In late 2010 I took up printmaking for the first time in many years. I had studied it
briefly in Berkeley Student Union classes before I started my actual classes in the Studio Art Department
where I eventually got a B.A and M.A. Other than that I've done little printmaking over the years.
Who knows why I decided to try linoleum block prints in 2010? Though I'd enjoyed working
in both pastel and felt-tip pen during 2009-2010 they each had their shortcomings, at least for me.
I felt that relief prints, especially linocuts and woodblocks, might have some similarities to these media
but without the problems. Additionally linocut seemed to lend itself to abstraction. I also liked the idea of being able
to do multiple, more affordable prints.
Once I started I also found that they engaged my love of process, of having a dialog with
my materials rather than dictating what I wanted them to do(often a losing cause anyway).
Both 'Blackburnian Warbler at Magee Marsh' and 'Louisiana Waterthrush and Ebony Jewelwing at Wissahickon', below,
were exhibited at 'The Natural Eye', the 48th Annual Exhibit of the Society of Wildlife Artists in London, UK in
late 2011.
'Ten Terns, One Black Linocut'. Based on field sketches and
photos of terns at ponds of Cape May Point State Park in New Jersey in August, 2011. 9x12,
oil-based Gamblin inks on Rives Lightweight paper, edition of 12.
'Blackburnian Warbler at Magee Marsh, 2011'. Based on field sketches and
watercolor of Blackburnian Warlber seen at Magee Marsh in Ohio during 'The Biggest Week in American Birding' in May,
2011. 9x11, oil-based Gamblin inks on Rives Heavyweight paper, 9-color reduction linocut, edition of 12.
'Louisiana Waterthrush and Ebony Jewelwing at Wissahickon'. Based on field sketches and
watercolor of Louisiana Waterthrush and Ebony Jewelwings seen along the Wissahickon Creek in Philadelphia
in late June, 2011. 11x13, oil-based Gamblin ink on Rives Heavyweight paper, linocut, edition of 10.
'Geese, Gosling, Sunlight'. Based on watercolor and photos of Canada Geese with
gosling in sunlight along Wissahickon Creek at Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia in late spring, 2010. 11x9, oil-based Gamblin ink on
cream Rives Lightweight paper, linocut, edition of 12.
'Four Feeding Yellowlegs'. Based on photos, field sketches and watercolor of some Greater
Yellowlegs feeding at Brigantine NWR in New Jersey in 2009. 11x9, oil-based Gamblin ink on Rives Lightweight paper,
linocut, edition of 12.
'Wood Ducks Along the Wissahickon'. Based on photos and watercolor of Wood Ducks
seen along the Wissahickon in Philadelphia in the summer of 2010. 11x9, oil-based Gamblin ink on Rives Lightweight paper, reduction linocut, edition of 16.
'Nine Robins at Birdbath in Snow'. Based on photos and watercolor of American Robins
in our backyard in Philadelphia in the winter of 2006-2007. 11x9, oil-based Gamblin ink on Rives BFK paper, linocut, edition of 30.