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
Dec 31, 20224 min
A quick personal round up of what has happened to my artwork in 2022
Well it's been another arty, exciting and busy year, with all of the usual highs and lows of life. I've made a fair amount of art, never...
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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Mar 28, 20223 min
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
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
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
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
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
Mar 12, 20212 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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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Feb 10, 20211 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...
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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Jan 24, 20211 min
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
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
Nov 27, 20202 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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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Jul 12, 20191 min
Lion Street Gallery in Hay on Wye
I'm really excited to have my work shown in this wonderful gallery in Hay on Wye. http://lionstreetgallery.co.uk/martin-truefitt-baker/...
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Martin Truefitt-Baker, Art
Apr 9, 20191 min
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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