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The colours of a late afternoon mid February, a beach to myself ( and the dogs ) looking for potential new images to cut. I decided on this one with it's interesting sky, wet beach reflections, sea and rocks, perfect. I started this print during the Cornwall Open Studios and posted my layers as I went along but here it is again if you didn't see it on instagram. First drawing on the lino and white crayon marks for first cut.    First colour printed, I went for a very pale grey/blue, the white foam of the sea isn't actually white...

  27th May  - 4th June  The Orange Circles will be out all over Cornwall this weekend for the next 9 days. It's a great time to explore and discover artists. Open Studios starts this weekend and I'm OPEN All my details are on this link Directions and opening times. https://openstudioscornwall.co.uk/.../hazel-mcnab-artist.../ In the book I'm on page 42 Artist number 164 although I don't appear on their map! I'd be around about under the Z in Penzance. I'll have all my latest work plus older prints and I'll be there busy cutting and printing so if you're down in Cornwall...

July 2022, a beautiful evening and a swim with my sister down at Kynance Cove. Lots of photos taken and here's the one I chose to work with A simple drawing on the lino and first cut First two colours printed 2nd cut and lino showing the white lines where I'm planning to cut. 3rd colour a second green  4th colour a blue over the whole sea and a blend in the sky 5th colour a third green 6th colour a second blue 7th colour a turquoise on the lino and printed 8th colour a forth green 9th colour a fifth darker...

Soooo here's something different from me! Quite a few years ago I did a linocut of a polar bear and I wanted to have another go. Obviously! I couldn't work from my own photo so I began by looking everywhere on the internet to find the perfect bear to inspire me to cut. I found the work of Paul Souders, and his incredible photographs. I approached him online and asked permission to use one of his photographs which he kindly granted. There is also a book available on his amazing adventures. Arctic Soltaire: A Boat, a Bay and the Quest for...

21st December a beautiful day and the tide would be out at 11am. A reasonable time in my opinion for a walk on this beach. The last thing I expected was to actually go in for a dip, but it was irresistible and I did, as well as getting some wonderful photographs to inspire a new linocut. I was looking for a composition which would fit into the category 'Earth's Wild Beauty' so I could enter into the DSWF Wildlife Artist of the Year 2023. I think this photograph captures wonderfully the power of nature and here's my version on...