Woodcut and Watercolor Portrait: Two Boys
Two Boys 5.5×5 Woodcut with watercolor The reference for this woodcut was a photo of my brothers, visiting me from Los Angeles, while I was
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Linocut: Got Any More cookies?
Making a Linocut Print The first time I made a linocut, I carved all of my drawn lines off the plate, resulting in a dark
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Watercolor Painting of a Cat – Hypnotist
Watercolor Painting of a Cat – Hypnotist One of my ever-present studio mates poses for free whenever I want to do a watercolor painting of
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Drawing: Jaimie
Jaimie 2.5×2.5 graphite on paper In two weeks, I’ll be showing my work at the San Diego Artwalk, and the weekend after that, I’ll be
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Monotype: Chapel Fountain
Chapel Fountain 4×6 Monotype with Watercolor (Sold) Up at the San Luis Obispo Mission de Tolosa, there is a sweet little garden just off to the right
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Monotype: Plume Verte
The Beauty of Ghost Prints When I made a monotype of this portrait in 2006, I had enough ink on the zinc plate to pull three
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Linocut: Coming or Going
Coming or Going 2 x 4 linocut with watercolor on arches paper Available in my Etsy Shop.Now that preparation for the fund raising exhibit is
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Watercolor of a barn owl: Tyto Alba
I’ve mentioned my family history with birds before, so whether they’re trendy or not, I’ll always love these feathered creatures because of my grandfather. I
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Watercolor of a Russian Blue Cat: Siri
Siri 11×4 Watercolor on paper SoldThis watercolor was delivered to Gale’s Restaurant in Pasadena over the weekend with 4 other pieces – to be part
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Collagraph: Good Morning. Feed Us.
Good Morning. Feed Us. 7×7 Collagraph with Colored Pencil Available in my Etsy Shop. Sold Process shots for this collagraph begin at the bottom of
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Watercolor Interior Scene: Orange Chair
Orange Chair 10×21 Watercolor SoldThis is an older watercolor (and as such, I see *all* the things I’d do differently now, so that means I’m
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Linocut: Pippins & Braeburns
Pippins & Braeburns 5×3 Linocut with Watercolor Available in my Etsy Shop I’ve just returned from a trip to see family; I spent a week
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Watercolor: Cocoon Plant & Roses
Cocoon Plant & Roses 7×13 Watercolor SoldThis is an older painting, based on the usual line up of flowers and bud vases and cacti that
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Watercolor Portrait of a Cat: Nik-Nik, Lounging
Nik-Nik, Lounging SoldThis handsome guy is a real lover-boy. The first time I met him, he flopped over, stretched his paws into an extra-long, all-over-me-is-good,
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Collagraph: Climber
Climber 7×7 Collagraph with colored pencil on Arches paper Sold Available in my Etsy shop.Process shots begin at the bottom of this post. This is the
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Collagraph Prints from Mat Board – a Beach Portrait
Collagraph Prints from Matboard Here are some process photos from a collagraph print session using mat board as the plate, carved with an exact blade,
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Collagraph: Garden Meditation – and how to make a collagraph with carborundum
Making a Figurative Collagraph Print Before we make a collagraph, let’s get inspired. Have a look at Alice Carter’s excellent book – The Red Rose
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Collagraph: Man Among the Palms
Man Among the Palms 5.75×5 collagraph with colored pencil sold Available in my Etsy ShopI made the plate for this print 5 years ago, while
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Printing a White Linocut on Black Paper
Dualities 4×7.5 Linocut with colored pencil Sold Available in my Etsy shop. This linocut – Dualities – was an experiment in two parts; I printed
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Monotype: Retired Racer
Retired Racer 4×6 Monotype with Watercolor SoldHere is a little note, sent to my mailing list to wish everyone a festive holiday season, and also,
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Collagraph: Morocco
Morocco 6.8 x 4.7 Collagraph with Watercolor SoldAvailable in my Etsy Shop.Another matboard and paper collagraph, using the same methods as in previous pieces here,
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Linocut: Together (my grandparents in 1945)
Together 5×4 Linocut painted with watercolor Available in my Etsy Shop. My grandparents met and fell in love in a Connecticut textile mill as
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Collagraph: Rainy Day Girl (making a collagraph with mat board and construction paper)
Make a Collagraph This collagraph was inspired by a photo snapped in Rockport, MA in the 80’s, and it was one of the first collagraph’s
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Woodcut: Grange (Aerial Landscape of Farmland)
Grange 4 x 3 Woodcut with watercolor & Colored Pencil SoldAnother teeny little relief print (available in my Etsy shop), based on a snapshot from
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Linocut: Tweet (Macaw & Budgie)
This is the third is a series (you can see the first and second prints) of linocuts depicting my family, primarily from vintage photos, with
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Linocut Print of a Chinook Salmon (Portrait of my Sister)
Chinook (Salmon) 4×6 Linocut with Watercolor Available in my Etsy Shop. I have a *series* of quirky, fun linocuts under way. The first one was
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Dark Field Monotype with Watercolor – a Still Life of a Bowl of Berries with Roses
Bowl of Berries 6.5 x 4.5 Monotype with Watercolor (sold) I watched an incredibly informative and inspiring DVD on printmaking with Catherine Kernan, using Akua
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Watercolor: Asleep at the Wheel
Asleep at the Wheel 11×4 Watercolor on paper Available in my Etsy shop.I’ve been hanging around a lot of my friends’ dogs these days. It’s
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Glue Collagraph: Penelope
Penelope 4.5×3.5 Glue Collagraph with ink & colored pencil Process shots for this playful piece are below. I printed 4 of these little abstract expressionist
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Woodcut: Avocado Still Life
Avocado Still Life 7×5 Woodcut & Watercolor SoldA long time ago, in cold and frosty New England, I stuck push pins in an avocado pit
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