Art

Note: All the prints on this page are scaled perfectly to float within a standard 11"x 14" frame. Every print includes free framing instructions! Breath Detail: Back in June 2003, I made this pillow. I knew it would make a good print. But it percolated for years. Two things put it at the front of my mind again: 1. I am determined to begin some kind of meditation or breathing practice this year (2009). 2. Recently, a reader wrote me a very lovely, gentle nudge to make art of people who aren't white. Always been an intention, never made it into action. So here we have an African American woman wearing white. I really like the "negative space" of her clothing, and using flat shapes to create form, rather than my usually thick black lines. I'm also very fond of the loopy lines that represent the breath going throughout the body. Printing was tough. Lining up all the screens is called registration. For me, it's always a pain and I hate the number of unusable, misregistered prints. This edition is so small (20 prints vs. 30 or 40) because the image is made of shapes, not lines. My usual nice thick black lines give me wiggle room to "hide" my registration. This one is flat shapes, right out there in the open. It's a challenge, but I really like the results. An edition of 20. Printed on white Stonehenge paper. Printed in baby blue and brown inks. Paper Size: 6.75" x 10" Image Size: 3 5/8" x 6" Quantity: 18 • Price: $30   Butterfly Detail: This is my first print of 2009. I know a lot of us wish we could have a "do over" last year. It was a rough one. I've been thinking about some pretty non-profound positive images: tree for growth, hatching bird for birth, butterfly for transformation. Originally, I thought of the butterfly right after Obama got elected. I pictured it as a pretty on-the-nose red, white and blue number. That felt too specific. The idea percolated. Later, I started drawing a pretty straight forward butterfly and it bored me. I dove into Google images and saw a few butterfly tattoos with human faces. Much more interesting. Then the image pretty much few out of my fingers. I didn't sneak an egg in there, but I do have the three other stages of a butterfly lifecycle in the image. A new element in this print - My typical layout is the image basically centered on the page. Wanted the butterfly flying, breaking the frame. Also, a sad fact. This is the first print since Riso stopped distributing Print Gocco supplies to US. I now look at my stockpile of screens, bulbs and inks and see a finite amount of work I can do. An edition of 35. Printed on white Stonehenge paper. Printed in black, pink and silver inks. Handcolored with red india ink. Sequins and joss paper elements blued on. Paper Size: 6.75" x 10" Image Size: 5 5/8" x 7" Quantity: 33 • Price: $30   Starcatcher Detail: In spring of 2005, I drew this girl holding a star. She charmed me so much, that I scanned her in, and carefully removed all the fill in color. I decided she needed a star print dress and that gold and black would a great ink combination. If she's not charming enough in her own right, I see her as being a lovely gift to celebrate someone's success. Or your own. An edition of 30. Printed on white Stonehenge paper. Printed in gold and black ink. The gold ink has a nice shimmer to it. Paper Size: 6.75" x 10" Image Size: 4.125" x 6" Quantity: 26 • Price: $30   Sugar Skull Detail: Inspired by Autumn settling in and the great colors and designs of Day of the Dead sugar skulls. I added marigolds to the side of this skull, often seen as ofrendas. An edition of 40. Printed on white Stonehenge paper. Handcolored with India ink and embellished with paper cutouts and sequins. Festive, eh? Paper Size: 6.75" x 10" Image Size: 4.25" x 6" Quantity: 36 • Price: $30   Mermaid Detail: Once upon a time, a graphic facilitator named Brandy sat in a hotel room on a buisness trip and watched a TV show about Weeki Wachee. Weeki Wachee was a faraway land/amusement park that boasts live mermaid shows. In the summer of 2008, Brandy went to Weeki Wachee. She ate fudge, got caught in a down pour and enjoyed all three mermaid shows that day. She was not dissapointed. The trip inspired this print. I created a two color serigraph with handmixed turquoise ink and black ink. An edition of 30. Printed on white Stonehenge paper. Paper Size: 6.75" x 10" Image Size: 4.25" x 5.5" Quantity: 25 • Price: $30   Gray Cat Detail: I took a photograph of my very handsome cat, Gunther. The shape of his giant backside and the question mark of tail inspired me to make a print of him. Heaven knows the last thing this world needs is more Cat Art. I know that. The first drawing kind of sucked. Too Patrick Nagel, with lines that were too slick and pointy. The very, very last thing this world needs is Bad Cat Art. I refined the drawing and eventually got a drawing that I felt reflected the nice comfy curves and the solidity of my fat cat along with pattern of the fur down his spine. I created a two color serigraph with silver and black ink. The silver looks more like rich graphite than a shiny metallic. Gunther's eyes were handpainted in yellow-green watercolor. An edition of 25. Printed on white Stonehenge paper. Paper Size: 6.75" x 10" Image Size: 3.5" x 4.5" Quantity: 23 • Price: $30   Talking Alligator Detail: I have to blame cell phone ring tones on this. I'm fairly cell-phone-phobic, but I had to replace my business phone. That resulted in new ringtones and the discovery of Schnappi! I downloaded the theme song to this German kid's cartoon about a baby alligator, because the tune is infectiously fun. That reminded me of my Talking alligator cards. I loved that drawing. I adapted the gator to be talking. What would an alligator say? Heck knows, but I figured the sounds would have sharp points. Since he's smiling, I figure he's telling a colorful anecdote. Or a joke. Or bragging. A multicolored serigraph in greens and gold, with handstamped elements and a gold foil seal. An edition of 25. Printed on white Stonehenge paper. Paper Size: 6.75" x 10" Image Size: 3.5" x 4.5" Quantity: 19 • Price: $30   Hungry Ghost Detail: This one-color serigraph started when I learned about the concept of The Hungry Ghost and felt compelled to draw one. The insatiable ghost has a itty bitty mouth and a giant stomach. To represent that, I drew its GI tract. It had to end somewhere. Then I thought, "What's ghost poop?" Uh, puffs of air. I still giggle at this. The whole lesson is not to live like a hungry ghost, but we can also enjoy a little scatalogical humor. No? An edition of 40. White ink printed on medium gray archival paper. Paper Size: 6.75" x 10" Image Size: 3.5" x 4.5" Quantity: 34 • Price: $20   Principal & Shaw Principal: Detail: A two print set. These collaged serigraphs started when I found bundle of cigar bands on eBay. I chose "El Principal" and "Shaw's Good Advice," wanting to turn them into belts. What kind of men would wear them? What would they say? Here's my answer. Principal is the long-winded gadfly with effusive, complicated gilded speech. In contrast, the cowboy Shaw is plainspoken. An edition of 20. Printed on white Stonehenge paper. Paper Size: 6.75" x 10" Image Size: 3.5" x 4.5" Sold in set of two prints Quantity: 7 • Price: $50   Shaw: Detail: Side by side (suggested arrangement):   Sunburn Detail: A two-color serigraph of a woman with a sunburn. Originally intended to be part of a series of summer themed linoleum cut prints. The drawings survived, the idea of lino cuts didn't. An edition of 20. Printed on white Stonehenge paper. Paper Size: 6.75" x 10" Image Size: 4" x 4.5" Quantity: 7 • Price: $30   Redhead Detail: A voluptuous woman drawn while watching The Red Shoes for the first time. This one is hancolored with watercolor as a redhead. An edition of 30. Printed on white Stonehenge paper. Paper Size: 6.75" x 10" Image Size: 3" x 6" Quantity: 25 • Price: $30   Blonde Detail: A voluptuous woman drawn while watching The Red Shoes for the first time. This one is hancolored with watercolor as a blonde. An edition of 30. Printed on white Stonehenge paper. Paper Size: 6.75" x 10" Image Size: 3" x 6" Quantity: 26 • Price: $30   Brunette Detail: A voluptuous woman drawn while watching The Red Shoes for the first time. This one is hancolored with watercolor as a brunette. An edition of 30. Printed on white Stonehenge paper. Paper Size: 6.75" x 10" Image Size: 3" x 6" Quantity: 26 • Price: $30   Octopus: White Detail: A two-color serigraph of an octopus. An edition of 20. Printed on white Stonehenge paper.   Octopus: Orange Detail: A two-color serigraph of an octopus. An edition of 20. Printed on white Stonehenge paper. Paper Size: 6.75" x 10" Image Size: 3.5" x 4.5"