Couple

Couple, Monotype, 10"x8"

Black and Bling Skull

Black and Bling Skull, Solorplate, 3"x3"

The print started on frosted glass and I drew in pencil on the surface. I then placed the glass ontop of the solor plate and exposed the image to the sun. It is a technique that is closer to lithograph, but is actually a solorplate.

Once the plate was burned then I was free to do all sorts of things. The black in intaglio then I hand painted the yellow directly on the plate.

This is an edition of 10 I have 5 prints then I gave Tats Cru www.tatscru.com
I had a bad morning one day and somehow I ended up sitting on a curb watching Tats cru work their magic and it changed my headspace. After seeing those guys work I eventually got hungry to make my own work. It snapped me out of what could have been a crappy morning into a very productive day. So I wanted to thank them for not bothering me while I watched them work. One never knows where or when inspiration will appear and they were just what I needed that day.

Red Skull

Red Skull, Solorprint, 3"x3"

Same image printed in red ink, nothing too complicated.

Pink Skull

Pink Skull, Solor Plate, 3"x3"

This is a two plate print. The first was the background with the pattern of diamonds with a dot in the middle then the second plate has two colors on the plate. I inked the background intaglio and then just rolled a little pink on the skull using a roller and a stencil I made out of tape.

Horse Hair

Horse Hair, Solorprint, 1.5"x4"

Itty bitty print of a close up of horse hair.

Eye of Horse

Eye of Horse, Solor Plate, 1"x2"

My cousin, who lives upstate, own horses. My mother and I spent the weekend and I took photos while visiting. I printed the digital photographs and made a couple solor plates.

 www.danwelden.com

My friends and I once visited Dan Welden in his home and studio. We had an amazing meal. Then we looked at original Rembrandt Prints while listening to classical music. I remember Dan saying this is the perfect piece to look at that print.

Dan also has a book "Printmaking in the Sun" and on page #12 is a print of Joseph Peller. All I could think  . . . what a small world. I studied with Joseph Peller for 4 years and was also his assistant.

Flower

Flower, Monotype, 3"x3"

A small monotype of a flower.

Roses and Lillies I

Roses and Lillies I, Monotype, 10"x8"

This was the first print of the flowers.

Roses and Lillies II

Roses and Lilles II, Monotype, 10"x8"

Bought these flowers and wanted to do a series of flowers, however I keep having a problem with time. I need schedule 2-3 days in a row to study the flowers before they changed shape while dying.
There is a Roses and Lillies III some where in my archives, however that will take some time to find, so much paper to sort through then scan or photograph then upload to the web, but as always I would much rather make new work :)

Service Men

Service Men, 6"x10", Monoprint

The original image was from a historic LILAC photo of sailors in the 1960"s, but after it was printed it could be perceived as police officers. Either way you look at it has that service men kind of look.

Vintage Sailboats Central Park

Vintage Sailboats Central Park, Monotypes, 6"x6"
I have a book on the history of Central Park and found this image of sailboats. I thought it would have been a lot of fun to play with such large "play" boats. I made a monoprint of the top image then printed its ghost. Printing a ghost means I took one print and what ink was left on the plate made the second print. I like both. The image is 6"x6" but the paper size is 6"x10". The image on the entire paper gives enough space for the image to breathe.

Alaska annex

Printed from a drawing made when I was in Alaska.

Cut the plate where the white is exposed
Printed pink
Cut the plate where I wanted to leave the pink
Printed dark blue

Leaves

Leaves

Strangers on the shore Pablo Neruda

Water is so busy, Linoleum Print
Strangers on the Shore, Pablo Neruda

I printed, worked, volunteered at Studio 889 for two years. During that time the printmakers made a book of images inspiried by Pablo Neruda's poem Strangers on the Shore. I remember us leafing through his poems and came across this one. This was my favorite line in that poem which struck a chord with the others. So that is how we chose to make a book inspiried by this particular poem.

Super*Star

Super*Star, 10"x10", Linoleum

This is was the first step for this print. The final print has the texture of wood in a slightly different color. Both plates had slight rainbow rolls meaning there is a gradation in one or more colors. For the star print the rainbow roll was with blue but lighter on one side and darker with red added to the other side.  Eventually I'll find that in storage and upload it soon.

Two Birds

Two Birds, 4"x6", Linoleum

I participated in a Print Exchange and this is not the final version of the print. The work I handed into the exchange was printed on white paper not this gray. I like both versions and eventually will go through my art stock to locate the image on the white paper.

Koala

Koala, 8"x10", Monotype

I was leafing through some old National Geographic magazines and saw this Koala that looked like he was praying. Thought it would make an interesting print.

Plane Fairbanks, Alaska

Plane Fairbanks, Alaska, 8"x10", Reduction Linoleum

I met my friend Sara when we were collegues in the Portland Public Schools where we taught at Harriet Tubman Middle School. We both left Orgeon, she returned to Alaska and I returned to New York. A couple of years after leaving Oregon Sara invited me to stay a summer in Alaska. She bought a house and I was in the middle of a Master's Program. After getting permission to transfer credits from University of Alaska to Lehman College in the Bronx I left for the summer.

Sara had a friend, who had a brother who owed a tour company in Alaska. He invited me to stop by and maybe a surprise to him I showed up with art gear in tow.

I made this print from a painting I did at the East Ramp of the International Airport in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Working #7 (Night)

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Working #7 (Night), Linoleum Limited Edition 40, Image size 3.5"x10"

Once the black and white print was completed. I asked the boys on the ship what they thought of the print.  Charlie, Executive Director LILAC,  said he liked the plate and ink. After looking at it, I thought not too shabby. So that was how this two plate print came about.

Working #7 (Day)

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Working #7 (Day), Linoleum, Limited edition 60, image size 3.5"x10"

Printed this past winter in the Wardroom on LILAC. I am no hero and just do not like painting out side when it is super cold, so I print while it is freezing outside on the nice warm ship.

Tender LILAC

http://lilacpreservationproject.org/ 

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Lighthouse Tender LILAC, Linoleum Limited Edition 60, Image size 6"x10"

Three color Reduction Print. My first step was to cut anything I wanted to stay white then printed in blue. Next I cut the blue and printed the shadow water color. Third and final step was to cut the shadow water color and print the black. This process is tedious and leaves a great margin for failure. I marked the back of each print to help register each new color.

LILAC Vents

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LILAC Vents, Linoleum, Artist Proof, Image size 8"x10"

I have only proofed this prints so far. As the seasons change I will print a limited edition of this work.

Sandy Hook

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Sandy Hook, Linoleum Limited Edition 150, Image size 8"x8"

This is one of my favorite prints and experiences. The Sandy Hook Pilots have two anchored vessels, New York for winter rough weather, New Jersey for summer calmer weather. While one is out the other is in port. On that particular day, last October, the New York was headed out to sea with me onboard, yipee, but I could not stay out there, so the Sandy Hook came to pick me up. The two figures driving are Gary and Brian, but before I boarded the Sandy Hook, I had to jump from one vessel to the other. Living my only Bond Girl adventure, so far. . .

Skull Print

Skull, Monotype with silver leaf, 18"x24"

I retook a photograph of the Skull and Book painting, while I searched my photos I came across this skull monotype print I did a few years ago at Studio 889. There are many layers to this print so I will start at the beginning.

The background was a a rainbow print of red and black. What that means I put red on the top of the plate and black on the bottom and kept running a larger roller over the two colors until they blended in the middle. Then on a clean plate I made this shape of the skull. Once the print was completed I added silver leave to the actual bone part of the skull. Please notice the star in the tooth, it's my favorite part.

Once again a super photo job my me. The lack of a great photo is part due to my wonderful photo skills and also the delicate nature of the silver leaf I decided it was best to shoot the print behind the glass.

Technical Information

This is my understanding of the difference between a monoTYPE and a monoPRINT. I hope it makes sense, by no means am I a Master Printer.

Monotype is a one of a kind print with not matrix, basically a painting on a plate then printed. Once it is wiped away it is gone forever, never to edition.

Monoprint is sort of a one of a kind because there is some type of matrix, but the way the ink is applied can vary. No two monoprints can be the same, but can be similar. An example, take a photograph and place it under a piece of clear plexiglass. Now ink on top then print. Wipe the plate clean and replace the clear plexiglass on top of the same photo and ink again. The colors may vary, however the image is still the same as before.