Lana Lee #1 (Hand-Pulled Collagraph of Corgi)

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.

Image size: 9.25" x 7"
Printed on arches cover white paper

Stepping Out #1 (Hand-Pulled Collagraph of Baby Stilt)

I started this plate long ago and just finally got to it. I plan to do this in color, but really liked the way the black and white turned out. Color version to come one of these days.
Image size: 7.25" x 9.5". Paper size: 9.5" x 11.5".
Printed on arches cover white paper.

Peacock on Gold #1 (Original Collagraph)

Above you can see some of the stages that this piece went through. This was another one of those what was I thinking???? I obviously still have an obsession with pattern. At any rate, the image size of the peacock is 28" x 21". Paper size is 31" x 24". I recently framed this piece for a show and was pleasantly surprised at how nice it looked. This piece is printed on arches cover white paper. When I have the energy I may do another color variation. I think for now I may go back to painting for a while . . .

Dragonfly 1 & 3 - Hand Pulled Collagraphs

I decided to modify the background of these dragonflies.
I thought the texture was a bit too much so it is now
subdued and the background color definitely makes
the dragonfly pop.

Image size: 12.5" x 19"
Printed on arches cover white paper

King of Spring (Hand-Pulled Collagraph of an American Robin)

I couldn't resist doing something with this pose which

reminded me of the Cardinal I did late last year.

Image size: 9.25" x 7". Paper size: 11.5" x 9".

Printed on arches cover white paper.

Background color seems to be off a little.

I may have to try shooting with my camera

to see if the color is closer to the original

(which is a little bit greener than I see here).

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.

The Call #1 (Hand-Pulled Collagraph of Crow)

I kind of killed myself to get these done in time

to submit to a competition.

Above are the first two versions of this crow.

I have at least one more in the works.

The image size of each on is 16" x 24"