Martin Truefitt-Baker
Artwork

One for sorrow Two for joy Three for a girl and Four for a boy Five for silver Six for gold  Seven for a secret never told  Eight's a...

There have been no shortage of cold, stormy and rainy days this year, so I spent some time up on the mountainside where I had originally see

I ended up fascinated by the poetic idea of an otter swimming in the reflected stars and Milky Way of the night sky.

Fox bluebells spring linocut print purple blue green bracken wildlife vulpes stitchwort bees forest

I've been lucky to have work in three exhibitions starting in January. I managed to get up to Conwy for the opening of the Royal Cambrian...

This reduction linocut was inspired by a trip out in July this year while I was walking through some fields where the meadow cranesbill...

I've seen kingfishers on the river Usk (south Wales). Sometimes even by the Crickhowell bridge but not that often. My experience of the...

I had a very pleasant day yesterday working with students from Coleg Gwent, Cross Keys campus, near Newport. A big thank you to both...

My latest reduction linocut is of two badgers up on the hillside in the winter on a crisp chilly day. The hawthorn trees up on the...

When I design a linocut I often take the elements of the design, cut them up and rearrange them till I'm happy. It's only another step to...

It has taken a long time to finish this print for one reason or another. From the first ideas and sketches it has been nearly three...

This is one of two recent prints I’ve been working on over the past month or so. Hopefully the other one of a pinecone will be finished...

The Badger linocut print has recently been published by Art Angels as a part of their 'printmakers' range. That means there are now four...

This design is the same size as my last fox print and is also set amongst the trees and bracken on Mynydd Llangatwg. The printing has...

Why do I design my linocuts in blue? The main reason is, I just find it works for me! I'm sure others may have their own preferences. It...

I’ve put together a few sentences about how we read a painting or drawing from left to right. As a left-handed (keggy wifter) printmaker,...

I've been working on and off on this linocut design for over two months. There is a patch of mountainside behind where I live that is...

The garden could really do with at least one resident hedgehog. It would certainly not go hungry. The slugs and snails thrive and shelter...

The irises in the garden have been fantastic this yar. I've managed to complete two small paintings from them. Both are 24x30cm, oil on...

Whahooosie! Finished at last. Several lessons learned, I had to 'patch a part of the last layer because I was rushing and cut away too...