Ripley #1 - Original Collagraph of German Sheped Mix

I had so much fun creating this collagraph. His name
is Ripley and I finally finished this commission late last year.
Ripley is included in a show of my collagraphs that are
hanging at the Farm Table in O'Fallon through February 17.
More information to come in the next couple of days.

This collagraph measures 17" x 13.5"

Paper size is 20" x 15.5"

If you have any questions please email me.

Tupie #2 - Welsh Corgie - Collagraph

This is the final dog collagraph in this grouping. My good friend Diane has had Tupie for many years now. She adopted her after Tupie was done with her days competing in shows. Quite some time ago Diane sent me some really great photos of this critter so when I started working on this project I knew this would be one of my challenges. As in the most recent dog portraits I created a lot of plates and printed many layers of color and texture to get to this point.  Who knows, this may change again, but this is where I will leave it for now.

Image size is 16" x 20"

Paper size is 18.5" x 21.5"

If you have any questions please email me.

Ben #3 - Mixed Media

This is the second of three dog pieces I have been working on.  This happens to be the third of three versions of this piece. In the first print of this series I started by gluing tissue paper to lay out some of the areas of color and then I created a separate plate to print the dog and some of the other textures. In this case I did not start with tissue paper, but printed color on the dog and background first. The next step was to print the textured B&W plate. Following this step I started layering texture and color in the border. I created a fourth plate to print additional texture on the dog.  The final step was to add tissue paper which defined the fabric. This keeps changing so it could change again.  The blue seems a little too bold.  I am tired of looking at it so here it is for now.  I need to move on for a while.
My sister just might recognize this guy.

Image size is 16" x 20"

Paper size is 18.5" x 21.5"

If you have any questions please email me.

Welcome to the Farm #10 - Mixed Media

This is the first of three dog pieces I have been working on.  I started by gluing tissue paper to lay out some of the color areas and then used an existing plate to print the dog and some of the other textures. Finally I added the border by printing multiple layers of color.
The original piece, a black and white collagraph, was inspired by a photo my sister took of a black lab named Dusk. He reminds me of my Peschi.

Image size is 16" x 20"

Paper size is 18.5" x 21.5"

If you have any questions please email me.

Bailey #1 (Original Collagraph of Boxer)

This is the second collagraph I created for my client.  Such a great photo to work from.

The image size is 7" x 9.25"

Paper size is 9" x 11"

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Sneak Preview at Lillian Yahn Gallery (Todd Reigle and Bonnie Murray)

It's definitely quite a mix of work.  I hope this motivates
some of you to venture out to Winghaven on July 14th. 
Thanks to Diane for all her help!

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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Charlie (Collograph of Labrador Retriever)

Charlie #1

Charlie #8

I created several variations of this guy for a client.

Charlie is a yellow lab so #8 definitely looks more

like him, but I do like the black version.

The image size of this collagraph is 9.25" x 7"

Printed on Arches Cover White Paper.