This 5″ x 7″ watercolor collage is very elegant. The black plant shadows are linocut printed, cut out and pasted to 300 lb arches watercolor paper. The blue flowers are hand cut antique Italian printed paper. The remaining blue, green and white are hand drawn layers of undulating color with my favorite Schmincke super high quality natural gums, water-soluble pigments.

I love how either frame brings out it’s own unique characteristics.  It is bold and dynamic. Since it is an original artwork there is only one of them.

An original 5″ x 7″ watercolor collage from the heart of northern New Mexico! I am bringing you along on an sensational art challenge of creating one watercolor drawing linocut collage a day. It is now on Etsy for $47. 

You can follow my progress at:
https://www.facebook.com/StoneTriggerPress

This 5″ x 7″ watercolor collage is really pretty. The wren is linocut printed, cut out and pasted to 300 lb arches watercolor paper. The red star paper is antique Italian printed paper, along with the blue flowers. The green branch like lines crossing the drawings are linocut printed, cut and collaged, all the remaining color and the large white circle are all watercolor.

I love how it looks in the white frame. It reminds me a quaint New England seaside cottages. The artwork is bright, dynamic and charming and available for $47 on Etsy now. Since it is an original artwork there is only one of them.

Here is an example on black, which really makes the wren stand out and sing.

Happy 4th of July. This is not the star spangled image of America’s birthday, but it is a bucolic swan floating along on a sea of blue, no doubt that is what many of you are doing!

Following on the heels of my very successful 30 day linocut challenge, this project is unique because there is only one piece available. Each one is hand painted and collaged with linocut and vintage Italian papers. It is  available on my Etsy Store now. 

Image: Swan
Image Size: 7″ x 5″
Paper: Arches 300 gram watercolor paper
Collage: Linocut printed elk, hand cut
Watercolor: Schmincke
One of a kind – handmade – nothing digital

Wishing you all a fun and safe 4th of July celebration!

My travel kit of hand printed journals, a watercolor pad, watercolor, brushes, and UFO Cyclops bag is all packed up. I am going to Albuquerque for a couple of days then on to Roswell for some fierce sporting competitions, a tour of the UFO Museum, and a lot of sweating. It is going to be in the high 90’s all week.

I am currently working on a narwhal, bat collage. weird landscape watercolor. I plan to take that with me and finish it up in Roswell in between running events. More about those running events Thursday on my adventureartist blog.

The summary of our art sale. It was a great two months of planning, making, and anticipating our first bus participation art sale. We got to the set-up at 8:30, for a 10am start time. Laura, Jessica and I seamlessly set up  two tents and the bus interior. It looked great. Then the sky turned gray, the wind picked up and a massive hail storm took out about 70% of the venders while we hunkered down in the bus. My friend Lisa came for a surprise visit from Santa Fe, it was super great to see her. We would not have survived without her help in a mad rush to get everything in the bus to protect it from the rain. After an hour, the hail  stopped and we set back up.

Our new spot was an even better  set up. But it was cold and windy, and with what sales I made I went over to the Cheesy Grill to get a hot very delicious sandwich.

My first sale was  one of my favorite framed prints, the “Industrious Ant” and it was my first use of my new “Square.” We recording the momentous event. You can see I am jubilant by my big mouth grin.

By 3pm there were only 3 venders out of 30 left and things started getting a bit weird. We were tired and decided to pack it in too. While very little sold, for anyone, it was fun and a  good opportunity to work with two other  friends. We are now making art vending plans for the whole summer. I think it will be good fun.

But the best part, making new friends and seeing old friends. First I met two women from Iowa City, we overlapped at the University of Iowa while doing our graduate work, and seeing Melody, a friend from NYC, whom I met in 2012 or was it 2013 at my friend Les and Diane’s Thanksgiving dinner. Yes, it is a small world!

During the last amazing week of Da Ping Luo‘s visit to StoneTrigger Press, we hiked, ate, ran and of course made prints! Da is working on a a video series of artists profiles, and I am super excited to be included in that. I can’t wait for it to come out!

I proofed my 24″ x 18″ rabbit onto 27″ x 21″ Fabriano Paper. It is looking awesome! I am going to cut a little bit more on his belly so that it will look lighter, more white, that his back. I am also doing a bit more on the foreground.  That will be complete this week.

Da made a great print, He carved a fish and printed it in both black and later orange and red. Here is a photo that he took of his prints along with the source drawing. It is really super, he was a natural.