Inspired by Nature
David Robertson is an artist who specialises in wood engraving. David walks and sketches in the countryside, creating engravings from these drawings back in his studio. Wood engravings are made on end grain wood blocks using traditional tools.
David Robertson is an award winning artist, associate member of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers and member of the Society of Wood Engravers. His work is held in public collections at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; Manchester Metropolitan University; Royal Collections Trust, Windsor Castle; Central Academy Fine Art, Beijing and Heilongjiang Museum of Printmaking as well as private collections around the world.
Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers
Simon Brett has written an excellent explanation of what wood engraving is on this page of the Society of Wood Engravers website.