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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Reworked plates, better prints and …
OK, it is done: I have entered three prints in the Corvidae Press sponsored juried show Printmaker’s Hand III (September at Northwind Arts Center). This involved much agonizing: none of my entries were accepted last time, and it is the…

