Theobroma cacao, hand painted

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
“Theobroma cacao”, hand painted linocut
paper:  Rives BFK
Press:  Richeson Baby Press
Ink:  Daniel Smith water soluble oil based ink.
Cutting tools:  Speedball
linoleum:  Dick Blick Battleship grey on particle board.
Watercolor:  Winsor & Newton

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Theobroma cacao, linocut, unpainted

This linocut titled, “Theobroma cacao” was designed and printed especially for the Chocopalooza Festival at Adrian High School.  Adrian High School alumni teamed up to exhibit artwork to be auctioned off during the event.  All proceeds will go towards the Adrian Public Schools.  
I plan to water color this over the weekend and have a [...]

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Night Heron, linocut, 7×8

 ”Night Heron”, Linocut, 7×8
This is the lino that I cut on the Friday of the Artalicious Festival.  
This design was originally tried as a glaze on a vase during a collaboration with James Freeman.  But the design melted during firing.  So here it is again in lino.  I really like this one.  I used Akua [...]

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Nuthatch for Stubnitz and Artalicious Festival

I finished this print this morning.  It will be the last linocut that I do before the Artalicious Festival Sept 19th and 20th.  I almost called this print “Creepers” because that’s what Nuthatches do and because of the Virginia Creeper at the bottom.  
I’m off to the local frame shop now to purchase materials for [...]

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Sanctity, Linocut, 8×10

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
This is a linocut that I finished back in June for a friend’s wedding.  The inspiration for this comes from various trips to Hidden Lake Gardens last Fall.  
The battleship grey linoleum was purchased from Dick Blick.  I used Speedball cutting tools.  The ink is water soluable oil based ink from Daniel Smith.  The paper [...]

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Nuthatch

“Nuthatch”, Linocut, 6×8

I plan on hand painting this when it is dry.  It should be ready to sleeve and or frame by next months Art-A-Licious Festival in downtown Adrian, Sept 19th and 20th.  I also plan on donating one of the prints to the Stubnitz Environmental Education Center fund raising auction on Sept. 27.

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Art-A-Licious Image

I added the side and bottom text in Photoshop for the Art-A-Licious Festival.  This image might be used for a t-shirt design.

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Chaloners

“Chaloners”, Linocut, 8×10 
 I finished this quick lino-cut on Friday.  Chaloner’s Tobacco store is in downtown Adrian and two doors down from the LCVA Gallery.  I’ve known the owners since the 80’s.  They are good folks and I love visiting them.  I buy my Fly Tyer Magazines there and always grab a bag of fresh popcorn [...]

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Chicago Boulevard, linocut, 11×17

I finally finished painting this today.  The ink took a few weeks to dry before I could hand paint this….probably because the furnace has not been running and it’s not as dry in the house as it is in the winter.  The ink is water soluble oil based ink by Daniel Smith.  I only printed [...]

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Chicago Boulevard…digitally edited

I took a photo of my latest linocut and edited it in Photoshop.  I still plan on hand painting the original but I needed a working image for advertising purposes.  The Tecumseh Art Walk is this Friday, April 18, 7-9 PM.  

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