Woodblock in progress

Strange BedFellows
drawing
about 7" wide by 8" tall.

I firmly believe one arts ones world.

This is not one of the set of 12 I've begun,

but is of that world and time,

sort of off to the side,

 in darker areas where one doesn't venture willingly.

Edges got cleared today.

The block itself, before printing is always so beautiful
that I've decided to photograph them.
Once printed, they will never look like this again.

 Printing is next.

Some mice are not meek.

Some mice are not meek.

8.5" wide X 13.5" high
cherry wood block print
hand printed by Linda Kelen

Betty's Nightclub

Betty's Nightclub

10" wide by 11.25" high

Cherry woodblock printed on Japanese Kitakata paper
will be in McClain's Gallery.

Here's a look at the block itself.

Early Man

Early Man

This 18.5 x 14.25" print

 is printed by hand onto 20.5" x 17" Kitakata paper. 

It's a tight fit onto the paper, but it does fit well. 

Not a fan of matting, because it many times reminds me of too tight underwear, 

I would float this. 

It is the first of 12 that I've got lined up to keep me out of trouble.

My prints on other things

I have beautiful giclees of these prints,

but some people want to see them on towels, shower curtains, pillows, coffee cups, etc.

I don't want to get involved with inventory,

so I'm experimenting with FineArtAmerica.

They've done good blank cards for me

and now I'm willing to see how they handle my images on other items.

This is the Lone Rock Airport,
and that building is the Piccadilly Lily Airport Diner!

Dodgeville

Dodgeville does look good as a phone case!

 

Fall Art Tour of 2016

Busy year!

As soon as I returned from teaching 

Whiteline Woodblock Printmaking at the Peninsula School of Art,

I began, with my trusty helpers, to render some studio order

in anticipation of those who will visit during this years 

Fall Art Tour.

More photos to come.

For the first year ever,

I will have a few beautiful prints of the 

original, official, full color, 

portrait of the FurryBit Factory!

I am trying to get the ads in order and a few printed up by Friday.

 More sneak peaks coming...

I've got to get back to work here.

Early Man Hunting-beginning of the block

This is only about 1/12 of the block.

Not yet completely cut 

and going slow because I seem to be drawing it as I go,

changing my mind, adding things, eliminating things,

not following "the plan"

which makes it rather more challenging than normal,

but OH, so much more interesting.

Prints will b available and dry by the Fall Art Tour.

Beginning a woodblock print

Under the watchful eye of 7 Pound Betty, 

now occupying the position of studio Muse, 

I begin the first official block of the Garden of Eden project.

Proof of Betty's NightClub

11" tall by about 10.5" wide. 

Photos by cell phone.

Proof was hanging so not really square,

but I couldn't wait.

I needed to see what I cut.

I didn't do the best job of finishing the wood before I began, 

so it's troublesome to print

and the wood warps.

I will never again not begin a properly prepared board.

I have 9 more sheets of paper to print,
and then I will begin planning out the next block.

Rubbings from the Betty Blocks

These are only rubbings of what some are calling 

the Betty Blocks.

Five are completed,

so, the official printing is in the near future!

Garden of Eden

 The Religionator , oil on linen, 20"x30"

StoryTeller, oil on linen, 30"x20"

Pine Mound Holstein

Pine Mound Holstein, 16" x 24", Oil on Linen.

It will be hanging in the Spring Green Chamber of Commerce office

until I bring it back for the Fall Art Tour.

It will be for sale...

but not just yet.

Caramel Inspector, Winnetka, 7 deer, and where eagles fish

These are only cell phone photos. 

I'll post better jpgs when I get official photos of them.

Paintings of Arena and down the road.

Real photos to replace cell phone snaps of two paintings.

 Arena, 12"x12", Oil on Linen.
Prints are available here.

 Korback Road at Y, 12"x12", Oil on Linen.
Prints are available here.

Lone Rock Airport

This is the whiteline woodblock print of the Lone Rock Airport

which was exhibited in 

the Cedarburg Art Museum Art of the Relief Print show.

January 11 black ice and donation

 Above is the painting I'm donating to the Spring Green Area Artist Coalition Event

Below is my January 8th. 3:30PM encounter 

with black ice hiding within a puddle 

in a Madison parking lot as I was walking to night school.