Green Street - 15x29" Reduction Linocut

Green Street - 15x29" - 26 color reduction linocut - Edition: 3 (1AP)

Recently I completed this artwork and thankfully got it completed in time for submission into the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts.

The subject matter is the intersection of Guthrie and Green Street.  I used to live a couple houses down from the intersection and this was the view from my front porch.  The sunshine on the row of houses always seemed to stand out to me probably because of the different colors of the houses and the shadows.

I previously attempted this piece as an 8x10" reduction, but due to the size I had a difficult time getting the amount of detail I wanted.

This is the previous version I attempted and failed at.  It was my first attempt at houses and overall it's not actually all that bad, but I also had a secondary issue that as I was printing and cleaning the lino block off....the drawing faded to a point that I actually could not continue.

Below are a few of the process photos I took during the making of Green Street.  Usually, I like to print a single color at a time, but due to time constraints I was generally printing between 3 to 5 colors at a time.

 

 

 

I was happy with the outcome of this piece and the final piece itself.  The actual edition itself is out of 3, plus a singular artist proof.  

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Bass Harbor Lighthouse and a lack of self promotion....

Bass Harbor Lighthouse - 3x3 mini reduction print

I guess moving into and working on a house and working a lot of overtime at work really cuts into my own self-promotion time.  During the past year I've worked more than I ever have as I've attempted to save money for some house projects as well as for paying off my car early.

I've still been busy (when I have the time) working on additional projects.  Over the course of the next month I've decided that I will add these projects and some background on them.

The mini 3x3 inch linocut above is an 8/9 color reduction linocut that I produced for a New York based printshop exhibition.  It is based off of a photo I took of the Bass Harbor Lighthouse while on vacation a couple years back.  It is part of Acadia National Park in the state of Maine (USA).  As of that time, this piece was the most difficult miniature reduction print that I had ever done.  

This is a secondary version of the same image that I am currently working on.  While we were at this lighthouse we watched the sunset over the Atlantic...an odd moment for me as I've only experienced the sun set over the Pacific.  The colors of the skies and glow produced by the setting sun made me want to create a piece that captured that essence as well.  The light orange is actually a color that I'm really unsure of at the moment and I'm considering reprinting it as a darker hue.

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