Delighted to show you this new bird portrait! It’s a reduction linoleum print inspired by the Brambling and the 17th bird of this series. There are 17 colour layers printed for this linoleum print which was quite a puzzle. Yellow and orange tones are usually not the easiest to print because of the transparencies in…
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New bird alert! Just finished a new bird portrait. The 16th one of my bird portraits series and inspired by the Blue tit. It’s a reduction linoleum print with 17 (!) colour layers. And I’m truly happy with the result, really think it has become a very nice, cute one and a lovely addition to…
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Happy and proud to show you this freshly finished reduction linoleum print! It’s the 15th one in my bird portrait series. For this Sparrow I printed 14 (!) colors. Although it is a somewhat sober color palette, and I am a huge color fan myself, I found this color scheme really challenging and interesting to…
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Happy to show you this finished new bird portrait! It’s a reduction linoleum print with 12 (!) colour layers. It’s the 14th of this series of bird portraits I’m working on. The ,at first glance, somewhat more muted colour palette of the Coal tit was quite a challenge. It required great precision to mix exactly…
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Like every year I made a linoleum print especially for this day and like every year I’m ready at the last minute to launch it on the day itself. Something to do with planning… But then, I think “love is for every day of the year”. There are 4 birds ‘hidden’ between the leaves and flowers…
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New year, new bird: I’m so excited to show you this finished new linoleum reduction print bird portrait! For this Robin I printed 14 (!) color layers. Happy and proud to add this one to the series of bird portraits. It was definitely the most challenging to make, it took me endless color mixing and…
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Look, look Christmas shoppers! Happy to announce two open studio days half December! You are welcome to visit my studio on Saturday & Sunday December 14th & 15th from 1:00 till 6:00 PM. Have a look around in the studio building, visit me and my fellow artist, maybe buy some unique Christmas gifts for your…
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Here’s the 12th print of my bird portraits series. This new portrait is inspired by the Barn swallow. It’s a reduction linoleum print with 11 colour layers. And I just love the colour palette of this one. Not only because I’m a fan of blue. By accidentally mixing too much ink for the first colour, there…
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Super happy with this feature (and cover photo) in Pressing Matters magazine issue 26! Pressing Matters is all about printmaking artists, their creative processes and passion for print. Expect inky fingers, creative workspaces, sketchbooks and prints made using all kinds of techniques and mediums. Photo credits: Axel van Dijk @axelfreelens WHAT ATTRACTED YOU TO YOUR CURRENT…
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Happy to show you this finished new bird portrait! It’s a reduction linoleum print with 14 (!) colour layers. It’s the 11th of this series of bird portraits I’m working on. This one has the most number of layers of all the birds I made so far. The portrait is inspired by the Wheatear and…
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Suzanne Kruisdijk