Editions of my work often sell out as or even before they are completed, to people who receive my newsletter or follow my progress on Facebook or Instagram. If you’d like to be updated about new work you can message me with the subject line “Keep Me Updated” and I’ll let you know about new work (and also any upcoming workshops or exhibitions).
But I do have the following pieces still available.
Most of my art works are linocuts, which means that having carved the lino plate, I am then able to create several pieces from that plate – hand printing them by burnishing the paper over the inked plate with a glass baren (rubbing tool). So while significant thought, skill and time go into creating the linocut, the cost of each print is relatively affordable. A great way to be able to own or gift an original art work; only a limited edition is made from a plate, and each one is hand-printed on fine art paper and individually signed and numbered. All framed pieces have been professionally framed.
To purchase or inquire about any of the pieces below, please contact me.
Under the Shelterbelts
$580 unframed (two available). $810 framed (one available). Approx 1m wide
Created in response to an invitation to offer alternative views of Selwyn, this is a collection of 20 mini-prints of items found by peering closely under our shelterbelts. A curious mixture of death and life, beauty and repugnance, old and new, these prints were mostly created using the dry-point method with some items inked and directly printed. A very limited edition of four of these collections were created.
Maritime Pines at Hagley Park
$55 unframed (plus $8 postage). Approx 30x16cm. Choose between blue or aubergine ink
This linocut features the Maritime Pines (Pinus pinaster) that you can see along Harper Avenue in Hagley Park, Christchurch. I wanted to capture their strong trunks reaching up into the sky.
Hollow Tree
$150 unframed (several available). $380 framed (one available) Framed size is 51x63cm
A seven layer reduction linocut, from a limited edition of 12. The hollowed trunk and precarious branch remind me of vulnerability, the old scars on this living tree remind me of endurance, and knowing this tree will leaf again in spring reminds me of hope.
Loss, solitude and Perseverance
$90 unframed (several available). Slightly larger than A4 sized
This poem of a tree took me by surprise as I walked around a lonely bend. With the Malvern hills in the background, and the Nor’West Arch above (our familiar local cloud formation), this linocut was created with careful layering and blending of four layers of brown-black ink. From a limited edition of 17
Native Flower Greeting cards
$20 for a set of four cards (including envelopes) blank inside. $5 postage within NZ (a flat fee regardless of how many card packs you order)
The only thing on this web-page not printed by hand, these cards have been professionally produced on fine cardstock with an incredible depth and luminosity of colour. Each set features my portraits of four native NZ flowers (Harakeke, Kaka Beak, Tree Fuchsia and Kowhai).
To order, email me at soonlee.spicer@gmail.com with how many sets you’d like and your address. I’ll reply with my account details for payment, and once payment is received I’ll post your order to you.
Soon-Lee Spicer - Artist 