I am packed with framed prints, unframed prints, journals and my newest cinch bags for Saturday’s fair in Albuquerque at the Octopus and the Fox.
I am so excited, working my friend Laura, we are going to have a great set up with her big blue touring school bus. I plan to posts photos to my FB page, as the day goes on.
If you are in ABQ please stop by, if you see anything you want me to save for you in Saturday’s posted photos, just shoot me a FB message.
Yeah! This is going to be so fun.
Pregnant Gerbil on Olive Green background
Isn’t it cute? A pregnant gerbil on an olive green background. I really don’t know if the gerbil is pregnant, but in the 4th grade when Mrs. Seaver offered her students, “gerbil couples” to take home, I got mine and soon my two gerbils populated into about 200 in record time.
Pregnant Gerbil now on Etsy, $20 each, just click here.
Each linoleum block print image is 4″ x 6″ printed onto Rives BFK paper 8″ x 10″ in an edition of 10 for only $20.
Full size paper of the Gerbil 10″ x 8″
It was very entertaining for a while having all these gerbils. Luckily I always worked, even in 4th grade, so that I could get new aquariums keep my expanding family in. It was really fun at first, then after 100 or so, it was not so fun. But I am still fond of the little critters.
Table of Olive Green Gerbils
You will find 10 of these prints available on Stonetrigger Press Etsy along with two pages of additional prints. Each weekend I made a new print, always on 8″ x 10″ Rives BFK, and always ready by 8pm EST.
I don’t know where else you would see an Elk but in the wilderness, and then only if you are lucky. But unless one of my dear followers suggestions a catchier title, “Elk in the Wilderness” will be it. This 10″ x 8″ two color print is now on my Etsy store!
This two color print was first printed with a block of green foliage over the whole 10″ x 8″ piece of Rives BFK paper. Then the Elk was printed in a slightly translucent brown with a hint of green ink. Here is a detail:
All together they make a great pattern, I almost want to print fabric that looks like this:
Table of Elk
Today was a pretty remarkable day. I am glad I took the day off yesterday so that I could not only offer you two prints today, but two two color prints at that!
Elk print and Frog print side by side
Both are on StoneTrigger Press Etsy store now. And as always, one print a day, alway 8″ x 10″, always $20 and always made by me with love.
Framed underwater frog
Do you know frogs breath through their skin when they are underwater? That a frog can hibernate all winter in mud, breathing through it’s skin and living off it’s fat? This frog is a swimmer, right now he is just hanging out at the bottom of the creek, resting, but he is ready to kick to the surface at any time. Now on Etsy for $20.
This is a two color, 2 layer print, the wavy blue background is printed onto 10″ x 8″ Rives BFK paper, and the frog is printed in green and translucent, you can see the translucency in the detail, the frog is 6″ x 4″. The hand printed block does not come framed, it is only for reference.
Frog Detail
Each print is hand printed by the artist, me, Hilary Lorenz in my studio in New Mexico. For the month of January 2015 I will make one new image each day and offer it that day. I will only print 10 and I ship them out after 2-3 days – once the ink dries. This is print number 18 out of 30
Table of Frog
Click here to link to my Etsy store where you can see the other 17 prints completed over January
10″ x 8″ underwater frog
Feral Kitty, AKA Kitty with a beard, AKA Killer Kitty
This is a kitten with serious attitude, “Feral Kitty”, aka “Kitty with a beard”, aka “Killer Kitty” is the 17th print in a series of 30. I will donate 40% of all Feral Kitty sales to the San Francisco SPCA, Community Cat Program. where my good friend, Audra, is a pro in the trap-neuter-return program. Keeping cats safe, happy and healthy.
This is one determined kitten, but if not spayed or neutered, it can turn into a whole table, or pile, or litter of kittens:
Table of feral kittens
Wow look at all those kittens. So give the SF SPCA and Feral Kitty some love. Now available on Etsy.
Feral Kitty, AKA Kitty with a beard, AKA Killer Kitty
Capricorn Goat Fish
I am doing an early release of the print, because today is my friend Audra’s birthday. In celebration of her birthday I carved a Capricorn Goat Fish, making one print extra special with 6 bedazzled rhinestones. Maybe by the end of the day I will add another 8, one on each star. Happy Birthday Audra!
This Capricorn print is included in the 30 x 30, but instead of rhinestone each print will have silver glitter on the stars. I need to wait for the ink to dry before applying the glitter. You can take a chance and grab one up now, or tomorrow I will update the photo with glitter!!!! Here is a close up of the goat head with two rhinestones.
Here is how it would look framed:
Framed Goat Fish
It is up and available on StoneTrigger Press, Etsy page now.
Many of your know this bear. I made him last summer to be included in my exhibition at Wave Hill in New York. No, he is not the 9th print. For one he is way too big, 24″ wide by 40″ tall and that might be too big for some people. Plus, he is more expensive $450 and that may be too expensive for some people. He is a bear, ha ha, to print, but he is stunning. Do not worry dedicated followers of 30 x 30 x $20 because you can get a piece of him today, and yes for $20 at my Etsy store. Print #9 of 30.
Roar! Bear head. This print is called a “bleed print” because the image goes all the way to the edge of the paper, the full 10″ x 8″, there is no border. This is the first of at least 3 I will make into bleed prints. It gives a huge impact and Roar! is terrific print.
If you had it framed this is what it would look like with a 2.5″ mat around the bear head. But the piece does not come framed or matted, it is only for reference. This is a great photo of all the prints drying.
If you are not familiar with my show at Wave Hill in NY, it ran from October – December 2015, there are loads of photos on my blog, plus I added a couple here so you can see how the bear was incorporated into the printed and cut paper landscape. (Soon this work will be shown digitally in a gallery at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CA but that is another story. If you want a bear head, grab yours today for $20 on Etsy.
Nomadic Geography, A cut paper and print installation by Hilary Lorenz
Nomadic Geography, A cut paper and print installation by Hilary Lorenz
This is my last print of 2014. It is a 12″ round double sided print for the exchange portfolio titled Vinyl to be shown at Southern Graphics International Conference in Knoxville, TN come March.
The subject of the portfolio with 27 artists, celebrates vinyl records. Knoxville is a great music city inside of a great music state of TN. Artists pulled from some of the music history of Knoxville or their personal relationship with vinyl. Mine, well, let’s just say I took a lot of leeway. But the title, “From my Victrola” is the real deal. I spent my childhood in my grandmothers second floor bedroom listening to 78’s on her Victrola while dressing up in 1930’s clothes. What does that have to do with this? Well who knows but it informed my relationship to music.
For the rest of 2014 I will be glueing this round black paper circle that was printed with the Pegasus wings onto the back of the paper. It will then be complete and shipped out.
Happy New Year!
P.S. None of these prints are available, however beginning January 1, I am launching 30 prints in 30 days, where I will carve and print a new piece each day and sell from for only $20. Stay tuned.
Hilary Lorenz, Wave Hill, South and West Wall, Oct-Dec 2014
Yesterday I finished the installation of Nomadic Geography, my “interdisciplinary arts project that visually translates the visceral experience of trekking remote landscapes into linoleum block prints, drawings, and room-size installations.” That is my official one sentence description. I will be doing a talk on November 16 at 1:30, but you are welcome to visit the Garden and Cultural Center any day of the week, exception Monday. Post your one sentence description here, or better yet, tweet it!
Hilary Lorenz, Wave Hill, South and East Wall, Oct-Dec 2014
Hilary Lorenz, Wave Hill, North and West Wall, Oct-Dec 2014
“Shine On” watercolor and collage 10″ x 14″
Spirit animal of the week? That’s right, it is the firefly. This is watercolor collage drawing #20, it will be sent to the framers to meet the other 19 tomorrow. It is a real wacky one, the fireflies are hand colored linoleum block prints slightly raised off the surface of the paper as it they are flying. Super Cool! These fireflies are here to remind you to, “shine your light.”
Two pieces have already sold from my studio. They will still be in the exhibition for all to see. These smart collectors knew to buy one now because once at the gallery with the commissions added on, the price rises, and then only climb for there. So if you even think you might want one, talk to me now. hilary@hilarylorenz.com
Hilary Lorenz 