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The California Society of Printmakers’ 110th Annual Membership Exhibition has opened at Santa Rosa Junior College. I have a linocut print in this show that runs from October 28–December 5, 2024.
My linocut print in the exhibition - Over and Along II (2024)
The show features over 100 artworks, numerous events and is being exhibited in the Robert F. Agrella Art Gallery.
2024 CSP Exhibition at Santa Rosa Junior College
These are a couple small abstract linoleum block prints that I made. I hand carved the patterns and printed the linocuts on 8“x10” paper. These open edition prints are titled, Askew I and Currents I, and are available on Etsy.
Currents I - Abstract Block Print
This is a geometric lino print I made called, Gathered. The linocut is printed with Gold Cranfield Traditional Relief Ink on 9” x 12” black paper. I carved the abstract design in battleship gray linoleum and hand printed it on my monotype press. It’s available on Etsy.
A while ago, I took a photo of a coral fossil because I thought the patterning was really cool. It was from a museum visit in San Francisco with my kids. I decided to use the pattern as a jumping off point for an abstract linocut print.
Using the reduction print technique, I made this two-color lino print on 11”x14” white paper. I used Cranfield Caligo Safe Wash Relief Ink and printed the yellow layer first, followed by the black. Here’s a short Instagram video of me rolling out ink on the block to test a color.
It’s titled, Grooves, and is a limited edition of four prints. The linocut is available on Etsy.
This is a new abstract linocut print titled, Borrowed Time. The block print has a graphic feel with circular and triangular geometric shapes contained within a red structure. It’s printed on 16” x 20” white Stonehenge paper.
Part of the process I enjoyed with this particular linocut was coming up with the three colors that would work best - I did tests with different variations. I made the lino print using the jigsaw printmaking technique. In the photo below, you’ll see some of the different carved linoleum blocks I used.
This year I began offering original linocut prints for sale on Saatchi Art. Having been selling my printmaking art on Etsy for many years, I decided it was time to branch out.
I’ve been creating a lot of new linocuts over the last few months and these are a few of the limited edition prints that are now available on Saatchi Art.
This monochromatic, contemporary linocut is printed on 30” x 24” acid-free paper and is a limited edition of two prints. It’s titled, Deluge, and I really enjoyed losing myself while carving the abstract sky, clouds and rain patterns. You can see some work-in-progress photos and videos on Instagram.
Deluge - Linocut Printmaking on Saatchi Art
This is a small, one-of-a-kind print of an abstracted airplane meal that I recently finished. Maybe this speaks to my sadness of not having any overseas trips to plan and look forward to due to the current pandemic. But, who doesn’t need airplane food art in their life :). It was made with a combination of reduction linocut and stencil (pochoir) printmaking techniques.
In-Flight Meal - Airplane Meal Linocut Print
A modern landscape linocut print made with many layers of subtle but colorful overlapping linoleum prints. Number III in a series of original artworks exploring the changing light, weather and feeling of time spent on footpaths, hiking trails and outlooks along the California coast.
Land and Sea III - Abstract Landscape Linoleum Block Print
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