Category: Month of Printmaking
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Strata Various
I sometimes like to do a deep dive into my flat files for forgotten work. They are bulging with it by now, so I guess it can be characterized as a sort of Swedish Flat File Cleaning. I’ll find old studies, test proofs or retired monotypes that I will offer for sale after years of…
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Twigs and Berries
I promised a look at MoPrint events not specifically related to my work. These are still up for a little while, in some cases, just days. I saw these with friends on lighthearted social outings, and did not take notes, so artist info is scanty, but please take my word on how striking they are.…
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This Machine Kills Fascists
This year, it will be the 10th Anniversary of MoPrint, the Biennial celebration of squishing ink onto pristine 100% rag paper with a simple brutish technology invented in 1544. Yes, Denver, the barbarians are back at the gates.If you had your heart set on flying to the coast and paying thousands for some art, you…
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State of the Art
MoPrint Grows a Medium MoPrint 2024 is finally done now, and there’s a sense of relief for me. It’s hard work, and there are a lot of details and dates to keep track of. Sometimes, I get so busy and tired, I don’t get to see everything I’d like to. This year I did pretty…
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LessPrint
Most of my major participation in MoPrint is now complete, and all of the events went pretty well. Last weekend was the latest, Print Jam at the Denver Art Museum, produced by Month of Printmaking and featuring 14 artists giving demonstrations and drop in workshops, including me. The crowd was very steady all day (11-4),…
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Warming Up at MoPrint
Despite the on again, off again winter weather, MoPrint is off to a great start, and people seem to be eager to see it after 2020 was cancelled, mostly, by the pandemic. I’ve seen several shows already, which is more shows than I probably saw all 2021. ARThropod, Artists on Santa Fe: Carol Till and…
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Month of Printmaking 2022
It’s been a busy, snowy run-up to #moprint2022. But the pandemic seems to be easing, at least in the vaccinated parts of the state, so we can keep our fingers crossed that this one will go off as planned, unlike 2020. I committed to a lot of events, which has kept me running, but it’ll…
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State of the Artist
It was a busy holiday season because of medical appointments. Most were catch up on things deferred during lockdown, or even earlier. I’m hoping it will pay off this year with a more active lifestyle, including travel. 2022 won’t wait however. Here are some things I have planned for this year: MoPrint 2022! It was…
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End Game
What is the end game in the studio? Sometimes a deadline will bring focus, leading to a well resolved work, sometimes it inhibits experimentation, bringing repetitive ideas. I guess both- experimentation and production, are important. At this time, I’m trying to produce new work for the upcoming MoPrint ’22, which will bring show opportunities, if…
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Under Pressure: Twigs and Berries for a New Decade
The holiday break was brief, as #MoPrint2020 is upon us and I’m up to my neck in the sort of events that that 3-month fiesta of the pressure arts brings us. Call it over commitment, call it opportunism, call it giving in to ‘pressure’. I’m calling it a great source of material for a blog…
