Shannon and Danielle

In this print I not only appreciate the quiet moment portrayed, but wished especially to challenge myself with the pinstripe pattern in Danielle’s robe. I was ecstatic when the tiny sections of stripes in each block were accurately registered during printing into a believable image. Whoopee! But the most beautiful areas of the print may [...]

Self Portrait

Another mostly failed attempt to realize a full-color woodcut. The source was a water-color self portrait I painted a few years ago. The reduction print was carved from three blocks in various reductions. A ‘yellow’ block was carved and printed three times, a ‘blue’ block was carved and printed four times, and a ‘red’ block [...]

Dog Dream reduction woodcut

My original drawing was done very quickly in pencil, then color was indicated using colored pencil. All colored areas in the prints were printed from a single block printed and reduced by carving through many printings.  First the areas to remain white were removed by carving the block. then the block was printed in pale [...]