Category: My Art
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Inking while drinking
After dinner last night, and two large glasses of very cold sauvignon blanc, I returned to my studio, cranked down my Dick Blick proofing press, and got to work (while MJ watched the Tony awards). I have three “plaster” plates that are actually made with vinyl spackling compound over matboard. I put a lot of…
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Consolation in work
I have been losing my frustration (about not getting into juried shows) by work: always the best solution. So here are updates, maybe completions, of several items in work: first is an aquarelle graphite “Excavation”, the second an older pencil drawing on vellum. The three colored pieces are recent collagraph prints that were dull monotone…
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Another local juried show…
UPDATE #2: the morning of day 2 of the show I get to the gallery before it opens, whip away my piece, and hightail it to PT Art & Frame to get museum glass: the glare & reflections where it hangs completely obscured the work! Looks way better now, after this infusion of effort and…
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Crow with Fire in the Belly
After printing an old lino cut plate using a mask (cut to obscure most of the body of the crow) top left, I came up with a plan to put more detail inside the crow. So I worked on the plate and printed it at various stages. I am at version 4, and done for…
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More drawing and a print variation
To the original drawing, I added some water soluble graphite to darken and enhance (I hope :-): the modified drawing is shown at left. The poly litho plate used for the print was from the earlier version of the drawing. I used water soluble graphite on the burnt umber ink print also, but a…
