About Lenny

Lenny Lane (aka Lino Lenny) Biography

I specialise in linocut printmaking by hand and have been a practicing printmaker since graduating from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design over 30 years ago.

Hand printing is the cornerstone of my work – editions are not always identically perfect between prints – allowing a degree of exclusiveness to each print made, but at the same time allowing me to control quality throughout my editions when made by hand. 

It’s a deeply satisfying practice and I’ve built a personal relationship with linocut printmaking over many years, and it’s my hope that this passion translates through the quality of my prints.

The amount of time and effort put into each print can depend on the volume of each edition. If it’s a small print I may do a large edition, and conversely larger prints, or a set of similar prints, are made or part of a smaller edition (usually no more that 10 unique prints). 

Quality printing requires patience and a meticulous standard of attention to detail.

As for what influences my work, I returned to Scotland in 2018 after some years living in Canada and since then I have rediscovered an attachment to everything that is great about living here. 

I continue my fondness for trees, old cottages, weather and seasons and how it all influences and marks their place in the environment. 

I travel widely in search of identities from the Highlands and Islands, all unique and all playing a distinctive role in how I shape my ideas and drawings. I love the play of light and pushing the norms of colour. I’m intrigued with the idea of living remotely and independently and aim to show these qualities, even subliminally, in my prints. 

I use a hint of the ethereal in the titles of my work, since my prints are largely borne from memories and times of places visited or imagined.

I am passionate about printmaking as a form of creative expression ,and from time to time, offer teaching opportunities to new and experienced artists and non-artists alike.

Nothing can be more satisfying than creating a work of art from a piece of wood, it can be very therapeutic and rewarding. 

It is also nice to have a challenge, when asked to create something to a customer’s specification. 

My turned items have many practical applications for use around the home or office and as gifts. They range from Salt & Peppers pots, Bowls, Candle Holders, Pot Pourries, Clocks, Calendars, Pens, Speciality gifts such as my Whisky Collection items made from the whisky barrel staves, Larger items such as Wooden mirrors , Foot stools and Table lamps and many more.

Trees are one of nature’s most useful and recyclable creations, which can be transformed into beautiful and stunning pieces of art. I prefer to create my pieces from wood sourced in Scotland such as, Beech, Oak , Brown oak, Sycamore, etc.

I was born in Glasgow 1949, and grew up in England.

In 1967 I went to live and work in the Far-East as a lighting Technician for a leisure company and in my spare time, enjoyed working in oil media. 

I returned to the UK in 2005 to go to college to do a foundation course in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. 

Then in 2006 I went to Norwich school of Art & Design to do my B.A. Hon degree but left in 2008, not getting my B.A.

Returning to the  Far-East to become a full media artist using oils on canvas and design and print of surreal landscapes.
Returning to retire to Scotland in 2015.

My work has been in Surreal graphics Art using Photoshop.

Since 2018 I have been working as a helper for the Lade Centre, Rothesay.

The sale proceeds of my work are to raise funds for the Lade Centre.