Amy Haney Art

Girl with bird

Just a lil selfie with a bird chatting in my ear. Since it's spring all the birds have been going crazy in the yard. They're chirping all morning and the redbirds hang out on my handrail and yell at each other. It's better than television!

Talon twig

Again with the fascination of birds. Just another random doodle from my sketchbook. 

Hover Bird

I've gotten to the point that I have drawn so many birds now that I can sometimes just draw them off the top of my head. There are parts of this that I should have looked at some sort of reference, but what the hey? It's just a sketch. Now that the weather is starting to get warmer, I can hear the birds bustling about in the mornings. I've missed them and their squawking!

Leaf Feather

I used to draw several times a day, years ago. Somehow I've lost that layer of loose creativity through my over abundance of work, school, mentoring, running and training, house chores...etc. The few sketches I do have I'll share with you here. I like to imagine parts of nature becoming hybrids and what they would look like. A leaf and feather combination would be so pretty, especially in the Fall. 

Nest

A recent etching I did of a bird's nest. I was lucky enough to exhibit this in the Caesium Gallery over the last month. 

Poodle Moth

So...pretty much fascinated with bugs. I think I can make them the best with watercolor, especially with all the textures they have. Some bugs I wouldn't mind meeting in person, others not so much. This poodle moth would surely be my good friend! 

Breath

This is just a little woodcut I did. Kind of a selfie with the swirly curlies. That's what I think my hair looks like, all piled up and funky on my head. I was thinking about when I'm running and the little inhales and exhales I take. Little gasps of air...

Lobster Catapillar

I don't remember how I discovered this bug, but I thought it was so cool when I did. Their big billowy flesh looks so neat to me. This is about a 9"x5" watercolor. 

SCGI 2013

I had a blast in Milwaukee last week. I was overwhelmed by all of the information stacked in front of me at the SGCI printmaking conference. There were a handful of events that really inspired me...

This page above is from a collaborative piece with Lesley Dill, Tom Sleigh and Dieu Donne Studio. Listening to their discussion on how the book and prints were made was fantastic!

I went to Haggerty Museum specifically to see Enrique Chagoya's Codex pieces. After hearing his lecture two summers ago, I have been a huge fan. Great exhibit and beautiful prints. 

Lastly, I was very excited to meet this well known master printmaker, Judith Solodkin. She shared her expereicenes, print techniques and some personal history during her presentation. It was an honor to be in the same room as her!

I'm already looking forward to next years conference!!

Printmaking Conference

I'm off to Milwaukee tomorrow for the Southern Graphics Council International Printmaking Conference. I've been wanting to go to one of these for several years now and this one lined up with Spring Break, so the timing is perfect. There will be so much to do, I'm having a hard time figuring out where to start...lectures, exhibits, workshops. There is a high possiblity that my brain will explode while there. 

Bird Collagraph

I was showing my students collagraphs a couple of weeks ago and this was my demo piece. I think stencils are fun and can look pretty cool if you take the time to add detail. I like the embossment of the materials into the paper too. 

Diamond Wevil

Just another goofy bug watercolor. I think this guy is pretty handsome. 

Damselfly

I love damselflies. There are always a bunch of them at my parents cabin in the summer. You can spot their intense blue bodies zipping around and hoovering over the water. If I'm sitting really still one or two will land on my leg or arm so I can get a close view of them. I miss them, hurry up summer!

Truantula Wasp

Another watercolor of a random bug that I discovered. I like his legs and the blue of his body. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want to meet one of these in a dark room alley. 

Butterfly

Another lil reduction woodcut for ya.

Grasshopper

Sorry I didn't post anything last week, I've been sick for nearly a month and posting on my blog was the last thing on my mind. Here's another grasshopper guy. Watercolor study about 6"x9". Quite the handsome lil fellow. 

Egret

This was my first attempt at making a traditional style woodblock print. I did it all on my own and had a few difficulties. I really need to find someone to teach me the tricks involved with this type of printing and carving. This was part of my studies last semester of the Ukiyo-e prints of Japan. Someday, I will be able to print Japanese style!

Skipper

Did this drawing for a 12"x12" show at Caesium Gallery. I like the furry fuzzy lines that happened with the fine tipped markers. 

Self Portrait (lithography)

Sorry I disappeared for a bit, with the holidays and being sick I decided to slack off for two weeks. This is a hand painted lithograph I did for school. Last semester I was studying the posters of Paris that advertised performances and consumer goods, particularly by Cheret and Toulouse Lautrec. Many of the posters were of women that were surrounded with text. This is me with woodchips and metal shavings flying about. The French text translates to, your friend the printmaker hot shops studio 216. I had a lot of fun working on this print and painting it. Here's what the prints look like without paint. 

Butterfly

A small 4"x6" woodcut reduction print of a funky butterfly. I was teaching my students from the Kent Bellows Studio how to do reductions and this was my in class example. They didn't seen too thrilled unfortunately. 

Battle Beetle II

A small watercolor and watercolor pencil of another battle beetle! Like he could rip that shield off his back and go to war. Don't mess with him!

Beetle

A little 4"x6" woodcut beetle for ya. The textures in its back are from lightly hammering a nail into the wood for some patterning. I hope you like!

White Morph

I printed this guy two different ways because I was not sure how it would turn out with white ink on white paper. Not too bad, eh? 

Some peopel like the peach background better. There are 8 prints in this edition. I think you should buy one, yes you. It would look great over your couch.

Moroccan Tiles

I made a reduction woodcut in response to my trip to Morocco last winter. This is currently hanging in the Pulled from the Matrix exhibit at Hot Shops if you would like to see it in person. I was awestruck by all of the colorful intricate tile work all over Morocco. I had to make my own version. Here's a close up. 

Bug Wing

A drypoint etching printed in white ink on black paper, this wing was so fun to work on. Using roulettes, a scribe, and a mezzotint rocker I created soft textures and hard lines. This plate is about 19"x8". It's currently on display at Hot Shops Art Center until November 23 if you'd like to see it in person.