Thank you, ladies & gentlemen, for the 10,000th visit this week, to this blog!
I'm just back from a weekend camping trip and have a pantload of non-art work to catch up with, but I am going to the opening of the Open Print Exhibition this Thursday, May 21, from 6-8 pm at the Federation Gallery on Granville Island - I shall post about that after; both Mom & I have work accepted, and this is Mom's first second (sorry!) juried show acceptance:
Stable Matesreduction block print
Daniel Smith water soluble inks
© Betty A. Cavin
Pays d'Hiverlinocut print
Daniel Smith water soluble inks on grey Rising Stonehenge paper
© Amie Roman
Hope to see you at the opening!
5 comments:
absolutely stunning prints-- congrats to you and your mama! did you learn printmaking from her or she from you?
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Congrats on being so popular. It is no wonder why with such beautiful work. I just recently was admiring my impression of Pays d'Hiver. That is one gorgeous little print.
Thanks Marcy - actually, I was printing first, and Mom was totally "why on earth would anyone want to do reduction, I don't get it!!" until I actually showed her the process, then she was hooked. She's very puzzle- and problem-solving oriented, so reduction really appeals to her, as it does to me.
Justin - thanks very much. I sure like my impression of your Winter Aspen. I am fascinated by the number of printmakers I've run across who also find the inspiration of aspens just too enticing to ignore :)
It must be the lure of the "white stripes" in these trees! I have dug out a really old, stained photo of Swedish birches which I want to use for lino.
I think you're right, moreidlethoughts, there's something very compellingly graphic about their pattern, repetition of shapes & values - thanks for popping in & commenting!
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