
PRINTS
Print making is what Nicky does exceptionally, whether it be etching, lino printing, woodblock printing or mono-type printing
The print making process produces a series of unique prints known as a edition. Each original print has it’s own characteristic tones depending upon the preparation of the plate, lino, woodblock or glass plate (mono-type). Each original print is individually numbered as part of the edition. There are a limited number of prints done in each edition and once that number is produced the plate/lino/woodblock/glass plate is destroyed or no longer used.
Nicky uses a range of materials for his Etching plates including copper, zinc, aluminium and plastic plates. Lines are engraved or etched into the plate, ink is applied and the plate is wiped back until the desired effect is achieved. The plate is rolled through an etching press. A second colour can be introduced to the image with another plate. The background colour is printed first. While the ink is still wet the second plate image is printed over the top. This method creates secondary tones as the colours blend. This entire process is repeated in full for each original print in the edition. As you can imagine all of this in it’s entirety is very time consuming.
Lino or woodblocks are painstakingly carved and once completed the ink is carefully rolled onto the relief parts of the lino or block. The print is created using the printing press. Again each original print involves a repetition of the inking and printing process to create a unique print as part of the edition
Mono-type prints are created by rolling ink onto a glass plate, then placing paper on the plate and drawing on the back of the paper so that the lines are “taken up” on the paper, which is then peeled away from the ink. In doing this an original and unique print is created

"Boo-Book Boo"; 2024; Original Limited Edition Hand-coloured Lino Print; 30cm wide x 30cm high
"I Have No Body"; 2018; Original Limited Edition Etching; 30cm wide x 30cm high
"Peek-A-Boo lasy Day"; 2024; Original Limited Edition Reduction Lino Print; 30cm wide x 30cm high
"Glass House Mountains"; 2021; Original Limited Edition Wood Cut Print; 30cm wide x 30cm high
"The Rollin Wave", 2021; Original Lino Print: Edition of 9; 30cm high x 30cm wide
"Moo Black Moo Cow Milky Moon Meandering Tale the Hinterland Way"; 2018; Original Limited Edition Two-Coloured Etching; 30cm high x 30cm wide
"Together Alone"; 2018; Original Limited Edition Etching/Viscosity Print; 30cm high x 30cm wide
"Hinterland Drive"; 2021; Original Limited Edition Wood Cut Print; 30cm high x 30cm wide
"Catch of the Day" 2024: Original Limited Edition Lino Print; Edition of 7; 30cm wide x 45cm high
"Sunset Fishing"; 2021; Original Limited Edition Hand Coloured Woodcut Print; 45cm wide x 30cm high; Edition of 10;
"Bush Dog Under A Winking Moon"; 2024; Original Limited Edition Lino Print; 30cm wide x 44cm high
"Sssh Where The World's Goin Under-Down"; 2018; Original Limited Edition Etching; 30cm wide x 30cm high
"Sleepy Me"; 2021; Original Limited Edition Lino Print with chine Colle; 30cm wide x 30cm high
"Mornin Blackbirdsong"; 2024; Original Limited Edition Reduction Lino Print; Edition of 6; 30cm wide x 30cm high
"Sonless Drama"; 2013; Original Limited Edition Etching; 10cm high x 10cm wide
"Fish Feast" 2024; Original Limited Edition Two Plate Hand Coloured Lino Print; Edition of 8; 30cm wide x 30cm high
"In the Dog Park"; Original Limited Edition Etching: 30cm wide x 15cm high
"Evening Glass"; 2021; Original Limited Edition Woodcut Print; Edition of 10; 30 cm high x 30 cm wide
"Chorus Whispered Rustlings"; 2018; Original Limited Edition Hand Coloured Lino Print; 45cm high x 39cm wide
"Whispered Lament"; 2022; Original Lino Print; Edition of 10; 30cm high x 30cm wide
" In The Garden", 2021; Original Limited Edition Reduction Lino Print; Edition of 6; 30cm high x 30cm wide
"As birds began the Dawn Song"; 2023; Original Limited edition Lino Print; Edition of 8; 45cm wide x 30cm high
Dream Visit: 2014; Original Limited Edition Etching: 10cm wide x 10cm high
"Twinkle Eyed Lorikeet, Massie"; 2019; Original Limited Edition Etching; 30cm high x 28cm wide
"Amongst the Whistling Garden"; 2023; Original Limited Edition Reduction Lino Print; 30cm wide x 30cm high
"Mornin at the Doghouse"; 2021; Original Limited Edition Hand Coloured Woodcut Print; 30 cm high x 30 cm wide
"Farmyard Antics"; 2022; Original Lino Print; 30cm high x 30cm wide
"Fat Cats"; 2009; Original Dry Point Etching; 10cm high x 10cm wide
"Here I am"; 2021; Original Woodcut Print; Edition of 10; 30 cm high x 30 cm wide
"Maleny Turst the Field What the Hand has Known Home"; 2019; Original Limited Edition Hand Coloured Etching; 30cm wide x 45cm high
"Dinner Time"; 2021; Original Woodcut Print; Edition of 10
"Me Meow Me"; 2021; Original Woodcut Print - Hand Coloured; 51 cm wide x 30 cm high
"Woof Barking Woof"; 2022; Original Lino Print; Edition of 10; 30cm high x 15cm wide
"Reading the News"; 2013; Original Limited Edition Etching; 15cm wide x 30cm high
IRISH MUSCIAN SERIES: "The Spinning Wheel"; 2022; Original Lino Print; Edition of 10; 30cm high x 30cm wide
iRISH MUSCIAN SERIES: "On Bodhran Time" 2022; Original Lino Print; Edition of 8; 30cm high x 30cm wide
IRISH MUSCIAN SERIES: "The Merry Polka" 2022; Original Lino Print; Edition of 10; 30cm high x 30cm wide
IRISH MUSCIAN SERIES: "The Lilting Linnet"; 2022; Original Lino Print; 40cm high x 30cm wide
IRISH MUSCIAN SERIES: "The Wise Maid"; 2022; Original Lino Print; Edition of 5; 30cm high x 30cm wide