PICTURESQUE NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

My nephew, Joey Brisson, has gone from photography as a fun past time, to creating fantastic works of art. His photographs of Northern California really capture the beautiful area that he lives in.

PASTELS NORTH AND SOUTH

My Lopez Island friend (Pacific Northwest) sent me a scan of her latest pastel work. She does great watercolors, pastels, lino and woodblock prints. The landscapes and nature around her make wonderful subject matter!

 Below is a pastel I keep thinking is finished and then find myself foolin' with it again!!

MORE LINO THINGS

I discovered another great site with fantastic prints and information on printmaking. Ian Phillips is one of Wales foremost Linocut artists. He uses traditional Japanese techniques and creates beautiful and colorful prints. His webpage has a 'how to' section that will show you how to get started with lino printmaking.
http://www.reliefprint.co.uk/
Below is a recent reduction print that I did.

 1st cut

 2nd cut

 Final proof

SHERRIE YORK

I am trying to get back to my printmaking and found an artist that gives me some inspiration to do just that. Sherrie York, an artist who lives in Colorado, creates some of the beautiful reduction linocut prints I've ever seen. Her blog is a treasure of information on techniques and ideas. brushandbaren.blogspot.com
She also has a website where she displays many of her prints.

http://www.sherrieyork.com/index.html

NEW LINOCUT

Even though I promised myself that this time I wouldn't get caught up in the conventions, I couldn't let it go. I did finally get into the studio and started a new linocut. My first thought was to do just a single cut in black ink. Thinking now I'll do a reduction print again. I get to use more planning and thinking on those.





                                                        Brownie - Reduction linocut

OLD ART

Finding more and more old pieces. I was on a real tear a couple of years ago!

Big Bear Falls  -  Pastel





                                             Floral  -  Pastel