Sparrowhawk Linocut Print natureart more like a plate from

more like a plate from a children’s story book

enjoy their aerial acrobatics throughout Summer and feel genuine sadness at their departure in Autumn/Fall

a beautifully textured handmade Himalayan paper

the rumble of a tractor and the cry of gull & hawk

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Sparrowhawk Linocut Print natureart more like a plate fromThe sparrowhawk is the raptor we see most often close up, the surprise attack in the garden, the centre of the drama when the alarm calls of songbirds rise amongst the trees and hedges. I have been fortunate enough to study the finest Japanese woodblock prints first hand, to study line and composition, and using these observations I have carved this print, the Sparrowhawk. I wished to depict poise and power in this print, the steely eyed gaze of a