Well I've had a lot going on lately, but I finally finished one of these turkey collagraphs. Better late than never. I have a couple of other versions in the works. One has a slightly different background and am attempting to add color to another one.
I was invited to participate in this printmaking show of Southern Printmakers. St. Louis doesn't exactly qualify, but they still wanted to include me. The show opens January 7th and runs through January 28th. The gallery is located at 636 N Highland Ave. in Atlanta, GA. Here is a link to their website. If you happen to be in Atlanta stop by. I'd be curious to hear what you think.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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".
A friend of a friend asked me to do a collagraph portrait of their Morkie (combination of a Maltese and a Yorkshire Terrier). I haven't done a lot of work with dogs with longer hair so I wasn't sure how it would come out. Anyway these are two versions I came up with. The image size is 7.25" x 9.5". The paper size is 9.5" x 11.5".
I created this hand-colored collagraph of two black cats with golden eyes for a close friend of mine. I thought I would try a version with a blue background. I kind of like the flat blue even though the cats appear to be floating. I think if I had to choose I would go with the black and white version.
Here are a couple of versions of the peacock I created with a blue background. I had always intended to do one with a blue background and finally got a push from an interested client. The image size of the peacock is 28" x 21". Paper size is 31" x 24".
Another request. Happily this was the preferred composition. 
Here's the color version of this guy.
My friend Diane gave me a photo of her first corgi, Lana Lee, and was curious to see what I could do with it. Well here's what I have come up with at this point. As you can see I started out printing some color and then inked up my textured plate with a burnt umber. The final step was to do a bit of hand coloring. I was thinking about adding color to the background, but I really like it the way it is. Anyway I may try printing this in just black and white, but for the time being I will think about it.
I decided to modify the background of these dragonflies.
Cornell Lab of Ornithology was seeking photos and artwork for their "Flights of Fancy" Challenge. This is what I came up with. The image size is 12" x 17.5" and is printed on Arches Cover White Paper.
My original intention was to do this guy in color. When I printed out the Black and White I kind of liked the attitude. Tomorrow I'll post the color version.
