for Tapping

Earlier in May I enjoyed a great morning tip toeing through the Tulips behind the Ffolkes Arms in Hillington, Norfolk. They were open by pre booking for the public to see the glorious display. Proceeds went to Tapping House Hospice. Knowing I would be inspired, I took a couple of sketch books, struggling to hold the big one in the wind I managed a couple of larger sketches but worked mostly on a small scale.  Later in my studio I used my sketches to create an image to then make into this linocut. See previous post for how it was...

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Derby Print Open

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Derby Print Open

Delighted to say I have had 4 of my "lockdown skies" accepted in the Derby Print Open 2021 Its an online exhibition this year but well worth a look and the catalogue is available too on their website .   https://www.derbyprintopen.org/printmakers/louise-stebbing

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Tulip Splendour in Norfolk

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Tulip Splendour in Norfolk

On 5th of May I had a wonderful day in the Tulips for Tapping field in Norfolk - I took my sketchbooks - the big one was hard to handle in the wind but I still managed to do a few sketches. I always like to work from a sketch because it gives me much more information than a photograph. Your eye sees things differently to a camera lens. Back in the studio I chose one of my sketches to develop and translate into a linocut . Below is a selection of the colours/layers I put onto the lino. It is...

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