Amy Haney Art

The Wing

This is my first drypoint etching that I had done in a while. The plate is 9"x24" and it took me a few months to work through this bad boy. A drypoint, in case you don't know, is a drawing on a metal plate with a metal tool. I started working on this months ago, and thought I could have it finished fairly quickly. Oh...how silly I was. After doing the first small rows of feathers I realized that if I continued at that pace I would have severe arthritis. I had to slow it down and eventually took a month off to give my hand and arm a break. But I endured, and am so glad I did. I truely love this print. 

Cosmic Wish

I really really really like this one. When I was working on it, I was being playful. I wasn't so determined to make it just right or a certain way. There are many layers of acrylic decals and silkscreen prints. Sometimes art can just be 'pretty' right? It doesn't have to mean anything or 'say' anything...it just looks..good. Well, I think this one is good. 

Beaks

I love this piece and all the layers that went into it. A ton of acrylic paint, acrylic decals, and tidbits of silkscreen coral...can you see them all? I was stuck on this reddish purple for a while, not sure if I have shaken it off yet. It's pretty, just accept it. 

Uffizi

 My first (successful) chine colle, done at Anderson Ranch. The image is a solar plate print from a photograph I took outside the Uffizi. A profile of a lions head, a man standing between pillars holding a severed head along with an "Industry and Resources" map of Italy. I was so very excited when this image was pulled from the press. 

Duck Stage

This was the first solar plate that I had made since undergrad. It looks so weird because I think it was overexposed. If you look back in my blog history, you'll find a watercolor painting of a duck in an empty space. That is where this guy came from, and the negative space was a texture I found in one of my moms books. This is the beginning of my new solar plate adventure. There will be more to come.