14/05/2026
WIP: Church St, Newcastle Linocut.
I’m slowly putting together some linocut artworks and hope to have a body of work to share soon. This is a creative divergence from my previous textile and wallpaper designs/products, but I a hope that yhey might complement them in some way too. I am looking forward to see where it all goes.
I’ve probably overworked this already but enjoying the journey anyways; ☺️
Side fact: funnily enough I took a photo of this street a couple of years ago when visiting, I was just struck by the row of terraces all beautifully restored, framed by the norfolk pines and sitting atop Newcastle city with a fresh salty sea air breeze. It was not until recently re-reading Margaret Olley’s biography: “Far from an ordinary life” that I discovered that she fell in love with this part of Newcastle too, painting the same street, and promptly buying up one terrace house after another as she made herself a very astute property portfolio! This fact must have past me by the first time I read the memoir, but maybe something stayed in my subconscious;) Nicely weird, huh?!