Amy Haney Art

Why you buggin?

I'm gearing up for my little show at True Blue next month. I'll have notecards with my watercolor paintings on them and some newer prints of my black and white linocut birds. 

Tune in here for information about upcoming events!! 

 

Judy the beauty

Growing up in the midwest my mom would always take me to powwows. We would sit respectfully and watch the dancers. We enjoyed the amazing regalia surrounding us. Her understanding, appreciation and compassion for the natives of our land has consistantly been represented in her home. Yesterday, I had a moment to sit back and reflect on how blessed we are and have been. I saw these beautiful images looking back at me. Over the past year there has been yet another resurgence of the crimes against the native peoples of our country. Every day I hope and pray that people find love and light in their hearts and minds. That's all we have and all we can truly be. Thank you mom for helping me understand and believe that there are good people in the world. 

Eva Hesse

I'm beyond excited to have this Eva Hesse film coming up at Filmstreams Omaha. It took some minor shuffling but I was able to propose this movie, find some panelists/artists and get this going. The screening is January 31 at 7:00pm. See y'all there!!

Hey!! I'm back!
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http://www.amyhaney.com

Robin Thistle

 I've always thought collaging was hard, I still do. For my thesis project I challenged myself and made a small collection of collages and they turned out, well, okay. As you may remember, my thesis was written on the history of printmaking and I created a body of work to illustrate the history. The collaging aspect was part of lithography's history in offset printing. Anywho, here is one of my collages. 

 

Fighting the Roc

So, as I mentioned (below) I have a band, Fighting the Roc. I designed our tour poster and screenprinted it on black paper and a few in the edition were watercolored blue and violet. Screenprinting has not been my strong point, but I just love the ease of it, when I can get it to work!! Big thanks to Brad Miller for helping me out on this one!

Bird Armor

So I had a wild idea to make actual bird armor out of silverware. I was struggling for quite a while with this one because I am not much of a scupltress. Big thanks to Heather Kita for putting up with my guess work on how to assemble this. I think it turned out great even though it is in no way functional.  

Bookshelf

Got a little arts and crafts-y and stenciled a crane on a bookshelf. I did not rely on pintrest whatsoever to design or create any of this. 

Fighting the Roc

Please forgive my absence. I've been wrapped up in, well, life. This is my t-shrit design for the band I want to start. I've been daydreaming about my 'second' career as a touring musician and thought I should come up with a band name. So here we are, probably won't be touring this year though. We're looking for opening acts so if you're interested let me know. 

Morris wallpaper

My William Morris inspired 'wallpaper' was stenciled on cotton rag paper with acrylic paint. I titled it Eleanor's Wallpaper for my grandmother who absolutely disliked birds. This is approximately 44"x 90" and very difficult to maneuver! I love the way it turned out and am excited to hang it in my studio! 

Bird Tarot Cards

I began printing a small edition of tarot cards. I stared planning images of Death, Star, the Nine of swords and High Priestess as woodcuts. The paper was stained with watercolor and wax paper, on the back side is a stenciled profile of a bird. This project has been very fun for me, more playful and loose. I have a long way to go before the whole deck is completed though. 

Tara Bird

Last summer my bestie and I traveled Ireland for about ten days. It was great to be back in such a special place with one of my most cherished friends. Our last full day we went to the Hill of Tara north of Dublin. We could have stayed in the fields with the mounds and wishing tree forever. This crow kept yelling at me and I managed to finally get a good photo of him. I used my photo to make this polymer plate etching. Not too shabby.  

Bird Island

I was reading about cartography and decided to make my own stinking map. “Bird Island Migration of 1713″ Etching with chine collé.

Rooster

Just a little study I did a while back. I really need to get back to my watercolors, it's been way too long!

Watercolor Feather

For a while there it was rare that I could just sit down and work on something basic and unplanned. This lil feather was just a doodle, something to do while chatting with a friend. Nothing specail really...

Lithograph Coot

I hadn't done a stone lithograph for quite a while. This was fun, frustrating and exciting. It felt good to draw with the greasy crayon the porous stone's surface. Coot birds are really weird looking so I had to draw it a couple of times on a separate piece of paper to get the proportions correct. The printing process was a kick in the pants but I got the just of it. 

Al Mutanabbi

I am honored to be part of the Al Mutanabbi Project that includes many national and international artists. To read about the project click here. I struggled with this piece because of the monumental importance of the project. This is what I came up with, two hamsa hands, open like a book with a rising phoenix emerging. I used the lithographic process because it was used by Daumier in the 1800's. His works illustrated social and political commetary of his time.  

Bird Island Currency

These coins were fun to make. My good friend Heather gave me some wax and advice on carving. After great hesistation, I carved up these two pieces and had them cast in silver. These were part of my recent thesis project and were completely out of my comfort zone. Along with these coins, I created a map of an invented place called Bird Island. This is the islands money, let me know if you're going to visit. You'll need some cash. 

Garuda

This is the second Garuda print I've made. Garudas have many meanings and mythological stories attached to them. The concept I like the most is that they are associated with the protection of images. I love the way the talons and fingers turned out. 

Eve

Eve (as a bird) being tempted by the evil snake, I mean worm. I think my mom helped me brainstorm this idea and image, we both had a good giggle. Based off of Abrecht Dürers woodcut the figure wasn't as difficult as I thought it would be. 

Hand Demo

This was a practice demo I did with my watercolor class a while back. It's good to brush up on the basics when painting and you always have the best object to draw from with you. 

Master L. Cz.

I stumbled upon this guy while looking through an intaglio book. In the rest of the original image Christ looks like he's trying to talk some sense into this evil looking creature. The beast was just too crazy to ignore, I had to draw him. 

UNO printmaking and book arts club

Please excuse my disappearance, again. This academic year is wrapping up and there has been one too many things to keep track of. Last summer I taught a great group of students printmaking at the University of Nebraska. Shortly after wrapping up the summer session, some of the students wanted to start a print/book club. This year has been a lot of work but the club is moving a long. Their first exhibit will open this Friday, May 8th, 6 pm at the Bancroft Market. Swing by if you're available, there will be some amazing prints and books on display! 

Amelia Elizabeth

A little portrait etching. The dress and figure are from a portrait Rembrandt made of his wife, Saskia. I added the cockatoo head because, well, I wanted to. I'm gearing up for my exhibit at the UNO gallery in May and this image is on the postcard. Swing by and pay me a visit, mark your calendar for May 15, 5pm. 

 

Cuckcoo

I was so happy to have figured out how to print Japanese style mokuhanga. I have taken a handful of workshops with Karen Kunc and was able to produce this at my studio following the last lesson with her. I'm ready to try this some more!