Current travel restrictions may mean that some mounted or framed prints may take a little longer to prepare than usual. I'll be in touch if this is the case.

Unmounted prints will be posted as normal.

Thanks, Nigel

I'm a creator of original prints and photographs with a personal, sometimes humorous, view of landscape and wildlife.

I trained as a biologist with interests in moorland, marine-life and birds and for twenty-five years co-owned a marine biological consultancy. Since 2000 I've been based in South Devon where I make original prints; especially linocuts, collagraphs and etchings. Something about the printmaking process – creative but careful, artistic but with a scientific approach appeals to me very much.

Producing prints is a multi-stage process; each requires care and precision, but there’s always scope for the unexpected! It can be exciting, challenging, fulfilling and frustrating in a single day.

The process depends on the technique but for lino-cutting:

- I decide on and refine the image and transfer it to a piece of lino or vinyl.
- Sharp fine gouges are used to remove the ‘white’ areas around the design.
- Once cutting is complete the plate is inked with a roller.
- A press is used to push a sheet of printing paper onto the plate.
- I’ll make proof prints to check, reworking areas to get the precise result I’m after.
- Once satisfied I print onto high quality Somerset printing paper.

For a design with multiple colours the plate may be re-cut and the print run through the press again. Alternatively a second plate (or third or more!) may be used to introduce colour.

The inspiration for the designs themselves has many sources. Some images are derived from the moorland landscape with its hills and prehistoric rows and circles of stone. While others are more obviously biological in origin, usually with a slightly offbeat slant.
When not printing I’m often out on nearby Dartmoor as a qualified moorland guide, leading individuals and groups to explore the moor - or simply walking with my wife and dog in a very special place.

See my social media links and web-site (via blog link below) for more information about walks and courses.

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