“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.
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.
“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 and cold Coke. I used to smoke cigars more than I do now, but I did have one this weekend. My friend gave me a Classic Acid cigar and I have to admit it was pretty good. I’m tempted to go out and buy a few this weekend, but they seem to taste better when they are free..ha! Anyway, I did this for the Art-a-licious Festival this Fall.
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 three of these because I dont have the room to dry such large prints.
The image is of The Boulevard Market in Tecumseh, MI. I plan on giving this print to the owners Erika and John Aylward for being so supportive of my work.
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.
This Linocut is incomplete. I am doing this for the Tecumseh “Art Walk” in Tecumseh, MI on April 18th. This 11×17 print is bigger than anything I’ve ever done (in linocut). When it dries I plan on painting this using watercolor. I had to make a larger printing jig for this project. I used all my regular supplies but found my ink roller to be a tad too small for such a large print. This was a challenge to hand press. It helped that I used water soluble oil based ink by Daniel Smith because it gave me more time to work. The paper is Rives BFK. The linoleum is battleship grey from Dick Blick mounted on particle board. I used Speedball cutting tools.
“Chicago Boulevard”, 11×17, Linocut
Hand painted for Christmas gift.
”Cloud Watcher”, Linocut, 8″x10″, NFS….Per my agreement with the people of the Taos Pueblo in New Mexico this image is not for sale. However, it will be on display at the Image Gallery in downtown Adrian, MI during the month of January.
|
