I only found out about Print Day in May today, but I was down at my studio yesterday Saturday and printed up my new drypoint plate of the Burroo (iceberg in Manx). It’s a special lump of rock just off the south coast of the Isle of Man known more…
These pieces, like the beginnings of all my recent work, builds layers of multiple methods of printmaking. I started with multiple layers of monoprint using Speedball block printing inks and transparent base in a thin washes using a paintbrush, roller, and rag. I printed first on three different papers on…
This cheerful little medicinal herb, Prunella vulgaris, grows all over the northern hemisphere, and has been known to be medicinally useful everywhere it grows. It will soothe an upset stomach or sore mouth, as a tea, and as a salve it will help skin wounds heal -- it's also known…
Wizard's Reading Night is a bit of a not-quite-hidden-object piece. I worked in reading night treats, companions, and bric-a-brac; what reading night is complete without a mug of tea and snacks? Wizard is a companion piece to The Alchemist (my completed print.) I kept adding another detail... and then another...…
Printed on Print Day in May, 2025, Connecticut, USA. A “paper” lithograph with chine colle originating from a photo I took during a recent trip to Kenya. Made using products from tagged sponsors.
Hello print friends! Had a great Print Day in May printing this woodcut print at AS220 today! Printed with @speedball_art relief print ink from @blickartmaterials on fabric and Japanese masa paper from @legionpaper Carved and rolled with tools from mclain’s @mcclains.printmaking.supplies. Carved from cherry plywood from @columbiaforestproducts.m @bostonprintmakers @cranfieldcolours @creativeartsworkshop…
I finished this five-color linoleum block print today. 12” x 6” on BFK Rives paper. Downy Hairy Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Red-bellied Northern Flicker Piliated
I was working on watercolor monoprints I started on a residency at La Romita Art School in Umbria, Italy. I discovered that watercolor overlays on film worked beautifully to preserve the transparency of the colors underneath. Kitchen table meets printing press technology!
