Can’t exhibit in a location called the little design factory and not show some design/process pieces.

The 2025 International Original Print Exhibition, an open submission exhibition established by the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers which celebrates the best in all types of contemporary printmaking.

The Common Kestrel and Bluethroat prints are part of this group exhibition in the Bankside Gallery

On show November 6 to 16, 2025.

The Natural Eye, the annual exhibition of the Society of Wildlife Artists, showcases the very best of fine art inspired by the natural world.

Two of my recent bird prints will be on display in this group exhibition at the Mall Galleries in central London: Bluethroat and Common Kestrel

The exhibition runs 16 Oct - 25 Oct 2025, open every day from 10am to 5pm.

Here’s the exhibition website.

My Print & Play participants are very talented. These are a few of the results from the first of three sessions. Using monoprint techniques for experiments and quick iterations.

Here’s session 2.

Want to try as well? Join the Print & Play sessions at Grafisch Atelier Hilversum.

The collection of wood type letters at Grafisch Atelier Hilversum has grown significantly over the last couple of years. From really big ass type to medium sized workhorsel sans serifs and elegant Jugendstil specimens.

But, we don’t know yet what the condition is of each set. Complete? Damaged? Does it need cleaning?

On Thursday evenings I’ll be working on this part of the letter collection. Sorting type, setting and printing proofs, arrange the workspace and the necessary materials.

Does that sound like something you’d like to help with? The objective is to steadily make productive progress without rushing things. There’s a lot of material to review. We’ll take it step by step.

Interested? I’ll be in the printmaking studio, Noorderweg 96b, Hilversum, on Thursdays between 7.30 and 10pm. I’m looking for two people who want to volunteer their time to help with this. Of course you can’t know that beforehand, so contact me and we’ll make an appointment for a first Thursday visit.

Pleased to announce that a few of my prints will be part of the Printing in Dutch selection in the Print International exhibition at Tŷ Pawb in Wrexham, Wales.

Also featuring works from:

• East London Printmakers
• Constructure
• Red Plate Press
• Regional Print Centre
• Spike Print Studio

The exhibition will run from November 8 till January 24, 2026.

I have here 25 original prints for the first 25 visitors to the opening of my exhibition this Friday. Hope to see you there!

On Friday September 5th, the exhibition Elementair opens at Ontwerpfabriekje in Hilversum.

Next to several recent bird prints, works from the new Street Spirits series will be on display as well. These prints are made with materials found on the street. Brought together in various combinations, these discarded forms are brought back to life.

Programme

• Opening on Friday, September 5th, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
• Sunday, September 14th, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM: Presentation on the bird prints and the Hilversum Method for LEGO Letterpress
• Fully booked Sunday, September 28th, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM: Monoprinting workshop, printing with found materials
• Sunday, October 19th, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Finissage.

You are cordially invited to attend the opening on Friday, September 5. For more information or viewings at other times, please contact us.

New print! The very sophisticated Bearded Tit, the acrobat in the reeds. Its tail too long to fit in the format of the 50 birds series. So not then, but now. As you can see, Bearded Tit is a fitting name as it clearly has a moustache…

Its wing was the complex bit this time. I wanted to show those partially overlapping wingtips. Getting those right, and the colour pattern there, required quite a few studies. And so this time I ended up with twelve separate print runs.

Dimensions: 17 x 24 cm, edition: 35 prints. Price: €125,-. Order yours here.