Marisa Straccia

Illustrator, Printmaker

Greetings! I’m Marisa, a digital art-worker from Bedford, UK. In my free time I ditch the screen for printmaking. You can buy this artwork from my linoprint shop

My influences are magical folk, ordinary folk, animals and nature.

**Winter Barn Owl** Four Colour Handprinted Reduction Print

**Heart Vase** Four Colour Hand printed Reduction Print.

**Jay**. Four layer colour reduction print. Handprinted.

**Turtle Dove** Three colour reduction print. handprinted.

**Swallows** handprinted reduction linocut print

**Yaffle Bird** handprinted reduction linocut print

**Blue Vase**. Four colour linocut reduction print

**Knight**. Four layer colour reduction print. Handprinted.

**Happy Hens** Two layer reduction print. handprinted.

**Glory to the Heroes** Handprinted linocut, two layer reduction fundraiser print for The Red Cross. Sold out.

**Hope Is the Thing With Feathers** hand printed reduction linocut print (fundraiser for Turkey Syria Earthquake appeal). Sold Out

**Blackbird** Three colour reduction print

Green Man prints and sketch — **Verdant Man**

A mysterious girl with her cat — **Autumn Rules** Handprinted linocut.

Tabby cat print and sketch — **Tabby Cat**

Blue print of the prophetess — **The Prophetess**

linoprint of two deers in the snow — **Snow On the Moor**

Spring Optimist lino print — **Spring Optimist**

**May Flowers** Five Colour Reduction Print.

Shop For Art Prints

If you are looking for unique folk style art I have original handprinted work available to buy at MStraccia Art on Etsy

Blog

Checklist for Selling Your Artwork at an Art Fair or Flea Market

I panicked the last time I did a flea market because I couldn’t find the checklist I made. I was terrified that I was going to forget something important. By writing my checklist as a blog post I will never lose it again AND you can use it to help get organised when you go…

by MStraccia Art June 5, 2023June 5, 2023

Etsy Issues

Settle down. This is a long read. I’m feeling deflated at the moment. I sell artwork via Etsy, like so many people, and I’ve just been informed that I have a payment reserve on my account for the next 90 days. What is it? What does it mean? Whilst I have this payment reserve on…

by MStraccia Art May 21, 2023

Swallows

Here is my latest linocut reduction print. It is called ‘Swallows’, inspired by my favourite early summer walks around Bedford’s Priory Marina. It is always a pleasure watching these acrobatic birds perform their aerodynamics over the lake at dawn or dusk. It’s exciting seeing the first swallows arrive each year. You know that summer is…

by MStraccia Art May 12, 2023May 12, 2023