SaskTerra

Last weekend I also had a piece selected for a touring exhibition with Sask Terra. It is part of my Nest-Nest Egg - Empty Nest series.The nests were created using discarded clay. There are 100 in the series.

Dimensions - The Legend of the Red Thread

This weekend I was delighted to have a piece of mine, a collaborative piece, with Cathryn Miller selected for a touring exhibiton. It is a book based on the Legend of the Red Thread.  The book uses printmaking o the interior pages, red thread on spools which links to the book and the entire thing folds up into a nice little box. 

 

 

 

A Frame of Mine

Here is a shout out to my picture framer. He supplies me with all my framing needs, even the short notice things that happen.

A Frame of Mine 

Custom Picture Framing

Saskatoon 

Phil Rapin 

306-652-8009

Book Making

Here are two of the books I have created with Cathryn Miller (book maker). I have done the prints in the books and she has bound them.

 

Seashell Memories

 

 

Dangling Carrots - Fame, Fortune and Happiness

dragonfly prints

 

Samurai warriors would sometimes have images of  dragonflies on their armour. The dragonfly is a symbol of agility, power and victory. 

This prints will be in an exhibition at Void Gallery, Saskatoon, with the Ink Slab Printmaking Group from April 30 -May 10.

 

Agility
Handmarbled paper, ink and die cut vellum on paper

Lincocut reductive technique (4 colour)
9 x 9", 23 x 23cm 

 

Power
Handmarbled paper, ink and die cut vellum on paper

Lincocut reductive technique (4 colour)
9 x 9", 23 x 23cm 

 

Victory
Handmarbled paper, ink and die cut vellum on paper

Lincocut reductive technique (4 colour)
9 x 9", 23 x 23cm 

Endeavor Snowboards - top sheet designs

These are two snowboard top sheet designs that I have submitted to the RedBull topsheet contest. https://www.redbullplaygrounds.com/location/51084910fb63419f6200025c/media/512f735ffb6341aeac00076a 

 http://endeavorsnowboards.com/

 

This is the "Once Upon a Time..." board. Life and all experiences are stories ready to be told at a later time. Life is all about the stories, the happy, the sad, the funny, the ridiculous... Once Upon a Time in the Backcountry... Once Upon a Time in the Terrain Park...Once Upon a Time at the Rail Jam.... Once Upon a Time on a Tree Run... This is a 4 colour reductive technique linocut that is part of a triptych. 

The image is of an old Remington typewriter when snail mail was the only option for getting the word out to others that weren't there to experience the story firsthand.

 

Dangling Carrot: Fame, Fortune and Happiness This piece is a dangling carrot because getting more time on the hill is often a dangling carrot, and for some riders so is fame and fortune. 

 This is a 12 colour/2 block reductive technique linocut on a diecut background that says "Fame, Fortune, Happiness"

Once Upon a Time....

The 3 part print is done. I so enjoyed making this piece. It is an edition of 6.

Once Upon a Time

7.5 x 13" , 19 x 33 cm 

Ink on BFK paper 

Once Upon a Time

Two new prints, there will be three when I am done. This is the beginning and the end. We all are the authors of our own story each day of our lives. The middle print is in the proofing process right now

 

7.5 x 13 inches, 19 x 33 cm, linocut print. 2 colour/1 block

The Legend of the Red Thread

I am currently working on an art book with a fellow artist. We are creating a book about "The Legend of the Red Thread".


"An invisible red thread connects those destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstances. The thread may stretch or tangle, but never break."  - Ancient Chinese Proverb

The following images are of the back pages. The book builds up page by page to this heart that is printed with threads. I inked coarse thread to create the detailing around the printed hearts. 

 

Ophelia's Garland

This piece is inspired by Hamlet, in particular the garland of Ophelia.
It is a linocut.

Ophelia's Garland

21 x 13.5"