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.

**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.

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

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

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

**Mizzen the Unicorn and Fred the Lion**

**Blackbird** Three colour reduction print

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

Hope is the thing with feathers

‘ “Hope” is the thing with feathers’ is my latest three colour reduction linocut print. I made it without a press. It is hand burnished with a trusted wooden spoon. The lino print sold out within a week. It was a fundraiser. A buyer had to send me proof of a £30 donation to the…

by MStraccia Art March 4, 2023March 4, 2023

Yaffle Bird

The Process of Creating This Green Woodpecker Print I like to look at vintage nature books and prints for inspiration. Going to my local library, charity shop and using Pinterest are my favourite places for inspiration. First, I do a drawing in pencil in my sketchbook, then I take a digital photograph of it and…

by MStraccia Art February 9, 2023February 9, 2023

A Lesson with a Green Woodpecker

This is my first finished reduction print of 2023. I printed the first peachy coloured layer on Christmas Eve 2022. It’s taken me many weeks to complete the print. I do linocut art around my day job and everyday life, snatching little pockets of time to print when I can. Printing isn’t a full time…

by MStraccia Art January 28, 2023