This screen-print of Kevin and the Blackbird was begun back when Dan Bugg of Penfold Press and I were galloping to the finishing line of our fourteen-print series of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in time for it to be used to illustrate the 2018 Faber & Faber edition of Simon Armitage’s translation of the poem. As a result we set Kevin aside and agreed to return to the print when time allowed. It took two years, but now it’s done.
Kevin and the Blackbird
Screenprint signed by the artist. Edition size: 90, print size: 35 x 35cm, paper size: 45 x 44cm.
This week Dan and I met up at the halfway geographical point between his home in Yorkshire and mine in Wales in order for me to sign and number the edition. Kevin and the Blackbird is available, either directly from the Penfold Press online store, or if you’d like to see it in person before deciding, there are copies at the Martin Tinney Gallery in Cardiff available for viewing and purchase.
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I’ve love your St. Kevin pieces. They’re beautiful and really resonate with me.
Thank you, Thom. The subject has never gone away for me. It sleeps for a while, but then returns.