Reduction Linocuts

Need inspiration or guidance on reduction printmaking? I know I do. Here’s a great overview on the methods used by Los Angeles printmaker Dave Lefner. I’ve been following his art for awhile. His work-ethic and approach to his craft is very motivating. Ahhh, so much to do, so little time… Here’s a great video by [...]

Linocut chopped up into four pieces

Here’s another linocut from my archives that I made in the 1980′s employing a technique used by Edvard Munch. It’s the “jigsaw” method, meaning that you cut apart the elements of the lino block that you want inked separately. Then they are carefully assembled on the bed of the press and printed all at once. [...]

Knotty Dog

A Favorite Linocut I’ve unearthed this old linocut of mine from one of my print drawers. It holds a special place for me because I sent it to my mom way back when, to offer up as a donation for one of several raffle prizes at a “church lady” fund raiser event. The punchline is [...]

Inaugural Linocut

Here’s my  homage to the new American President. I went for the naive folk art look in my approach to this lino-cut. Not to suggest that Obama is naive or uncomplicated, of course the opposite is true. This print is also a tip of the hat to the rich heritage found African American vernacular art. [...]

Obama Linocut

I’m racing against the clock trying to get my linocut dedication to Barack Obama done in time for Tuesday’s historic inauguration. The mouth region needs more definition but I’m a little timid to go there for fear of wrecking the whole thing, so I’ll take it bit by bit. Also, the view of earth from [...]

Sucked Into the Green

Our old friend Bob Frisch knew the Yukon terrain like the back of his hand, he could lope over a mountain range at the drop of a hat in the way most of us trek over to the local convenience store for a bag of chips and a bottle of soda. One day he disappeared [...]

A new lino-cut

I always enjoy making small format lino-cuts in a loose, expressionistic style. Here I am back to a premeditated and formal approach. Like Unlike

Courtney Love

Of course I don’t really know this person. But I am fascinated by her apparent crazy “loose canon” life style. I tried to echo the coarse image she likes to cultivate for herself. Linoleum block print approximately 6 x 7 inches, edition size 69. The drawing was done from a reference photo. Of course the [...]

Lou Reed

The other day when it was forty below outside I was hankering for a dose of mental therapy. So I made a linocut of Lou Reed. Why? It’s anyone’s guess. Maybe it’s because of that “School of Hard Knocks” face and the quintessential New Yorker ‘tude. He exudes some kind of  integrity or presence. Had [...]