Ships & Shoes & Sealing Wax

'I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely seas and the sky...'

A small detail of a new print design I am working on for Ships & Shoes & Sealing Wax, my Residency at the Print Block in Whitstable during the Oyster Festival, 27th July to 2nd August.

The Blue Boar (screen print for sale)

The Blue Boar (screen print for sale)

My latest limited edition screen print, the Blue Boar, is part of a series of prints, entitled Coloured Inns - an examination of popular Pub Names, each described by a colour (Red Lion, Green Dragon, White Hart, Golden Eagle, Dun Cow, etc, etc). 

The White Boar was the personal cognizance or badge of King Richard III (recently found beneath a car Park in the midlands) and pub signs would have had a painted white boar and the white rose of York. Legend has it that after Richard III was killed at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, all the pubs called the White Boar were hastily renamed the Blue Boar. The Blue Boar was the badge of the de Veres who were the Earls of Oxford (one of whom, some people believe, was the true author of Shakespeare's work), and had been supporters of Henry Tudor and hence on the winning side.

This print measures 42 cm across by 30 cm high ( A3 - a standard frame-size) and is a strictly limited edition of 30, signed by the Artist. Printed on 300 gsm paper this 2-colour print can be yours (or a loved one's!) for £75 + P&P and will be available very shortly for purchase at my Etsy shop and from other reputable outlets.

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https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/PaulBommer?ref=seller_info

This print is delivered flat in a reinforced card-backed envelope.

The Golden Eagle (screen print for Sale)

The Golden Eagle

My latest limited edition screen print, the Golden Eagle, is part of a series of prints, entitled Coloured Inns - an examination of popular Pub Names, each described by a colour (Red Lion, Green Dragon, White Hart, Blue Boar, Dun Cow, etc, etc). 

The Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is Britain's largest (and one of its rarest) birds. The Eagle is traditionally considered the King of the Birds and has long been a symbol of Power and Sovereignty. It is the symbol of the Greek god Zeus, the Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and St John the Evangelist.

This print measures 42 cm across by 30 cm high ( A3 - a standard frame-size) and is a strictly limited edition of 30, signed by the Artist. Printed on 300 gsm paper this 2-colour print can be yours (or a loved one's!) for £75 + P&P and will be available very shortly for purchase at my Etsy shop and from other reputable outlets. Printed at the Print Block, Whitstable.

This print is delivered flat in a reinforced card-backed envelope.

The Cockney Alphabet (blue colourway)

The Cockney Alphabet (blue colourway). 

A for 'Orses (hay for horses), B for Mutton (beef or mutton), C for Miles (see for miles), etc. A play on words, also known as the Surrealist Alphabet.

My latest screen print is a reprint of my Cockney Alphabet print in a new pale blue colourway (inspired by the tiles in 1920s Underground stations). Printed in Two colours on 300 gsm cream Colourplan paper, 50 cm wide by 70 cm high (B2 - a standard frame size), Limited Edition of 50, signed and numbered by the Artist.

Available to buy from my Etsy shop and other reputable outlets and stockists for £145 + P&P.
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/152795577/the-cockney-alphabet-blue-colourway?ref=shop_home_active

Delivered bagged and rolled in a stiff cardboard tube.