ah the joys of blogging, somewhere between drinking to many coffees and uploading new pictures i managed to delete my old blog template, i have been fiddling around for 4 hours now trying to fix it!
in other news i have been working on a new set of drawings and paintings, inspired by poems about the sea. These are the drawings for a new set of prints, i hand paint the layers in thick black ink to make the images ready for screen printing.
Sea Fever by John Masefield
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by,
And the wheel's kick and the wind's song and the white sail's shaking,
And a gray mist on the sea's face, and a grey dawn breaking.
I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea-gulls crying.
I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull's way and the whale's way, where the wind's like a whetted knife;
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover,
And quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick's over.
