Pelican on Blue #1 (Collagraph of Large Waterbird)

Everyone seems to love pelicans. I love to watch them fish during my visits to Florida. This is my first attempt at adding color to the black and white pelican posted a while back. I took a little liberty here just to make it a little more interesting.

The image size of this original, hand-pulled collagraph of a pelican on a blue background measures 4.5" x 6.5" (11.4 cm x 16.5 cm)
Paper Size: 6.5" x 8" (16.5 cm x 20.3cm)
Printed on Arches Cover White Paper

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Peacock on Blue (Original Collagraph of Bird)

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".

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Skipjack Tuna on Blue #7 (Collagraph of Fish)

The image size of this original, hand-pulled, 

hand-colored collagraph of a Skipjack Tuna 

(aku, arctic bonito, oceanic bonito) 

measures 3.75" x 6.5" (9.6 cm x 16.5 cm)

Paper Size: 5.75" x 8.25" (14.6 cm x 21cm)

Printed on Arches Cover White Paper

Each print is signed and numbered

Varied Edition

Eastern Bluebird #1 (Hand-Pulled Collagraph)

The image size of this Eastern Bluebird 

collagraph measures 9.25" x 7".

Paper size is 11.5" x 9"

Printed on Arches Cover White Paper

Carolina Wren 4 (Collagraph of Bird)

I created this wren initially with the intent to print only in black and white.  I decided to add some color to this and see what would happen.  So here it is.  I kind of like it.  The image size is 6" x 9".

Tree Sparrow (Art, Printmaking, Collagraph of Bird)

This is the second stage of the printing process.  I decided to try something new this time.  I printed some of the color first and then printed the black textures on top.  I think this lends itself well for this subject matter.  Don't know that I would like it with my still life work.  I have been experimenting with other ways of doing this so I will post those in the coming days.

Stage one - I just printed the color first.

This is the plate for the black part of the printing process.

Image size:  7.25" x 9.5"

Paper size:  9.5" x 11.5"

Stilt #4 (Print, Fine Art, Collagraph of Water Bird)

There was something about the simplicity of this guy that got my attention.  When I was cutting the bird out of the background I thought I would use the texture that I would normally discard and create an abstract version (which you can see in the following post).  Anyway I don't know that my abstract version was particularly successful, but I did learn some things.  The image size of this collagraph measures 15" x 7".

Chickadee #1 (Hand-Pulled Collagraph of Bird on Blue)

When I was growing up my parents set their bird feeder up so that it was attached to the house and could be reached from the dining room window. I remember opening the window and sticking my hand out the window and sitting very still and having the chickadees come to feed. Recently I thought I would try to create a collagraph of one of these guys since I see them daily at my bird feeder. Initially I intended it to be black and white, but decided to carry it further. Somehow the black and white didn't quite work. I have included a photo of the black and white stage prior to adding color (below).

Collagraph on Arches Cover White Paper

Image Size: 6" x 9" ©2010
Paper Size: 8.25" x 11"
Edition Size: 15
Each print is signed and numbered.

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