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Faceted Shapes inspired by art giant.

12/10/2020

These faceted shapes prints were inspired by Sol Lewitt's Wall Drawing #564 at the at the Paula Cooper Gallery. LeWitt, whose career spanned four decades, is regarded as a founder of both Minimal and Conceptual art.
This matrix was the final piece made in the 3rd quarter of my "Pandemic Academic Studies." The 3 woodblock printer's proofs. are 11.75 X 8.25" - ink on paper.
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Nutcrackers put me in mind of the holidays.

11/12/2020

What's not to love? The European nutcrackers mate for life; build their nexts in Conifers i.e. - Christmas trees. They hide caches of pine nuts with natural foliage; which they eat in winter. Some seeds are left behind which grow into new trees. They’re crafty corvids - their food caches are carefully disguised with natural camo, like bark or moss. This species is responsible for re-establishing the Swiss Pine.

Pandemic Self!

10/29/2020

Tired of looking at yourself on Zoom? Or FaceTime? Or Teams? ME TOO!!! So tired! Tired of relating to friends like I live on the set of Hollywood Squares. Do what I did. Make a Self portrait. Here's mine - a woodblock print. And here are some artist self-portraits to get you started.
https://mymodernmet.com/famous-self-portraits/
#PandemicSelfie #ZoomSelfie

Road to Okie City. Danger; Wet Pavement!

10/26/2020

I make lots of trips to Oklahoma City. Most of my extended family lives there! My mom is there, and I'm going soon. Sometimes I capture a photo as I wind my way up Interstate 35. (Only if there is no traffic pressing down on me.) On this day, it was raining. Raindrops hit the car window and were dragged backwards by the forward motion of the car. It was misty and the rain made everything soft and smudgy. I couldn't wait to put it down on paper. See more drawings from the Road to Okie City.

Evidence of Life - Party Favor

10/12/2020

This is the companion piece to Evidence of Life: Baby Keys, which I posted November 7, 2019 At the time I was kind of infatuated with the warm earthiness of Raw Umber. The size is 12 X 12". Relief Prints.

Bending to the Wind; sketch to relief print.

10/8/2020

I am acquainted with trees with character which I've photographed on drives from North Texas to Oklahoma City where family members live. In between the sketch and the relief print, I found an image online of Century Plant by Jerry Bywaters. (1939) I was taken by the image and especially how he handle the clouds.
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Printmaking at home - Pandemic Style

6/8/2020

After making a bunch of masks for friends and family members, I finished out my spring printmaking class at home - without a printing press. These 3 artist proofs are collographs, and untitled. See more Collographs.

Haboub

4/27/2020

Engraving. 2 color, 1 pass. Printed in March on the American Tool Press at the print shop at Brookhaven. (I miss that press!) See more engravings.

The Road to Okie City

3/7/2020

Since I moved to Texas I have made the trip to my family home in Oklahoma City hundreds of times. There is often an eye-popping cloud/sky/light display to blow my mind while driving. Sometimes it's a breathtaking sunset.
This is an engraving using aquatint with soap ground on a copper plate.
The size is 4 ½"H X 12"W. See more engravings

Mystery No.3

3/3/2020

Aquatint with Soap Ground resist - an experiment. Sometimes the calculated and planned ideas are disappointing. This image started as an experiment. I was trying out a new resist made of ivory soap. I had no expectations for a good result, and was pleasantly surprised.
My take away? At least at this point printmaking is a crap shoot; and a mystery.

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