Monday, November 24, 2008

Spring (final)



November 20, 2008

2-plate Chiaroscuro print

4"x3"

I printed a successful run of this image, many of them with letterpress for a hanging scroll. Hopefully I will start that project in the next week or two.

Monday, November 17, 2008

Quabbin Sketch


November 2008
Charcoal Pencil
3"x4"
This little sketch is something that has haunted me for a long time. Back in the late 1980' I had a dream about this tree and in the dream I knew that it was from the Quabbin Reservoir in Massachussetts. I had been there many times but this was not exactly anywhere I had been.
Over the years I have painted this image and made several prints but nothing has come close to the dream. Even though the dream was a static image, it had life and movement. The other day I had an idea to make many monotypes on a small scale (3"x4") and make a flip book. The nature of the monotype will make each print just a little different and hopefully, the effect of them in a flip book will create a dream-like quality.