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Stag 5×4 linocut & watercolor |
I love family history and genealogy, and one of the benefits of my affinity is that I’ve become the repository for old family photos that no one wants. I use them in my art pretty frequently, because they’re meaningful to me. I also think they’re beautiful – and familiar; facial features I recognize, carriage, gestures and some of the same body language I see in my family today. The reference for this figure was a 1928 snapshot of my paternal grandfather (without the buck – I added him in the background) the year he married my grandmother. I’ve painted him before, older. Though he’s young and lanky here – I still recognize the way he sat, the tilt of his head, and a palpable certainty about him. He was an immigrant (Italy) and an avid hunter, an inventor, a whittler, self employed, self made. He also loved puns and word play.
This linocut is a small edition of 10, printed with Akua Waterbased ink on Johannot paper and painted with watercolor.
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Thanks, Karen!
This is a wonderful piece.