(The more I look at this picture of the fall pumpkins, the more I think it would make a fabulous woodcut. But then, who would buy it? I'm not sure anyone would want pumpkins hanging on their wall all year round!!!)
I am starting a new body of work this fall, and doing some continuing education in printmaking. Traveling back and forth to Wilmington to access the course and the etching press at the Delaware art museum. I have at least five new woodcuts in the works and a new landscape drawing. No photos yet, but will post some soon.
One of the topics that we discussed at length with our guests during the studio tour was about printmaking. There is much confusion about what a print is. Artists are partly responsible for this confusion, because when they sell reproductions of their paintings, they call them prints. When a printmaker makes a print, or even an edition of prints, they are all considered original works of art. They are not a reproduction like a photocopy or a giclee. While a reproduction might be an affordable way to own an artists work, it will not increase in value the way an original print might.
I found a great resource at the Print Center in NYC. Read more here: https://www.printcenternewyork.org/resources#/glossary
