Image title The Harrowing of Hell Print technique Lino Cut Size 50 x 60 cm approx Price Framed £250 Unframed £195 This print was inspired by Medieval alabaster carvings of the same title - several of which are in existence. I am intrigued by the medieval personification of Death and that Heaven and Hell are real places as was believed in that period. Although most of my work is inspired by medieval art and belief I like to bring modern elements and details into the images.
	Image title Dom Alfonso's Boys Print technique Reduction Woodcut Size 21x 29 cm approx Price £150 framed £120 unframed This image is based on the true story of Pedro I of Portugal and his lover Inés de Castro. She was a lady in waiting to Pedro's wife and Pedro and Inés started an affair which bore children. At that time Pedro was still uncrowned and his father Dom Alfonso IV banished Inés from court. When Pedro continued the relationship after his wife's death Alfonso had three noblemen kill her. When Pedro became King he had the noblemen executed and had Inés' body disinterred and crowned beside him. The story says that he made the people at the coronation kiss her hand as respect to their queen. Pedro and Inés are buried feet to feet at Alcobaça in Portugal so that when they sit up on judgement day the first thing they will see is each other.
	Image title Waiting for a Princess Print technique Monoprint (variations available) Size 21 x 30 cm approx Price £130 Framed £105 unframed When I made this print I was thinking about the story of The Princess and the Pea. I love fairy tales and the dark horror that is contained within them. The fact that we are read these stories of child abuse, neglect, poisonings and murder from a very young age is something that I find brilliantly bizarre. Even quite normal seeming tales like this one have a rather chilling edge - the poor soaked girl turning up at a castle for shelter and being put through this weird bedding ritual by the queen- what does it all mean? The print was originally going to have some representation of the Princess in it but I thought it much better to stuff the pea in the prince's mouth and make him sit there and wait for a while longer.
Photographs by Pete Bradshaw

Last updated April 2008