Walk On (2024)Linocut by Mark Howard Jones

I loved teaching art history to sixth formers, and that passion now feeds into my printmaking. I’ve created a series of humorous prints about ‘moving on’—because nothing ever truly stands still, does it? This hand-printed, three-colour block linocut, full of bold colour, texture, and playful shapes, features an unlikely pair: an Egyptian Pharaoh and a dachshund inspired by Picasso’s famous sketch of Lump, the dog he borrowed from photographer David Douglas Duncan. Lump adopted Picasso and lived with him for six years. This artwork is a light-hearted take on departure and change, made as I left my teaching career to become a full-time artist. Did you spot all the art historical nods?

Paper Size: 29.7 x 21.0cm

Image size 21.0 x 15.0cm

Each print is hand printed using the traditional method of burnishing with a baren and has subtle variations in colour, tone and marks.

These unique prints are numbered, titled and signed in pencil, protected with glassine tissue paper and sealed in a cellophane pocket with foam coreboard support. Carefull packed in a stiff cardboard box, insured and tracked.

The print is not supplied in a frame.

Materials used:

Calico Safewash relief printing inks, Recycled acid free paper, hessian backed linoleum.

Details:

• Linocut on Paper
• From a limited edition of 60
• Size: 30 x 21 x 1cm (unframed) / 21 x 15cm (actual image size)
• Signed and numbered on the front
• Style: Graphic
• Subject: Animals and birds

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