East Bay Open Studios 2019

I had a great time at the open studios this last weekend. I was invited to join a group of artists and we set up our displays in the Studio One Art Center in Oakland. Participating in Open Studios and other shows where I have a booth is important because it gives me a chance to talk with collectors and other artists to get feedback on my work. Of course, a purchase is the best feedback and it makes the experience more fun.

I am working on two series right now. Croplands which is primarily monotypes and my Sea & Shore etchings. I have also begun making collages using my ghost prints and other non-editioned paper that I cut up and glue down.

Mini-Monotype Prints

California Dreaming

These small prints are 5" by 7".  I made them by inking fruit netting, or handmade papers, and/or an old gift card;  then, I ran them through the press.

Trinity Reeds

Monotypes

Copperplate, water soluable black etching ink, brayer, brushes, drawing tools.  I made my first monotypes using the printing press.  It is a very painterly form of printmaking and  I had fun.  

Sedona Prints

These are three of my Sedona prints.  The middle is printed with etching ink only and the others have ink with a watercolor washes added afterwards.  I find that printmaking paper holds up very well to multiple washed of color.

Etching and Watercolors

OctypussEtch

I love both etching and watercolor so lately,  I have been combining them.  This is a drawing that I did of a California red octopus on display at the Hatfield Marine Research Center, in Newport Oregon.  The octopus was plastered to the side of the tank.  I transferred the drawing to a copper plate, etched it and applied a spray paint aquatint to give it the sandy background. 

Lithography

PlaceSettingLitho

I have not had access to a lithography studio since 1982 so this is the one and only print I have ever made.  It was fun to draw on the stone and ink it up.  I call it "Place Setting".