MOUNTAIN, last print of Twelve Views of Lone Cone

MOUNTAIN (after Alex Katz)

Last printing session in the studio

I am looking forward to hanging and showing all twelve prints this week.

Opening at Stronghouse Studios, Telluride, CO is this Thursday, October 3rd, 5-8pm.

Opening the The Livery in Norwood, CO is Sunday, October 6th, 4-6:30.

I will also be showing the on-site paintings I did in conjunction with the woodblock series at

the Oh-Be-Joyful Gallery, Telluride, CO opening on Thursday, October 3rd, 5-8pm.

 

IN THE STUDIO - ON CTY RD 642

Finished prints drying in the studio.

Drawing for On Cty Rd 642, copy of color print and key woodblock

Can't quite believe that this project is nearing it's end with a show opening on October 3rd at The Stronghouse Studio Gallery in Telluride and also October 6th at The Livery in Norwood!

Over the next week and a half I will be printing the last few prints and framing the entire series of 
Twelve Views of Lone Cone! 
I will be posting everyday until the opening of the exhibition so check in to see the latest prints
and I look forward to seeing you at the show!

PROOFING APPLE

 Studio wall with two color proof and some tree drawings.

 Three blocks, blue sky, gray tree, black key block

 Proof of black key block

Painting in Lone Cone

LONE CONE LINE - Hand-colored

Lone Cone Line - Hand Colored

Here is another variation on the Lone Cone Line print.

This time with hand coloring added to the black ink.

It's been a busy summer and I am just now getting back to my woodblock project.

Next print - THE NORWOOD APPLE

 

Last Print in Spain

BLACK COW/WHITE/COW

This image is after a drawing by Milton Avery titled Black Goat/White Goat, 1958.
It is in the collection of the Arkansas Arts Center. The Center has one of the largest collections of works on paper in the country. You can see this drawing by searching their website at www.arkarts.com

This is the last woodblock print I did in Spain. 

I was working on a press with Liliana Lima de Lázaro and Ayax Paris

at their Academia Asociación Delarrarte in Logroño.

http://adelarrarte.blogspot.com

I will miss their printmaking expertise, our lively conversations in Spanish

and above all our friendship as I continue the Twelve Views of Lone Cone in my studio in Colorado.

Chine-Collé Continued

Here are some photos showing the process of chine-collé. The bright colors of the tissue paper keep bringing to mind Andy Warhol's prints of Vesuvius that I mentioned in an earlier post.

Lili and Ayax preparing to place the green to print the chine-collé.

Putting the green in place.

On the press bed ready to print.

The finished print.
Lone Cone Line, Blue, Yellow, Green

 Here are some of the color variations hanging in my studio.

Playing with colors!

FROM THE PRINT SHOP

Fooling around with Chine-Collé

Chine-collé is a special technique in printmaking in which the image is transferred to a surface (in this case the colored tissue paper) that is bonded to the heavier support in the printing process. Here the purpose is to provide a background color, the sky, behind the image that is different from the surrounding backing sheet.

It was fun choosing the different colors and seeing how they changed the feeling of the print.