Farewell to the Field?

 

Field, Cross Lane
reduction linocut by Teresa Newham

Selling the last in the edition of my linocut print Field, Cross Lane at this year's #HertsOpenStudios was a bittersweet moment.  We've had a great three weeks: plenty of visitors made their way up the hill  to Wensley Arts and virtually all of them stayed for a proper chat.

Open Studios bunting
© Teresa Newham

We've had all sorts of conversations with fellow artists, budding artists, would-be artists and people who think they can't do art (please note: you are mistaken!), made some pleasing sales and dozens of cups of coffee and tea.  We were keen to share the biscuits, too, but ended up eating most of them ourselves!

Inktense sketch demo for Open Studios
© Teresa Newham

As a demonstration I made half a dozen sketchbooks to sell in aid of the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal - in total the sale raised £50.  I then went back to a favourite medium I've been neglecting recently and made a couple of Inktense pencil sketches of photos taken on walks in the local lanes.

fundraising for the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal
© Teresa Newham

This brings me back to the field.  It may well be built upon, which will change not just the field but the character of several of my favourite walks. The hundreds of photos I've taken of the field over the years now seem more precious than ever, and I may well have to make another linocut of the field to remember it by . . . 

Inktense sketch of the field in winter
© Teresa Newham

Finally, an announcement: having blogged regularly twice a month for nearly fourteen years, I've decided to take a break for a while.  You can still find me on social media, or take a look at my YouTube channel and my website - all the links are in the side panel.  Thanks for reading!

my favourite field, Autumn 2022
© Teresa Newham