Flowered Dress

Description

This is a small rubber block print using black oil-based ink and watercolor on acid-free paper. The edition size is 15 with 1 artist's proof. It measures 4 x 3 inches. The image measures 1.5 x 2 inches. The edition is signed and numbered on the back. Signed on the front as well.

It is made from a tiny rubber block cut by a robot, inked up and printed by hand. The UW-Madison has a machine that can cut really small blocks. The only glitch is the speckles within the arms and face. Maybe those could be cleaned up with a carving knife, but I never got around to it.

I only did two of these. I graduated, and the robot cutter was no longer accessible to me.

As for the subject matter, I tend to draw portraits, and the lion's share of them are female. I like Modigliani and Matisse a lot, as well as Japanese woodcuts. This image was painted larger on canvas in oil and was sold immediately.

My portraits are reflections on people I know, people I would like to know, or people I have yet to meet. Sometimes they are glimpses into the future. Sometimes they are based on actual personalities. People become attached to them for varying reasons. They can be reminders, projections, or affirmations.

Added on Oct 12, 2009