The Journey Continues

Working with Collage

Been working with collagraph plates recently. I find leaves, twigs and assorted stuff from my back yard and glue them to a matte board matrix. Sometimes I add texture by brushing on acrylic mediums. The plate is inked and printed intaglio. I've been using some interesting hand made papers. The collagraph prints are matched with drypoint prints and collaged. It's been a fun process that will be explored further. Enjoy and stay tuned. Thanks for stopping by

Now Showing at The Paisley Violin

I'm very happy to announce that an exhibit of dry point prints are on exhibit at the Paisley Violin cafe in Phoenix. The Paisley is located at 1029 Grand Ave. They serve a wonderful lunch and feature a full bar. The show will open on the First Friday art walk, Jan. 1, 2010 and will run through the entire month. Please drop by if you get a chance. Thanks

New Dry Points

Here are some new dry point chine colle prints. They are printed on Japanese kitakaka paper.

New Works

Here are some of my newer prints. The bottom image is a new technique for me, collagraph. A piece of organza material was glued to a sheet of matte board. The gradations of tone were achieved by painting layers of acrylic gel medium on the organza. The other two are dry points

Recent Dry Points

Here are some of my newer dry points. I picked up a very nice jute paper that is yielding some interesting results. Hope you enjoy.

Dry Point Figures

Here are a few dry point prints. The figures in these prints were incised on a plastic plate using a sharp needle. The plates were made during life drawing sessions. The prints were pulled using my homemade etching press at my home studio.

Welcome to Eric's art blog

Thanks for dropping by my new space. I'll be posting photos of my work from time to time and keeping every one updated on shows and exhibits. At present, I have several dry point prints up at the Capital Cafe, 17th Ave and Van Buren in Phoenix that will be up through the end of the month. I also am participating in a group show of nude figure work hosted by Dinnerware Artspace in downtown Tucson.