All the Ravens… precariously balanced, struggling to maintain their position on each others shoulders and that tiny ball… so much like life some days! 🌍 and our planet everyday….

One more happy accident before I move back to intended outcomes … I felt the need to share a little yellow in honour of this glorious day in cornwall ☀️☀️☀️💛💛💛☀️☀️☀️. . . . .#wip #illustration #contemporaryprintmaking #humananimalrelationship #ukprintmakers #get_imprinted #contemporaryprintmaking #printmakingtoday #creativeinspiration #happyaccident #patterndesign #patternmaking #repeatpattern #printandpattern #sketchbook #inthestudio #collageart

Work on progress … I am quite obsessed with these at the moment … Just don’t quite know how to take them forward yet.. a period of reflection and contemplation is required . I kind of feel like they would make lovely pendants (scaled down) does anyone know of a casting or laser etching company who could do this?

Creativity and play are so inextricably linked, the most exciting things happen when I am not trying to force it…this print is so much more interesting than I had planned 😋 starlings with camouflage

I had a wonderful day of printmaking yesterday, it was very good to get back to the studio… felt like it had been a while … lapwings….

Swifts against a window…in Portugal the swifts were nesting around the churches wheeling overhead and screeching their song… it was hot and enchanting ☀️

I am intrigued by this one… it is an by product if another idea and the pattern could do with being higher but I like lots of things about it and that it seems to work metaphorically for a few other ideas I have 🤣😂😁 the joy of being edited by your own mistakes!!!. . . . . .#wip #metaphor #birdinacage #illustration #contemporaryprintmaking #humananimalrelationship #ukprintmakers #get_imprinted #contemporaryprintmaking #printmakingtoday #creativeinspiration #happyaccident #patterndesign #patternmaking #repeatpattern #printandpattern #sketchbook #inthestudio #collageart

A happy accident… oystercatchers overprinted … Interesting!?!? . . . . . . #wip #illustration #contemporaryprintmaking #humananimalrelationship #ukprintmakers #get_imprinted #contemporaryprintmaking #printmakingtoday #creativeinspiration #happyaccident #patterndesign #patternmaking #repeatpattern #printandpattern #sketchbook #inthestudio #collageart

A little wren on a ball, a painting for a change … my printmaking is generating a whole host of ideas for paintings, but then I realised that my painting generated the ideas for printmaking…. always going round in an inescapable circle 😂

#Repost @morvahschoolhousegallery • • • • • • Wonderful sheep, horses and pigs …and many more!by Suzy Sharpe in our current Studio Sale that runs until 3rd March 🐑✨ #paintings #prints #cards #mixedmedia #sheepofinstagram #cornwallart #morvahschoolhousegallery #studiosale #suzysharpeartist

New ideas hopefully start these on Friday swifts… remembering the heat of the summer in Portugal.

Managed to get a quick proof of my mackerel plates… they look a bit grumpy! 🤣

How lovely thank you @studiohutton #repost • • • • • • What a coincidence @suzysharpeart we’ve just been admiring your work in the Gurnard’#s Head . . . . @gurnardshead

Only 3 days till the deadline for applications for the @cornwallcollege artists residency …

Another play with composition a tower of corvids ….

Primroses… this us a direct monoprint made last year.. I always feel so inspired at this time of year… this was going to be part of a year long nature diary but petered out in June! … #impressionsofnature. . . . . #countrylife #countryliving #wildflowers #art #designermaker #contemporaryprintmaker #contemporarycraft #monoprint #printmaking #woodland #natureprint #originalprint #naturewalk #botanical #print #botanicalillustration #ruralbusiness #naturediary #primroses

I have been sorting through some small mono prints ready to go into my shop … I never get over the intricate beauty the process highlights #nobetterdesignerthannature

I haven’t really developed my cormorant plates yet so hopefully soon I will …but I am intersted what does sitting them on a ball say to you? I want them to be a kind of starting point for conversation or thinking but not sure if it’s only of interest to me 😂😂😂

An Oystercatcher against the sun, it was beautiful down at Marazion today, there are often (quite distractingly) lots of Oystercatchers on the roundabout, but also at the beach in Mounts Bay…

Looking forward to seeing how these three mackerel plates print … needing a few adjustments for certain but I enjoyed carving them. . . . . . …..#linocut #printmaking #blockprinting #reliefprinting #lino #mackerel #mackrelprint #fishprint #cornwallart #cornwallwildlife #wildlifeart #artiststudio #inthestudio #art #illustration #collage #mixedmedia #wildlife #naturalworld #animalartist #mixedmedia #contemporaryprintmaking #wildlifeartist #humananimalrelationship