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    Kingfisher, evening rain.
    Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
    • May 12
    • 3 min

    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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    Winter Hillside Badgers
    Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
    • Mar 13
    • 3 min

    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...
    177 views2 comments
    An online article about my work
    Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
    • Nov 28, 2021
    • 6 min

    An online article about my work

    A nice online article has been published about my work and how I make it. It is in the blog section of the Handprinted website. link...
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    Frosty Hare
    Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
    • Aug 15, 2021
    • 2 min

    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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    'Golden Morning Hares'
    Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
    • Jun 1, 2021
    • 2 min

    '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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    Winter Pinecone...another varied edition.
    Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
    • Mar 12, 2021
    • 2 min

    Winter Pinecone...another varied edition.

    The process of reduction linocut printing is very unforgiving. Once a slither of lino is cut it is almost impossible to put it back. The...
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    Images of four of my prints are now available as cards published by Art Angels.
    Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
    • Feb 10, 2021
    • 1 min

    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...
    102 views0 comments
    Winter Fox
    Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
    • Jan 8, 2021
    • 2 min

    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...
    378 views2 comments
    Designing for reduction linocuts.
    Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
    • Dec 5, 2020
    • 2 min

    Designing for reduction linocuts.

    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...
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    Left to right! 'Well hello Mr. Fox, what a nice surprise to see you!'
    Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
    • Nov 27, 2020
    • 2 min

    Left to right! 'Well hello Mr. Fox, what a nice surprise to see you!'

    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,...
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    Vulpecula
    Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
    • Oct 13, 2020
    • 2 min

    Vulpecula

    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...
    93 views0 comments
    Hedgehog reduction linocut
    Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
    • Jul 7, 2020
    • 1 min

    Hedgehog reduction linocut

    The garden could really do with at least one resident hedgehog. It would certainly not go hungry. The slugs and snails thrive and shelter...
    161 views0 comments
    Autumn Bracken Badgers
    Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
    • Dec 11, 2019
    • 1 min

    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...
    64 views0 comments
    Art in Penallt
    Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
    • Sep 1, 2019
    • 1 min

    Art in Penallt

    I have been really honoured this year to be asked to be part of Art in Penallt. It used to be in a small chapel building in Penallt but...
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    Usk River Otter
    Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
    • Aug 9, 2019
    • 1 min

    Usk River Otter

    At long last and after a lot of design and preparation work, this otter print is finished. A varied edition again, printed using Caligo...
    155 views0 comments

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