Into the North is an illustration from the children's book, If You Want to See a Caribou.
The story takes place in the northern region of Lake Superior. It's a two-block reduction print.
Way of Summer
A view of the Gallatin River between Big Sky and Bozeman in southwest Montana. This is a one block print with watercolor added after printing.
The River Runs
The Gallatin River; a narrow section as it flows north from its source in Yellowstone toward Bozeman.
Sunrise, Central Park
A cold, still, late-winter morning in Central Park; the Bow Bridge and upper east side buildings in the background and the rest of the city already in motion.
Hawk in Clouds
While hiking, I glanced up and this is what I saw. I'm still not sure what kind of hawk it was, but it was big, and against the blue and white, a striking sight.
Island of the Sky
A scene from a Boundary Waters canoe trip. The water was still and glassy enough, without a sound anywhere, that it was almost surreal to see the island and clouds perfectly reversed in the water. My print doesn't do it justice.
Wind and Wave
From the northeast side of Shovel Point in Tettegouche State Park on the north shore of Lake Superior. When the waves are big they crash off the wall with dramatic sound and spray, and beautiful colors. Well worth the hike to see it.
New woodblock print - Red Sky at Morning
Red Sky at Morning is a five-block print I just finished, printed from poplar wood, 5" x 5", on Somerset paper. It was a little bit trickier to print than I thought; the hills and sky were touchy in terms of value and how the colors printed when layered on top of each other. I guess it's always a learning process.
Two-block reduction woodblock print
This is a two block reduction woodblock print of the Gallatin River in Montana.
It's another view from about the same place along the river where I've done several prints.
Gallatin River - new woodblock print
This is a small woodblock print I just finished of the Gallatin River in Montana, between Bozeman and Big Sky. It's a reduction print, pulled from one block of cherry wood, about 5 inches square. I've done several versions of this scene and will show a few more in upcoming posts.
Art and Work
"If you work diligently . . . as though you were making a pair of shoes, without artistic preoccupation, you will not always do well, but the days you least expect it, you will find a subject which holds its own with the work of those who have gone before us." - Vincent Van Gogh
Art and Limitation
Good thought on limitation by Chesterton. Often, what's first thought to be a hindrance turns out to be the one element that makes a piece work.
"Art is limitation. The essence of every picture is the frame." - G. K. Chesterton