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THIS SCREEN PRINT IS ADAPTED FROM A LINOCUT I DID FOR THE COVER OF RL STEVENSON’S ‘TREASURE ISLAND’, COMMISSIONED FOR A NEW PUBLICATION OF STEVENSON’S 1883 NOVEL. I SPENT A WHILE FIGURING OUT HOW TO DO IT, AND PERHAPS INFLUENCED BY THE JAPANESE ARTIST HOKUSAI, EVENTUALLY SETTLED ON HUGE STYLISED WAVES AS A FOREGROUND AND A TINY, EASILY-MISSED ISLAND UNDER A STORMY SKY. THE PICTURE HAS BEEN AVAILABLE PREVIOUSLY AS A VERY SMALL, ONE COLOUR LETTERPRESS PRINT IN AN OPEN EDITION; THIS MUCH LARGER VERSION HAS BEEN SCREEN PRINTED IN THREE COLOURS, AND IS HAND PRINTED ON TO 300GSM SOMERSET VELVET PAPER. EDITION SIZE:77. PRINT SIZE:375MM X 290MM APPROX. PAPER SIZE:440MM X 375MM.