“SPRING MIST” and Simple Pleasures

May 8, 2017

  Chapter One It’s late April again, and Bob and I are at the old country housewith my brother Chris, performing our family’s 77-year-old annual ritualof opening the house for the summer.   For the first couple of days, there are actual chores:... Read more →

Making “Sunlit Stream” block prints

Feb 28, 2017

Late last Summer I took a long walk in a wooded glen, and found inspiration  for a new block print.     But that was the year of many shows and little time for new art.  So it is now mid-January, and the making of “Sunlit Stream” can finally begin.   Printmaker friend... Read more →

The Story of “Seasons IV” Block Prints

Aug 19, 2014

This is a reprinting of some bits from my e-newsletter and Facebook “Notes” page, with a new addition at the end: a slide show of the printing progression. If you’ve already read the story, skip on down to the slides.    While making the slide show,... Read more →

The Story of the Shakespeare Print

Apr 16, 2013

  To order one of the last signed,    limited edition prints, click here As the world seems to become scarier, a chicken such as I (and perhaps you) becomes even more nervous and trembly than usual. Clucking turns to squawking, sleeping turns to fretting and... Read more →

Making “High Desert Juniper” block print

Dec 12, 2012

      One day last summer while stalking our kids on Facebook, and I see a beautiful photo posted by my friend Robert Shear, of sunset from his back yard in Utah. It’s a scrubby desert landscape, a lone tree, and distant mountains. The photo has little in common... Read more →