Thursday, February 27, 2014

WASHINGTON PRINTMAKERS GALLERY

M. Alexander Gray
Below is a link to another wonderful art site that, if I could find the time, I could spent hours surfing. The Washington Printmakers Gallery has hundreds of prints by fantastic artists. You can view the art by selecting categories such as Technique or Style.

http://washingtonprintmakers.com/





Bass Work
Reduction Linocut
John Brisson

Thursday, February 20, 2014

SEEING

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."
         ~Henry David Thoreau~

Who's There
Reduction Linocut

Monday, February 17, 2014

BE YOURSELF

"Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.      ~Dr Suess~

Noko
Acrylic painting
on Arches watercolor paper

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

THE OLD PRINT SHOP


Below is a link to a website for The Old Print Shop, featuring an online gallery of fantastic art. The Old Print Shop is an art gallery in New York that was established in 1898. Through the years it has bought and sold all types of art, but now concentrates on American print makers. On the website you can view art from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, as well as contemporary art.
http://www.oldprintshop.com/


Sentinel
Mezzotint
Frederick Mershimer


                                                                           
Central Park
Linocut
John Brisson



Sunday, February 9, 2014

MIX AND MATCH

Spent the last couple of nights down in the studio with no particular direction in mind. Mostly just fooling around. Started this out with pastels and then switched to acrylics. Have no idea why!

Thursday, February 6, 2014

VINCENT

Abandoned
Pastel on Canson paper
"The emotions are sometimes so strong that I work without knowing it. The strokes come like speech."
          ~Vincent Van Gogh~

Sunday, February 2, 2014

PRINTMAKING

Africa
Copper plate etching



Along The Mississippi
Reduction Linocut