At the end of last year I released a new badge – Take My Hand I’m Just As Scared You among other lino prints including a little Robin that flew away to new homes (now sold out) making it one of the most popular Christmas prints I’ve made. Thank you everyone who bought one!

My first print release of the new year is ‘A Little Love 24ct Gold’ – a new gold leaf edition of the A Little Love Print. There are lots of love-themed prints (direct and indirect) in my online shop,

As always, do follow me on social media for more regular updates and join my mailing list for occasional emails with mailing list exclusive offers.

Wishing you calm among the chaos for 2026,
Chris

For the first time I’ll be taking part in Worcestershire Open Studios Art Week which runs from 16^th-25^th August, in venues across Worcestershire. It’s the project’s 10^th anniversary year and for ten days, 167 artists & makers open their studios to take part over 105 venues.

I’ll be displaying framed prints and working upstairs on new work in various stages of development, in the studio space at The Cabin Studio & Gallery, 1 Netherton Court, Worcester WR1 3AU. I’ll be there in person over the weekends of the event. Check my instagram account nearer the time for more details of when I’ll be there.

Visit the event website and to find out full details about the whole event and view the digital guide with details of all the exhibitors and events.

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Best wishes and big love to all for a peaceful 2025.

Chris

‘Look What We’ve Done‘ is a brand new exhibition that opens very soon. It’s a collaboration between myself and my friend and fellow Worcester artist Rob Draper at The Cabin Studio & Gallery.

All of the work in the show is based on my lino prints that Rob has then added to and embellished using a range of techniques including his distinct lettering style.Our very different styles of work have complemented each other in surprising ways and the end result us a really unique body of print work that includes giclee prints and one-off originals, and feels like a true collaboration.

The show runs from Friday 23rd August to Sunday 29th September at The Cabin Studio & Gallery, 1 Netherton Court, WR1 3AU.

If you would like to join us for the private view on the evening of Thursday 22nd August from 6pm you can RSVP via The Cabin Studio & Gallery’s new website, which will also be selling pieces from the show – www.thecabin.co.uk – it’d be great to see you there!

I’ve finally got round to setting up a new mailing list with the aim of sending out a newsletter with information on new print releases, offers, discount codes and news of shows etc. I won’t be bombarding you with emails but aim them to be semi-regular throughout the year. I’m starting from scratch so if you have signed up before, please sign up again!

If you sign up between now and the 6th May 2024, you’ll receive a 20% discount code for using in my online shop.

Please sign up HERE.

It’s printed on Hahnemuhle 100% cotton smooth white 308gsm printmaking paper, is approx 20 x 45cm and is a signed and numbered edition of 200.

The print is available now from my Etsy shop HERE.

If you are in or near Worcester UK between the 10th to 18th February, then there will be framed versions of this print on sale (and/or framed to order) at The Cabin Studio & Gallery, 1 Netherton Court (Arch 42) WR1 3AU.

This is a new lino print is a tribute to two of my favourite music artists Elizabeth Cotten and Firehose, the band that recorded the song ‘In Memory Of Elizabeth Cotten’.

If you’re not familiar with Elizabeth ‘Libba’ Cotten (1893-1987) I strongly recommend you look her up (and Firehose for that matter!) as she is/was an amazing America folk singer/songwriter, a true folk artist in every sense and someone I find incredibly inspiring.

Her most famous song ‘Freight Train’ (which most recently was used in the latest Wes Anderson Asteroid City film trailer,) was written when she was just 13 years old, yet she didn’t find fame, record her music or perform publicly until she was in her sixties.

She taught herself to play guitar but was left-handed, so she learnt to play the guitar ‘upside down’ so the bass strings were at the bottom, developing a unique picking style which became known as ‘cotten picking’.  She went on to influence so many generations of artists from the 1950s to today. In 1984 aged 91 she won a grammy.

One of my favourite bands Firehose wrote a tribute song ‘In Memory of Elizabeth Cotten’ (misspelling her name as ‘Elizabeth Cotton’) in 1987 after she had passed away.  My lino print is a tribute to both these artists.

‘In Memory Of Elizabeth Cotten’  – a handmade lino print/linocut, shown here printed on lovely light weight handmade Himalayan natural fibre paper (30gsm). It’s approx 19 x 24.5cm and is a signed and dated ‘Artists Proof’. For more information on this print, please visit my Etsy store.

This is to be my biggest show yet with around a hundred prints being shown.

If you’d like to attend the private view drop me an email at info@chrisbourkeart.com, comment or dm via Facebook or Instagram so we can get an idea of numbers – opening weekend times are on the poster and I’ll be in attendance all weekend but don’t let that put you off! I really hope to see you there – more news as we go, follow me on Facebook and Instagram for more details.

Meanwhile, there’s been a few new items added to my shop page for the new year. Thanks as ever for all your support, it means the world.

Also available is a special price Christmas print bundle with one of these prints and a ‘Home’ screen print (artist proof) full details of that can be found in the listings here.

As always, do follow me on Instagram and/or Facebook for more regular updates, and heartfelt thanks for all your support this year.