Art

garuda

alas! we are finished with the garuda, and how handsome he is. my registration got a little fuzzy towards the end, but the image is defined well enough. well, what do you think?

figure it out...

moving on to a new piece... i've got a show coming up in january and am trying to figure out what i could conjure up for it. starting to play with materials and patterns to see how things settle visually.

add the red

this is my garuda i've been working on for a while. i've got one more color left and then he's done. i like how it looks, once the ink dries a little more i can get a move on.

angles

this is a design i was working on for a fabric piece. i started it before i left for my trip to colorado, so i'm hoping that i can remeber where i was going with it!

meadow window

this was my second print at anderson ranch. this one was way more spontaneous for me, no preconceived drawing or imagery. at this point i felt i had mastered the stencil making process and went to town with all my colors and shapes. this was a two block process and that was the only part that made me stop and think every time i added more. i had a blast with this one. this is a very small edition of 4 and one of them is for my mom, if she wants it.

celtic twist

this was my first print at anderson ranch. it started from one of my many celtic cross drawings, but once i drew it onto the wood i saw it as a completely different shape. this pup took me two and half days to figure out. i was not only trying to decipher the image but also figuring out the methods required for the workshop. this is my first attempt at a "rainbow roll" (gray and yellow area), and i think i did okay. karen had suggested i try it and i'm so glad i did, that area really makes the design fall back into space. not bad, eh? 

all that madness from one little piece of wood. the image size is 15"x 11".

i heart anderson ranch art center

i just had the greatest week at anderson. it went way too fast though. i want to go back and do more. you know it's beautiful, you can't deny. the printshop would kick your butt. a great space with all the tools and room to work. karen kunc was running the show, and no one could even compare. if you ever have the chance to do a workshop with karen you better do it. and if you can get to anderson, go and be productive like you were born to do...

i'm steppin' out

i'm off to anderson art ranch tomorrow early morn. my first adventure to anderson, i'll be participating in a woodblock printing workshop with karen kunc. gone for a week, i hope to make some beautiful prints and learn some new tricks. looking forward to the mountains and the smell of ink in the air.

engraving

my first engraving. i had been curious about engraving tools for a decade now, and finally fessed up and bought some. what really pushed me to finally try engraving was the books i bought from crown point press i had mentioned a few posts back. i decided to draw a mosquito because they're everywhere right now, completely inescapable. they're pretty disgusting too... this is my first proof. i ended up reworking the plate, cleaning up some of the lines and adding more texture and darkness. the second proof looks a lot better, but is still at the studio.

quit buggin' me!

the bugs are so bad this summer. with all the rain they're bigger and stronger than ever! this one's got the double stinger, he's not messin' around.

add some blue...

step three of my reduction print. the garuda is really starting to look wonderful! just two more colors, i think.

oxx

i love symmetry, yes i do. i love symmetry, how 'bout you? when i was working on this my nephew told me that some shapes were bigger than others. i'm the farthest thing from perfection. you can't free hand perfect lines and shapes!

excuses excuses

well... i'm still here. been working on prints, drawings and paintings. but- the weather was nice so i was going to the cabin a lot. and then the weather got bad and then nice and bad...repetitive storms give me anxiety. i have plenty of works to post, just haven't had power at my house going on five days now. so, i apologize to the three people that regularly check my blog! i will post some new stuff the minute i get my power up and running again!

step two

my second color for the reduction print. you can see the underlying yellow from 'step one'. next is either blue or red- keep checking for it.

international quilt museum

last week my mom and i went to the 'international quilt museum' in lincoln, nebraska. it was our first time visiting and we had such a treat! on display were beautiful traditional quilts along with some contemporary quilts by nancy crow. i was extremely inspired and revisit the quilts in my memory frequently. we stopped in the gift shop and picked up these great books. if you haven't been to the museum, you better get going!

step one-

step one in a reduction print is carving out the white areas. normally you should print light to dark - yeaye yellow! soon you will see the garuda - soon...

smelt roe

this is the current acrylic painting i'm working on. i started filling the space with these little tiny red/orange circles and couldn't help but recognize them as smelt roe. so, of course i was craving sushi for a couple of days.

celtic cross (green)

i'm still trying to figure out which painting/drawing i should do my first solar plate with. i'm thinking this would be the best bet because of its simplicity and one hue design. hopefully i can put some time in this coming week on it!

oh my!

I have had these books on my wishlist for a while now, but a couple of weeks ago i found a deal i couldn't refuse. The first book "Magical Secrets about Thinking Creatively: The Art of Etching and the Truth of Life" is all about the etching process. The second "Magical Secrets about Line Etching & Engraving" is so beautifully illustrated and written. And the third "Magical Secrets about Aquatint: Spit Bite, Sugar Lift and Other Etched Tones" is equally as fantastic as the other two. It's like falling in love with printmaking all over again. A big thanks to Crown Point Press for putting out the books and being a great source of inspiration since the first day i went there back in 1998!

polaroid

i did this the other day for my friend jenifer altman. she's been working so hard on a book of polaroid photographs "for the love of light". this was a last minute detail, but i just wanted to hang out with her and her family.