Artists & Illustrators

The Working Artist

“Accepting that not every artwork is about a good outcome is very liberating”

Recently an ex-student of mine, Bill, came to my studio to collect a print. He told me that during the Covid-19 restrictions he’d been working on his printmaking and trying to

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