Wood Engraving
Paul Landacre on Engraving Wood
Paul Landacre is my wood-engraving hero. Even more so now that I’ve come across...
New Virtual Booklet
I have added a new page flip booklet about wood engraving in my library. After a...
History of Wood Engraving
Here is an article about wood engraving from 1844, reprinted along with illustrations...
Book Cover Art
I was very pleased to accommodate poet Michael Eden Reynolds’ request for one...
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Discussion
Opening at YAAW
YAAW stands for Yukon Artists at Work, with an emphasis on the term “work”...
Pecha Kucha!
Okay, a year ago I didn’t know what Pecha Kucha meant. A Mayan ruin in the...
Timothy Cole
Timothy Cole is another master wood engraver whose technical proficiency amazes me....
Multiple Tool
Here’s the dreaded multiple tool. I say this because it’s a wood engraving...
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Muse
Linocut chopped up into four pieces
Here’s another linocut from my archives that I made in the 1980’s employing a technique used by Edvard Munch. It’s the “jigsaw” method, meaning that you cut apart the elements of the lino block that you want inked separately. Then they are carefully assembled on the bed of the press and printed all at once. In this case... [Read more...]
Knotty Dog
A Favorite Linocut I’ve unearthed this old linocut of mine from one of my print drawers. It holds a special place for me because I sent it to my mom way back when, to offer up as a donation for one of several raffle prizes at a “church lady” fund raiser event. The punchline is that the winner of this linocut – which I happen... [Read more...]
Inaugural Linocut
Here’s my effort as an homage to the new American President. I went for the naive folk art look in my approach to this lino-cut. Not to suggest that Obama is naive or uncomplicated, of course the opposite is true. This print is also a tip of the hat to the rich heritage found African American vernacular art. Click on Barack Obama Linocut for... [Read more...]
Pinhole Polaroids
I found this Polaroid pinhole camera on the web this past summer after digging around looking for SX70 film. Looks like film for Polaroid is going the way of the Dodo bird, a shame since there seems to be a re-kindled interest among photographers in this medium. I was pretty excited to get this from a place in Germany that scours the world for warehoused... [Read more...]
Sucked Into the Green
Bob knew the Yukon like the back of his hand, he could hike over a mountain range at the drop of a hat the way most of us trek over to the local convenience store for a bag of chips. One day he disappeared for weeks without a trace. We all got worried about this prolonged absence despite our faith in his abilities as a great outdoors-man and naturalist.... [Read more...]
Box 40
Here’s my offering for the Box 40 show which opens on the 17th of May at the YAAW gallery in Whitehorse. All members were given a blank box to decorate in some way for the exhibition which will also serve as a fund raiser for ceramic artist Patrick Royle who is in the hospital right now recovering from surgery. I’m on my way to the show... [Read more...]
Lou Reed
The other day when it was forty below outside I was grasping for some mental therapy. So I made a linocut of Lou Reed. Why? It’s anyone’s guess. Maybe it’s because of that “School of Hard Knocks” face and the quintessential New Yorker ‘tude. He manages to exude some kind of artistic integrity or presence, which... [Read more...]
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