Friday, September 3, 2010

Linocut chopped up into four pieces

March 11, 2010 by John Steins  
Filed under Lino-Cuts, Muse

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. [...]

Inaugural Linocut

January 20, 2009 by John Steins  
Filed under Lino-Cuts, Muse

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. [...]

Portrait Exhibition

March 27, 2008 by John Steins  
Filed under Photography

A couple of weeks ago I opened a show of around 18 photographic portraits at Bombay Peggy’s Brothel & Pub. They’re all large format and nicely framed in a plain maple molding. Been getting pretty good feedback from visitors and pub patrons, guess the more you drink the better everything looks. I drew from a [...]

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