"Pine Cone" etching with aquatint - Sinéad Woods derry I was lucky this year

I was lucky this year to sleep over in a boat at Devenish at Easter

The viewer is then drawn up through the town through the main streets and out into town and wider countryside

providing ideal nesting material for blackbirds

This view captures the sense that there are some wonderous plants behind those glass panels that grow right up to the rafters of the Palm House

envisioning it as the ultimate cushioning for its nest

"Pine Cone" etching with aquatint - Sinéad Woods derry I was lucky this year'Pine Cone' is an edition of 20 etching prints on Zerkall Paper. This is a playful piece about our connection with nature. In my local park I see lots of squirrels. They are often out of sight as quick as they are seen, but sometimes they pause, and I pause, and we have a silent conversation. I like to pick up leaves, berries, seed heads and things that fascinate me, to take home. This is a playful piece on what we take from nature. It is only a pine