Barred Owl #1 (Black and White Collagraph)

I am working on a color version of this guy as well.  Hopefully I will be posting that in the next few days.

The image size of this original, hand-pulled, hand-colored, black & white collograph of a barred owl measures 9.25" x 7" 

Paper Size: 11.5" x 9" 

Printed on Arches Cover White Paper

Each print is signed and numbered

Edition Size: 50

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 #3 & #5 (Collagraph of Bird by Bonnie Murray)

Tree Sparrow #5

Tree Sparrow #3

Above are two more versions of this guy.  Not sure which one I like best.

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"

Dragonfly

I came across this dragonfly in my backyard a few weeks ago.  When I saw him I ran back into the house to get my camera.  To my delight he was still there when I returned.  I shot several shots, but think this was the best one.  I then decided to do a collagraph based on this guy and you can see below what transpired.

The Mysterious Dragonfly

The image size of  this collagraph measures 12.5" x 19".  This guy caused me some problems.  I originally wanted this to be a black and white image.  I liked the texture on the background but

knew it would cause me problems and it did.  It was just too much so I tried to tone the background back a bit which you can see below.  I was still not happy and decided to add color. That too was a challenge.  Anyway you can see the progression thus far.

Black is Back 2 (Black and White Collagraph of Crows)

The crows disappeared for a couple of years, but they are definitely back now. There must be a family living nearby in the woods because they have been spending a lot of time in my yard these days. They have even been hanging out at the bird feeder. That's a new one. A few summers ago they would battle the squirrels for pears on our pear tree. I can remember seeing them hanging upside down trying to pull the pears from the tree. Quite a sight. I guess it was time for me to pay closer attention and create a piece of artwork with them as my focus.

Image size:  13" x 17.5"

Paper size:  15.5" x 19.5"