I think this image is pretty much a wooden sort of homage to Bonnard — another print of the same setup is much more like a Cezanne still-life, but this one harkens to Bonnard in my mind. It’s 22 shades of blue-gray are very close together, and I was primarily interested in contrasting the smooth figure with the wrinkled sheets and quilt. I don’t feel that I was altogether successful in that endeavor, but the print is very quiet and beautiful. I think you can see some of the intense modeling of the drapery if you view the enlarged image at full size.
"Sarah", May 26, 2004, 15 x 10 inches, woodblock print from 22 cherry plywood blocks, dry pigment and neri-zumi in paste of rice starch on Iwano Ichibei hosho, 24 sheets printed