Saturday, November 26, 2011

Roseate Spoonbill (Original Collagraph of Long-Legged Wading Bird)

I haven't seen too many spoonbills in person, but they have some pretty interesting features. I do recall seeing a flock of them fly over several years ago when I was visiting friends in Tampa, Florida. The image size of this guy is 18.5" x 13.5", paper size: 21.5" x 15.5" and printed on arches cover white paper.

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Sunday, November 20, 2011

Wise Guys (Original Collagraph of Burrowing Owls)

Wise Guys #5


Wise Guys #3

I originally created this collagraph in 2000. I designed it with my father in mind whom is always coming up with clever puns. I recently pulled a couple of these out of one of my piles and decided to try and update it a bit. I lightened the background and reprinted the texture and color on the green part of the body. I included a close up so that one could get a better idea of what the texture looks like on the background. The background in Wise Guys #3 is a little softer than the background in Wise Guys #5. The image size is 28" x 15.5" and the paper size is 31" x 18.5".

Thursday, November 3, 2011

The Stalker (Collagraph of Great Blue Heron)


I am working on a series of larger birds that are the same size. So if you look below a couple of posts you will see the stork that I came up with. I think he has a little more character than this one. Anyway I learned one way to distinguish a Great Blue Heron from a Grey Heron is the rusty color found at the top of their legs and in the neck. Plus the Great Blue Heron is much more common in North America. Exciting info right? I think I prefer the black and white version. Image size is 18.5" x 13.5", paper size: 21.5" x 15.5" and printed on arches cover white paper.

If you have any questions please email me.