View a selection of Colin's unique limited-edition prints. Arthaven is situated in remote and beautiful Golden Bay, which is in the South Island of New Zealand. Colin's home studio is at 3 Orion Street, Collingwood. Telephone +64 3 524 8314.
Colin Coke practices the complex art of reduction linocut printing. Each print is created from a block of lino, which is carved away as one colour is printed on top of another. Each print is hand-inked and handprinted. The prints are in limited editions and, because the block is destroyed, no edition can ever be repeated.
Colin was born in Cornwall, studied for his art degree in England and lives in New Zealand. His linocut prints are inspired by New Zealand's superb landscape and unique plant forms and influenced by Japanese wood-block masters.
Browse the gallery of current works. Colin mails unframed prints overseas - and if you buy a print with an edition number of 24, then you know there are only 24 in the world.
Left and right: Lincocut prints Wharf Reflections 1 and 2. See more...