East London Printmakers Festival of Print is on now until 30th November at The Mile End Art Pavilion. 98 artists showing original handmade prints.

Inner and Outer Worlds. A solo show of my paintings and original prints is on now at The Onion Garden in Westminster until December @theoniongarden.bsky.social

I'm selling my linocuts and hand coloured etchings in Battersea Park at The Affordabe Art Fair 15-19 October. If you'd like a complimentary ticket, please message me. This is my linocut of Battersea Park.

I have a show on In Lewes until 21st Sept featuring my linocuts for Craftland and other pieces. It's at Edwards and Todd on the High Street for Artwave Festival.

I have open studios on Saturday 12-6 at Arthub bdg 28 - 34 Bowater Rd London Se18 5TF. All welcome. Ill be selling my calendars and you can see all my recent linocuts.

The badger cull is a bloody disgrace. 230,000 dead — and for what? No proof it works. No sign they’ll stop. This is cruelty, not policy. End the slaughter. Sign the petition now: 🦡💥 👉 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Tomorrow is the last day of Grow Now, our linocut show at The Onion Garden @theoniongarden.bsky.social join us 12-4 to celebrate a month in this wonderful verdant venue in Westminster.

London great spotted woodpecker pecking at the chimney pots. There are alot of trees around here, but it was obviously finding a lot of insects on the masonry.

this is the new Bluesky account for venerable rock band Shriekback who are still knocking em out... shriekback.com/store is where the band's entire back catalogue is for sale. You may also want to get on the band's mailing list at shriekback.com and there's a new album you can't buy yet MONUMENT.

My linocut The Topiarist hanging in a perfect environment for it @theoniongarden.bsky.social a green space created from scratch by Jens in the heart of central London. The exhibition runs until 5th May and is open daily. Grow Now!

New greetings cards of recent linocuts available now in my online card shop. 3 for £8.99 including UK p&p kit-boyd.sumupstore.com

GROW NOW The Onion Garden, Westminster, London @theoniongarden.bsky.social 4 artists making linocuts. PV 2nd April. DM me if you'd like to come along. Exhibition runs until 6 May.

Eynsford. Reduction linocut. Edition of 14. On show in my solo show throughout March at Store 104 in Rochester with Francis Iles Gallery. I'll be there 3-6 on Saturday 1st so do drop in if you can. All welcome.

Francis Iles Gallery are putting on a solo show upstairs at Store 104 on Rochester High Street, featuring my train poster linocuts for Kent railway stations on the Darent Valley line. PV 3-6 on Saturday 1st March. It runs for 1 month. All welcome.

Well my Monday has started smoothly. I got Wordle in 1 this morning. Hope this means my luck is in for the week... #Wordle

Breathe Magazine. Issue 71 is out today and has my Greenwich Park linocut on the cover

The Coast Walker. Hand coloured etching. A new version made last week. See another hand coloured one at Fresh London this week with Francis Iles Galleries. Free tickets in my bio

Studio window view after the wild wind and rain...

Early morning moon

Today's sunset near my studio beside the Thames Barrier in London

The Sacred Grove. Hand coloured etching from the edition of 60. This is going to be at Fresh London at Alexandra Palace with Francis Iles Galleries. Free tickets through their website. francis-iles.com/pages/art-fa...

The Book of Love. Etching and aquatint. Edition of 75. Available from my website.

End of day from the studio desk...

The end of 2024 is here and here is my most familiar view of the year - right outside my studio window. The Thames Barrier - a reduction linocut I made in October.

The swineherd, 1889 https://botfrens.com/collections/44/contents/12566

Another World. Hand coloured etching and aquatint. Titled after the Antony and the Johnsons song.

The Thames Barrier from my studio window yesterday evening.

XMAS MARKET. This Saturday I'll be at the new studios of Arthub at The Mornington Centre in New Cross London with my linocuts, etchings and cards 11-5. Free entry. Celebrating 25 years of Arthub!

The Wanderer. Etching and aquatint. Edition of 40.

The Revelation. Ink on paper with line etching. Made for When Palmer met Blake last month at Adam's Gallery in Reigate. I reworked this yesterday as I felt it was too bright. #samuelpalmer #williamblake

Otford. Linocut. Made for Otford Station and now up on the platform. My linktree in profile has links to my website where you can buy tge original prints, and to the More Sevenoaks site where you can buy the 6 posters in different sizes.

The Tryst. Ink on board. 2024. Just added to my website. Link in bio

Eynsford. Reduction Linocut. Edition of 14. Commission for the railway station in Kent. Currently up at the station and outside Sevenoaks and Swanley stations. #railway #railwayposter #train #art

Sevenoaks. Linocut. Edition of 75. This is the train station poster commissioned by the Darent Valley Community Rail Patnership. Up at the station and on hoardings outside with my 5 other posters. Also outside Swanley station.

New 2025 calendar just out through @rathergoodart.bsky.social featuring 12 of my linocuts and etchings. Order here: www.rathergoodart.co.uk/product/kit-...

I put up the double glazing on my studio window yesterday. It's reflecting my bookshelf in the view out over The Thames Barrier.

A Wider View

Icelandic singer Björk has just created a haunting A.I. sound installation for the Centre Pompidou, Paris, 'Nature Manifesto" includes the sounds of extinct and endangered animals

Self portrait as a green man. Under the Ivy. Under Deptford Bridge. Entertaining myself while waiting forever for a 177 bus yesterday...

Cast Adrift (in Blue). Linocut. This was originally made for a Printmakers Council show on the theme of journeys. I imagined John Minton's sleeping figure from Time Was Away (1948) being carried away on the tide... A different version got into the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 2020.

The Book of Love. Etching and aquatint. Edition of 75.

The Man Who Planted Trees. Linocut. Edition of 75. Made for the cover of the book by Jean Giono with wood engravings by Harry Brockway. Penguin Random House Vintage edition 2022.

The Thames Barrier. Reduction linocut. Edition of 22. This is the view out of my studio window. I included Banksy's rhino which he painted round the corner just before I started cutting it. I sold one of these at Greenwich Printmakers Gallery today so very happy about that!

Morning Mr Magpie, how are you today? It's very autumnal here in London...

I've just put my linktree in my bio. It links to my website and my online card shop where you can find this new card The Winter Neoromantic.

The rather good @rathergoodart.bsky.social have created my first calendar ever. Roll on 2025 to reveal a new picture each month over the coming year.

Good morning - I hope you slept like an urchin-stuffed sea otter - I'm starting (suitably enough) with ‘Wet Afternoon’, Eric Ravilious, watercolour on paper, 1928. Available as a single card or as part of the Eric Ravilious Collection No. 1. www.rathergoodart.co.uk/product/eric...

Lovely new mezzotint by Cath. We show together at Greenwich Printmakers Gallery.