Narrative Paintings

Blackcountry Art

About printmaking

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paul@paulbloomer.com

Paul Bloomer is a contemporary British artist living and working in the Shetland Islands.

If you like woodcuts and prints, have a look at my earlier Black Country print making.

Shetland prints

My Shetland prints and especially the woodcuts are generally of a celebratory nature exploring themes such as freedom, growth and rebirth and reflect my joy of rediscovering nature after a life of urban living.

I seem to have a natural affinity with woodcuts that is probably born out of my love of drawing, mark making and strong design.

The demands of cutting a block require imaginative mark making solutions to specific spatial problems. Cutting directly into a woodblock requires clarity of vision because a woodblock is unforgiving of mistakes.

The etched line has a magic all of its own and is impossible to replicate by any other means. It is akin to alchemy when surrounded by chemicals and paraphernalia the skilled etcher can turn a copper plate into visual gold. I learned to etch at the Royal Academy Schools by watching Norman Ackroyd do magic with Nitric Acid and metal.

Read more about my woodcuts and etchings.

All these works are for sale unless otherwise indicated.

The Money Counters
2008 Woodcut. 76 x 61cm Ref. 4156

Windy Nights
2008 Woodcut. 61 x 61cm Ref. 4160

Windfarm 1
2008 Woodcut. 63 x 91.5cm Ref. 4150

Windfarm 2
2008 Woodcut. 63 x 91.5cm Ref. 4152

Shadow Flicker
2008 Woodcut. 47 x 87cm Ref. 4154

North Light
2002 Coloured woodcut. 24" x 30" Ref. 2242

We Saw Them Fly (detail)
2002 Detail. Ref. 2229

We Saw Them Fly
2002 Woodcut. 72" x 24" Edition of 20 Ref. 2228

Listen
2001 Woodcut. 30" x 24" Edition of 40 Ref. 2226

Fertile Island (detail)
2000 Detail. Ref. 2221

Flight (detail)
2000 Detail. Ref. 2223

Gannets
2000 Woodcut. 48" x 36" Edition of 20 Ref. 2225

Fertile Island
2000 Woodcut. 48" x 72" Edition of 15 Ref. 2220

Flight
2000 Woodcut. 36" x 48" Edition of 20 Ref. 2222

Jonah
1999 Woodcut. 48" x 48" Edition of 15 Ref. 2214

Curlews And Snipe
1999 Woodcut. 30" x 24" Edition of 40 Ref. 2210

Swans Over Clousta
1999 Woodcut. 24" x 72" Edition of 15 Ref. 2216

Flight A Picture For Molly
1999 Woodcut. 30" x 24" Edition of 40 Ref. 2212

Small Flight
1998 Woodcut. 5" x 8" Edition of 150 Ref. 2208

Fish Farm
1998 Woodcut. 30" x 24" Edition of 40 Ref. 2204

A Fleet Of Goosanders
1998 Woodcut. 20" x 30" Edition of 40 Ref. 2202

Long Tailed Ducks
1998 Woodcut. 20" x 30" Edition of 40 Ref. 2206

Melby
1997 Etching. 10" x 12" Edition of 50 Ref. 2230

Sandness
1997 Etching. 10" x 12" Edition of 50 Ref. 2234

Simmer Dim At Busta
1997 Etching. 10" x 12" Edition of 50 Ref. 2236

Towards Melby
1997 Etching. 10" x 12" Edition of 50 Ref. 2240

Simmer Dim
1997 Etching. 10" x 12" Edition of 50 Ref. 2238

Noisy Bird
1997 Woodcut. 24" x 20" Edition of 40 Ref. 2200

Night Shepherd
1989 Woodcut. 61cm x 76cm Ref. 4006