Studio Update: May 18, 2025 --UPDATED: 5/23/2025

 It's been a busy spring.  I took a trip out to Seattle in April to do some continuing education in Printmaking at the Pratt Fine Arts Center with Charlie Spitzack.  Charlie is a relief printer and Moku Hanga expert.  The printmaking studio at Pratt is an enviable space for printing and learning.  I met lovely people while there.  In addition, Charlie is teaching an online class through the Winslow art center, a continuation of the relief and multiple block printing workshop I took last November.  I'm excited to be learning this technique.  It is difficult to do larger editions of white line woodcuts due to the nature of the process.  This technique will allow me to produce more prints.  These prints were done with water cleanable oil based inks.

Carving my key block

Printing my key block and transferring the image to a second block

All three blocks carved, and the key block which I will print as a black and white print.

Update:  I had a good proofing session today!

The proof prints left to right

Inking the blocks

A color print

A black and white print from the key block and background block

Blocks drying and ready to go again

I'll do an edition of this print now that I have it all laid out!

UPDATE

I did try a Moku Hanga print of this.  It's only the third time I have done this so in spite of the (MANY) mistakes I feel pretty good about them.  Still learning!  Experimented a bit with different colors in this.

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PRINT NEWS!

I'm pleased to announce I will be participating in the ACPS show in Lansdale, PA at the Eclipse Center.  The dates for this show are July 19th through September 12, 2025.  More on this to follow.

Also I will be participating in the 90th Annual members Exhibition for SAGA at the Housatonic Museum of Art in Bridgeport CT.  The dates for this show are September 10th to February 14th, 2025.  More to follow.

Pleased to also be on the Lewes Artists Studio Tour again this year.  I'll post a link to the website as soon as it is updated.  The tour is always the third Saturday of September, this year September 20th, 2025.

There will be additional shows this summer and fall.

I am working on a number of new prints and several drawings.  More later!