Sandhill Crane Experiments in Moku Hanga

I am still playing with the moku hanga technique and experimenting with different papers and printing on dry paper instead of damp.  The first photo is the initial drawing and one side of the carved block.  I used both sides and each was a reduction process.  The first print is on an Awagami Hosho Select paper and the second is on Rives printmaking paper.  I was hoping to get an edition of 12 out of one of the colorways and the Rives printing came out well with 14 consistent prints.  Twelve of those are being shipped off to the Emerald Print Exchange.  I am encouraged to keep going with the experiment as I still have a few more blocks I can work.  

Bosque
6" x 4" handprinted 11  color
2 block reduction

Wading In
6" x 4" handprinted 10 color
2 block reduction 

 

Monument Valley

I loved this place when we were there.  It rained and was foggy with low clouds in the morning but cleared up in the afternoon long enough for a few photos.  

Monument Valley
6.5 " x 6.5" handprinted
13 color reduction linocut 

 

African Iris

 A small print for the @im_printed Spring Print Exchange just posted to the UK today. 

Untitled (African Iris)
14cm x 14cm
Handprinted 9 color reduction linocut

Skimmers for the Holiday Cards

 I was a bit late with the card production this year but managed to get them out finally.  There were two slightly different color runs (editions), one for 24 and one of only 4.  

The Skimmers
 8 color linocut reduction 

Skimers
7 color linocut reduction 

Tangled

 This new print is 9" x 7", 11 color linocut reduction for the Remarque Print Exchange.  The process photos are posted below the print. It is a handprinted edition of eleven.  

Tangled
9" x 7" handprinted reduction linocut

Fall in the butterfly Garden

 

Butterfly Garden
30" x 30" Acrylic and Oil on Canvas 

Back to the Garden

 

● The Garden Waking for the Day
22" x 30" mixed media on handmade paper 

Talbot Island Beach

● Little Talbot Beach
8" x 8" oil on canvas 

 

Walking Around Town

In the historic district here on the island is a facade from an old bus station.  It had two entrances and two waiting areas for segregation under Jim Crow.  The facade has been saved and is now an entrance to the courtyard and parking area for new condos on the site.  

 

● McJunkin Depot 
10" x 10" oil on canvas panel 

Stormy Days

 

● North Beach Storm
8" x 8" Oil on canvas 

For the Right Whales

In my continuing quest to avoid the big blank canvas on the easel, I played with some mixed media on black watercolor paper.  The gallery will have a special window of whale art for the Right Whale Festival here on the island so it was the perfect excuse to play.

Calving Season
24 x 18 mixed media (acrylic, pencil, oil pastel)
on watercolor paper mounted to board

 

Circle Dance
30 x 22 Mixed Media (acrylic, gouache, oil pastel)
 on Watercolor Paper 

Magnolia

Another learning experience with Japanese woodblock printmaking technique which is still a work in progress for me.  This 13 color reduction print is on Awagami Pure Silk paper. 

Magnolia
13 color Moku Hanga reduction print
7" x 9" 

watercolor sketch for print 

Sketch on wood block 

2 colors 

3 colors 

4 colors 

5 colors 

6 colors 

7 colors 

8 colors 

9, 10, & 11 colors 

12, 13 colors