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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Jul 24, 20243 min read
Making the Magpie Silver reduction linocut
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...
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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Mar 17, 20244 min read
'Swimming in Stars',a nightime otter print
I ended up fascinated by the poetic idea of an otter swimming in the reflected stars and Milky Way of the night sky.
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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Jan 23, 20232 min read
January Exhibitions
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...
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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
May 12, 20224 min read
Kingfisher, evening rain.
I've seen kingfishers on the river Usk (south Wales). Sometimes even by the Crickhowell bridge but not that often. My experience of the...
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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Mar 28, 20223 min read
Trees 'up the top'
I've been feeling a bit stuck in the studio lately. The winter hasn't been that bad but working on some commissions, a new linocut and...
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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Mar 13, 20223 min read
Winter Hillside Badgers
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...
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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Jan 12, 20221 min read
Up Early
Up and out early. Taking some photos/researching some ideas for the background of a couple of new prints. A crisp morning. The peril from...
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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Jan 1, 20221 min read
Happy New Year!
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...
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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Aug 15, 20212 min read
Frosty Hare
A slightly varied edition. They are all the same tonal range. I think the image processing has made some lighter. The field where the...
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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Jun 1, 20212 min read
'Golden Morning Hares'
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...
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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Mar 6, 20211 min read
Spring Swallows
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...
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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Feb 10, 20211 min read
Images of four of my prints are now available as cards published by Art Angels.
The Badger linocut print has recently been published by Art Angels as a part of their 'printmakers' range. That means there are now four...
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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Jan 24, 20211 min read
Snowy morning in the Beacons
This morning. Not as much snow as hoped but enough to make you look at the landscape in a different way. Got lost looking for a new path...
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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Jan 8, 20212 min read
Winter Fox
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...
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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Dec 11, 20191 min read
Autumn Bracken Badgers
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...
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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Apr 9, 20191 min read
Trees by the track to the old quarry
Trees the on side of the mountain track to the quarry on Mynydd Llangatwg. The path is worn deep into the ground and must be very old....
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