Stay Curious - Screenprint Originals (Different Variants)

A child in profile. Holding a toy horse with both hands. That moment of complete focus when you're discovering something extraordinary.

The background is a warm rust — somewhere between terracotta and burnt sienna. Rich and earthy. It holds the whole composition together. The child's hair is rendered in solid black with expressive linework that suggests movement and weight. A classic 1960s bob cut. The kind you see in vintage children's books.

The flesh tones are subtle. Cream mixed with the faintest suggestion of pink. They're not flat — they're built up with transparent layers that let the background breathe through. The child's arms wrap protectively around the horse. Small hands. Gentle grip. You can feel the weight of it.

This print was pulled by hand on heavyweight cartridge stock. Each layer registered by eye and feel. The black line layer went down first after the background. Then the halftone detail layer — probably a 40 or 50 line screen for that visible dot structure. Then the skin tones last, allowing for subtle overprinting where colours meet.

Every pull is slightly different. That's not a defect. That's the point. Hand-pulled means human touch. Pressure variations. Ink density that shifts. These are originals, not editioned prints. Each one exists in its own right.

The title — Stay Curious— captures exactly what you're looking at. That fearless childhood instinct to pick things up and examine them. Before we learn to be cautious. Before we forget how to wonder.

There's something about the composition that recalls 1960s children's illustration — Richard Scarry, Maurice Sendak — but filtered through an urban art sensibility. Bold shapes. High contrast. But tender. Not ironic.

The craft sits in the detail. Look at the drips deliberately left at the bottom edge. The way the halftone dots create texture on fabric and scales alike. The registration that's nearly — but not quite — perfect. Twenty-six years of pulling prints means knowing exactly when to leave things imperfect.

This is British screenprint at its most sincere. No digital shortcuts. No reproduction. Just ink, mesh, squeegee, paper, and twenty-six years of knowing exactly how hard to pull.

Who is this print for? Collectors who understand that hand-pulled means unrepeatable. Once it's gone, it's gone. Own a piece of British screenprint craft.

A3 - 420x297mm

Edition 8

Signed and No. by artist front and back