| Vase of Flowers Woodblock print & oil Featured in Into the Fields |
| The Ballet Dancer Woodblock print & oil Featured in Into the Fields |
| House Plants in Window Woodblock print & oil Featured in Into The Fields |
| Roses Woodblock print & oil Featured in Into the Fields |
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| Artist's Note Before there were art galleries and painters in the earliest days of printing, artists employed the method of wood block printing. In this technique the artist removes every bit of the surface of a flat block of wood that he or she does not want to show up black. After applying ink to the wood block it is pressed onto the paper. Voilà! In traditional wood block printing, the artist would carve a separate block for each color he or she wishes to appear, removing the areas not meant to be that color. This technique is very time intensive as the ink for each color must be fully dry before the next color may be applied, black being the final application. For the woodblock prints used for Into the Fields (an academic series on which I worked) there was an aggressive deadline and, due to this time constraint, I fudged a little and painted in the colors with a diluted oil color mixture. |
| All the paintings, wood block prints, pastels, watercolors, and other works are available for purchase, unless noted. Please contact me via e-mail and I will respond to you as quickly as I am able. Thank you very much for visiting my on-line gallery. |
| Bird on Fence Woodblock print & oil Featured in Into the Fields |
| Studio Brushes Woodblock print & oil Featured in Into the Fields |
| Bread and Wine Woodblock print & oil Featured in Into The Fields |
| Helping Friends Woodblock print & oil Featured in Into the Fields |
| John the XXIII Woodblock print & oil Featured in Into the Fields |
Here is a small sampling of other images from the Into the Fields series as well as the Growing Faith booklets, both published by 23rd Publications. If you are interested in having me hand print, color and mat any of these please contact me for size and cost. They make lovely one-of-a-kind gifts. I will also accept commissions for original block prints. Thanks again for visiting! |