PenPets: 2015

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

More Linocuts

Burro

Linocut 4" X 6"

2015

Greener Grass

Linocut4" X 6"

One block: black, brown, yellow, green, tan

2015

Pig

Linocut 4" X 6"

2015

Monday, October 19, 2015

Dr. Smith

linoleum-block print

4" X 6"

2015

I'm financing my shed studio with a small inheritance from my father, and I want to feel his presence in my new space. So I carved this linoleum block to print and hang there -- "Dr. Smith." I'm sure Dad will be pleased to see me working under his watchful and sardonic eyes.

Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Two Kids

I've gone back to linoleum block print-making and am working with a group in Waldoboro, Maine, lead by Holly Berry. We meet on Mondays a couple times a month. It's great to be working together with other artists. I learn so much from all of them. And I have a lot to learn!

This is my first renewed attempt at a reduction print. I carved the whole thing on one linoleum block and printed each color, one after the other -- first white, then pink, then green, then brown, finally black. As you can see by the pink halo around the kid's head, my registration was off. It got worse as I went along. Alas! There are no do-overs in reduction prints. It's a one-shot deal. But I was able to salvage the last block -- the black one, referred to as a key block. So I carved three more blocks -- one for the pink nose, one for the green background, and one for the brown spots -- and printed them in that order. This is what I ended up with, sans bubbles.

Kid

multi-block linoleum print

4"X6"

2015

I'm eager to start another print -- maybe even a reduction print! -- and do a better job.

Randy

a Poodle

5" X 7" colored pen-and-ink

2015

Friday, September 18, 2015

Logan

white-line woodblock print

2015

Thursday, September 3, 2015

Austin

5X7 pen-and-ink drawing

2015

"My brother just texted me and let me know that your portrait of Austin arrived today and brought tears of joy and fond memories to his eyes. Thank you very much for contributing to his happiness."

~Greg, Libertyville, IL

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

New Dogs for 2015

Maggie, Penni, and Bailey

2 Labs and a mixed breed

8" X 10" pen-and-ink

2015

Moogi

an Australian cattle dog

8" X 10" colored pen-and-ink

2015

Giuseppe

a Bolognese

8" X 10" pen-and-ink

2015

Friday, April 17, 2015

My Woodcuts Go International!

"I am really captured by your image of the donkey.

It just totally captures the donkey character and charm."

--Linda Jay, Festival Organizer

Recently two of my woodblock prints appeared in international advertising! My donkey traveled to Victoria, AUSTRALIA, and my boar is in Quebec, CANADA.

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Massimo

White-line woodblock print

7x5 on 11x9 paper

I like the fact that this ginger Tom (who adopted us during our time in Brunswick, Georgia) has more that one orientation. Which one do you like best?

Geronimo X's 2!

Geronimo!

White-line woodblock print

4x6 on 7x9 paper

2015

Geronimo II!

White-line woodblock print

4x6 on 7x9 paper

2015

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Brown Pelican

4"X6" White-line Woodblock Print

2013

I'm seeing lots of new birds here in South Georgia -- egrets, ibis, turkey vultures, mockingbirds, cardinals. My favorit is the pelican. I love watching them plummet into the sea! It's quite a spectacular show!