

Thelma Sykes S.W.L.A
Printmaker Thelma Sykes enjoys birds in wild places, and the rhythm of the gouge
on linoleum. Her experience as a field naturalist combines with a passion for print
to create expressive images in linocut and woodcut. The repeating patterns within
nature are a rich mine of inspiration and underpin the visual counterpoint in her
compositions.
Thelma’s home is on the English/Welsh border, where the Dee Estuary
is an important influence: not surprisingly, many of her linocuts feature wildfowl
or wading birds.
Thelma has exhibited with the Printmakers Council, the Society of
Wood Engravers and was represented in the exhibition of Western printmakers at Chong
Qing, China as part of the Millennium International Printmaking Festival.
Many publications,
especially those of the British Trust for Ornithology, contain ‘TKS’ illustrations
whilst her linocuts appear on greetings cards for the RSPB and the Medici Society.
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