PRINTS

While studying painting at the San Francisco Art Institute I took my first classes in printmaking and fell in love with etching. I went on to focus on printmaking when I transferred to the California College of Arts and Crafts across the bay in Oakland.

I have also been more interested in drawing than painting and I feel printmaking suits me better.

An exhibition of Japanese woodblock prints in San Francisco changed my perception of art, perhaps in the same way the Impressionist were influenced, and I began to work with woodcuts as well.

Most of my woodcuts have been quite large but I have begun to work with smaller size prints recently using traditional Japanese printmaking tools.

Crow
2019
Woodcut print on paper
16" x 12"
Crow and Persimmon
2019
Linoleum print on paper, hand colored
10" x 8"
Carolina Parakeet-Extinct in 1918
2016
Woodcut print on paper, hand colored
36" x 24"
Ivory-billed Woodpecker-Extinct
2016
Woodcut print on paper
36" x 24"
Hawk
2015
Woodcut print on paper
36" x 24"
Vanishing Songbird Series
2013
Woodcut print on paper
36" x 24"
Vanishing Songbird Series
2013
Woodcut print on paper
36" x 24"
Vanishing Songbird Series
2013
Woodcut print on paper
36" x 24"
Birds of the Georgia Coast in Decline series
2010
Woodcut print in black and gray on paper
36" x 24"
Birds of the Georgia Coast in Decline series
2010
Woodcut print in black and gray on paper
36" x 24"
Birds of the Georgia Coast in Decline series
2010
Woodcut print in black and gray on paper
36" x 24"
Birds of the Georgia Coast in Decline series
2010
Woodcut print in black and gray on paper
36" x 24"
Birds of the Georgia Coast in Decline series
2010
Woodcut print in black and gray on paper
36" x 24"
Birds of the Georgia Coast in Decline series
2010
Woodcut print in black and gray on paper
36" x 24"
Birds of the Georgia Coast in Decline series
2010
Woodcut print in black and gray on paper
36" x 24"
Birds of the Georgia Coast in Decline series
2010
Woodcut print in black and gray on paper
36" x 24"
Birds of the Georgia Coast in Decline series (complete)
2010
Woodcut print in black and gray on paper
Great Blue Heron
2014
Woodcut print on metallic paper mounted on cloth
36" x 24" overall
Owl and Heron (pair)
2014
Woodcut print on metallic paper mounted on cloth
36" x 24" each
Owl
2015
Woodcut print on paper
36" x 24"
Martha-Last Passenger Pigeon
2014
Woodcut print on paper
36" x 24"
Martha-Last Passenger Pigeon 2
2014
Woodcut print on paper
36" x 24"
Bluebirds
2008
Woodcut print in blue on paper
36" x 24"
Veery
2010
Woodcut print on paper (black and white version)
36" x 24"
Veery
2010
Woodcut print on paper (black and yellow version)
36" x 24"
Prairie Warbler
2008
Woodcut print on paper, in black and yellow
36" x 24"
Untitled
2008
Woodcut print on paper, two overlapping blocks printed on top of one another
36" x 24"

Two woodcut blocks were printed in sequence on top of each other. Difficult to do and wasn't repeated.

Bluebirds
2009
Woodcut print in blue and black on paper
36" x 24"
Carolina Parakeets
2009
Woodcut print in green and black on paper
30" x 30"
Carolina Parakeets
2009
Woodcut print in blue and black on paper
30" x 30"
Passenger Pigeons
2009
Woodcut print in blue and black on paper
36" x 16"
Untitled (Birds)
2005
Woodcut print on cream paper
36" x 24"

The lines were cut freehand (no preparatory drawing) using an electric router.

Untitled (Birds version 2)
2005
Woodcut print in dark blue on paper
36" x 24"

The lines were cut freehand (no preparatory drawing) using an electric router.

Pelican
2003
Woodcut print on paper
48" x 24"
Great Blue Heron
2003
Woodcut print on paper
48" x 24"
Owl, Pelican, and Heron (triptych)
2003
Woodcut print on paper
4' x 6'

These prints were an experiment in using simple positive and negative shapes by cutting out sections with a skill saw rather than chisels.

Untitled (Birds)
2000
Woodcut print on paper
48" x 24"

The use of several overlapping images carved onto a single block of wood.

Untitled (Birds)
2000
Woodcut print on paper
48" x 24"

The use of several overlapping images carved onto a single block of wood.

Untitled (Birds)
2000
Woodcut print on paper
48" x 24"

The use of several overlapping images carved onto a single block of wood.