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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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".

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.

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Art St. Louis XXVII

Art St. Louis XXVII, juried by Andrew Stein Raftery (Printmaking Professor at Rhode Island School of Design), opens October 29. If you are free on November 12 please come to the opening reception from 7-9PM. The two crow pieces of mine are in the show. For more info and a list of the artists please click here.

Stork on the Move #2 (Collagraph of Long-Legged Bird)

This is another version of the stork which has a brighter background. I personally like the more subtle background in my previous post. I took a different approach here where I started out printing some color on the bird, then printed the black plate and then printed the background color. Image size is 18.5" x 13.5", paper size: 21.5" x 15.5" and printed on arches cover white paper.

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Stork on the Move #1 (Original Collagraph of Wading Bird)

I have been working on this guy off and on for quite a while. I spent a lot of time creating the feathers, but I think it was worth the effort. The image size of this guy is 18.5" x 13.5", the paper size is 21.5" x 15.5" and is printed on arches cover white paper. As you can see the bottom image is of the black and white. The second stage was to print color on the background and the third stage was to hand color the bird.

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Pug (Original Collagraph of Short-Muzzled Dog)

I recently participated in the Open Studio Event presented by the Contemporary Art Museum. One of the people I met asked if I had ever done a pug. It has been in the back of my mind for some time so I guess that gave me a push. Both of these have some hand coloring. I think I prefer the black and white version. The image size is 7.25" x 9.5". The paper size is 9.5" x 11.5".

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