2016 Asheville Arts & Crafts Conference
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Making Lake View II
This print was inspired by two things: fond memories of family vacations in the Adirondacks, and a lovely photograph taken by my friend Gaylon Arnold, of an Adirondack vacation. Oh, and my obsession with glittering lake water. 1: First I carve the shape for the... Read more →Making the Autumn Woods block print
A couple of years ago, while staying at our country house in Vermont, I took a walk down our dirt road on a dazzling autumn day, and trespassed into a neighbor’s woods. I took this photo looking out into a clearing. The photo The oil painting, “Autumn... Read more →Making the “Summer Woods III” block print
The pictures tell the story pretty well… Each time I do a carving, I start with a sharpie drawing on clear acetate, and transfer it to my linoleum. Now with a third piece of linoleum, I carve away all but the parts that should print both warm brown and dark... Read more →Making the “Olives” block print
I made “Olives” right after a two-month hiatus, during which we cleared out and sold our country house, and then organized and pulling off a lakeside wedding for our daughter. I was so absorbed in the art making that I didn’t think to document the... Read more →Making “Winter Woods IV”
Here’s the first linoleum carving, used for printing the lightest color, a warm yellow background on 240 sheets of paper. Next is a wee little carving for printing an orange halo where the sun blasts through. Then a carving to print the darkish blue. Each... Read more →What I did on my summer vacation from printmaking
“Chicken, when are you going to make the next block print?” inquired Bob. It was mid-April, and I had recently finished “Tomatoes,” the third in my “Mediterranean Foods” print series. Reviewing a jam-packed calendar of projects, travel, and shows that loomed before... Read more →
Making the “Lake View” block print
Do you have a happy memory of time spent near water? Where everything you did was about being in, on, or beside that beautiful water? One of my happiest childhood memories is spending time at my friends’ summer cottage. While we swam, sunbathed, picnicked and... Read more →
Making “Autumn Glow” Block Print
I took this photo while exploring country roads on a beautiful October day. I want to capture the warm sparkle of the leaves amid the cool green pines. Also, that little path into the dark woods is intriguing. What if there were a sunlit clearing way in there? ... Read more →