PRINTMAKING
After years of working in large-format silkscreen, both for my own images and collaborating with other artists to create fine art silkscreens of their work, I now enjoy the simpler and more direct process of carving and hand printing small-format block prints.
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The subjects of my block prints are usually animals, birds and insects that live around my home in the forest. The issues are completely different from the multi-layered color work of my oil painting and pastel work. Here the work is about carving and texture, and creating feeling with just a few gestures and colors.
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I may have several block print ideas in process at the same time while working on drawings and a couple of paintings. I’ll do a few steps in the process, carving or printing a color, and then come back to it later, when I’m in a different mood and interested in a break from painting.
