Sea of Tranquility Linocut by Layla Khani (aka Laylart)

Sea of Tranquillity is an original hand-pulled reduction linocut inspired by summer meadows and the landscape around the Malvern Hills.

The composition brings together a meadow filled with orange, pink and yellow wildflowers, rolling fields and a clear blue sky. I wanted to capture the openness of a summer landscape at its fullest, when colour seems to spread across the fields.

I created the work using the reduction linocut technique. Each colour is printed from the same lino block, with more of the surface carved away between every layer. The process continues until the image is complete. Because the block is progressively destroyed during printing, the edition is fixed and cannot be reproduced again once sold out.

Sea of Tranquillity is from a limited edition of 30. Each impression is individually inked and printed by hand, so small variations in colour and texture are part of the character of the work.

Paper: Arches 88, 300gsm archival printmaking paper
Edition: 30
Signed, titled and numbered by hand on the front
Sold unframed
Made in my Malvern Hills studio, United Kingdom

Materials used:

Relief ink on printmaking paper using etching press

Details:

• Linocut on Paper
• From a limited edition of 29
• Size: 48 x 38cm (unframed) / 40 x 30cm (actual image size)
• Signed and numbered on the front
• Style: Graphic
• Subject: Landscapes, sea and sky
• Hurry, only 1 left in stock