White line wood block prints - an experiment

 

The process

First 2017small pet portraits

 

 

collage of hand painted rice paper on canvas

sumi and watercolor crab on ricepaper

This little painting is a retirement gift for a dear friend and a

former gallery partner of mine with 30 years working at Seattle's Pike Place Market. I only worked there for 16 years and it was hard to quit but the commute got to be too much after I moved north. She worked long hours well into her eighties.
 

portrait in progress - it's a start.

Here is a lighter background color as suggested by a friend.

 

7"x5" acrylic on canvas

 

 

 

value study from photo and life

 

another self portrait

4x6 acrylic on canvas

 

moving on from pet portraits to people.