Scratchboard
Featured artist: Conor Smith
After years of searching and experimenting, UK artist Conor Smith found the medium of scratchboard and could not put it down. The notoriously unforgiving nature and permanence of the medium draws him to it.
Featured artist: Joe K. Smith
Drawn mostly from the varied landscapes of his beloved New England home, Joe Smith’s finely detailed work captures the unique character and spirit of the wild places that exist all around us, but just out of sight.
Featured artist: Linda Lunnon
With a background in environmental science, Linda Lunnon has gone on to complete further studies in Natural History Illustration, where she first discovered scratchboard. Linda draws constant inspiration from the natural world, and her artwork is featured in collections in the U.K., Canada, and Australia.
Featured artist: Sally Maxwell
Sally Maxwell has been working with scratchboard for over fifty-three years and has helped to define it as a fine art medium. Finding inspiration in animals and her own colorful garden; each piece is a snapshot of the intensity that nature can possess in its quiet moments.
Featured artist: Gordon Corrins
Gordon Corrins' incredible wildlife artwork depict portraits of a wide range of animals, but his dynamic style and strong contrast of light and shadow is what brings them to life.
Colored inks on Scratchbord with Sally Maxwell
Texas artist, Sally Maxwell, is known for her exquisite scratchboard drawings. Her enthusiasm for the medium led her to develop techniques for using color with scratchboard over fifty years ago.