#wildlife

The Moth Diaries

Moths are the perfect, obliging models, who sleep during the day. I take two or three into my studio to identify and draw, where they remai

Discovering the Woodcock

My sketches and early drawing of my Woodcock print Early in December, on a cold and dreary afternoon, I left my studio to retreat to the...

How to make a Linoprint

The following article appeared on Painters Online, the online edition of "The Artist" magazine and thought it might be useful for someone...

Turning Over a New Leaf

To know fully even one field or one land is a lifetime's experience. In the world of poetic experience it is depth that counts, not...

Sweet Suffolk Owl

The happy discovery of a tawny owl family in my garden, made me long to have the opportunity to observe owls more closely, but I was very...

Moths and Moonshine

Those of you who follow me on Instagram and Twitter will know that I am rather partial to moths. The hot, still summer days of the past...

"River Man" goes to town

I am thrilled that my linocut print of a grey heron, "River Man", will be exhibited at the Mall Galleries in London with The Royal...

Tim'rous beastie

I love winter, but this January has been a particularly dark, damp and dreich month and I have found myself looking for signs of spring...

Deborah Vass