An apology for the lack of updates recently, life has an annoying habit of getting in the way of work, sorry. I mean who wants to graft when there is playing to be done? ;)

Now Spring is in the air I have decided to offer a 10% discount on all Lamneth prints. Funny what a bit of sunshine can do to the soul! Offer closes May 3rd, discount does not apply to postage and packing.

The first couple of weeks of Macrographs has been intense and has had me busier than i've ever been in my life, no small thanks to the kindness of the Rush online community.

I owe Ed Stenger of Rush is a Band huge gratitude for his help, along with John Patuto of Cygnus-x1.net, who both set me on the road to my first sales... thanks, guys!

In other news, here in the UK Royal Mail have ended strike action for the time being and will be resuming business as usual. Clearing the backlog of undelivered mail is still likely to take them a while though so please be patient with your orders.

It has been my dream to make a living from my freehand work since leaving art college in the '80s, but there was always something else to eat up my time... until now. It wasn't until my job of over a decade was taken away from me earlier this year that I had time in which to nurture the idea of Macrographs, and the dream became a reality.

Now after 9 months of hard preparation, here I am doing it. What I've always dreamed of doing. What's more, providing small colourful pieces of it to people like me; friends of a common interest. It feels terrifying and exhilarating. I hope you enjoy my artwork as much as I enjoy painting it.

Welcome to Macrographs, my sliver of soul.

Rarely do entire images just flash into my head, usually they exit my skull reluctantly via hand and eye, and after that require a little mixing with other ideas to form a whole... but this one literally appeared as a momentary snapshot of bright, vivid colour as I was drifting off to sleep - the quick sketch you see here reproduced almost exactly.

My initial thoughts for this painting were to try and capture speed, but then thought that that would be unfitting as a piece of fine art, more akin to game art than something you might frame and hang on a wall. I liked how the vision seemed to fit the bill by illustrating a quiet space between the lyrics.

To be continued.

Finally, the image is finished to my satisfaction. Tweaking and adjusting for print readiness is complete and it is now good to go.

Reference for granite, heather and rock formations involved many trips over Dartmoor near my hometown, as well as mountain walks in the English Lake District and North Wales.

Sadly, much as I tried to find one within travelling distance, none of these mountains were in the east...