•• Prints ••

The Woodcut
Without pretense
Black and white
Tool and block
There is no place to hide
- R. L. Gloeckler

The Woodcut

I love the woodcut. Anything from viewing ancient Japanese prints to sketching ideas for one of my own. Being able to carve a block on an afternoon is a thrill. Twisting and turning the gauge, following the grain here and there, if you've ever carved a block you know what I mean. Too many ideas and way too little time.
My Woodcut prints in the past have focused on an obsession with music, dance, and in particular jazz. Focusing on the relationship between musician and instrument I attempt to capture the energy and feelings that are projected to both the musician and to the listener. Be it through a blistering fast swing number, intense be-bop tune, or a dark tango, there is always a mood. I use this visual language to hold onto and study a fragment of musical time. ,

Being A musician and dancer, I am always conscious of how sound and music relates to myself and others.
Enjoying the marks created in the block is the whole idea behind relief printing. From the flowing lines that echo an Art Nouveau curve to a jagged splinter, each line creates a feeling that as a whole make up each print. I love to accentuate these lines in my portraits. The more wrinkles the better.

Process

As basic as a common hand print, a relief print is just that. By wetting your hand and pressing it on the sidewalk you can make a relief that lasts only a couple of minutes. It is the oldest most direct way of printmaking.

The materials you can print from are endless and range from factory made linoleum, wood, potatoes, to found objects. My choice is still a good piece of Baltic Birch. All of my prints are hand carved using chisels and gouges. Each block is then inked and hand printed on various papers. My favorite papers for printing are Tai Mulberry, Okiwara, Washi, and Rives lightweight. I burnish the image with a wooden spoon until the print I desire is achieved. When hand printing, the largest blocks can take up to an hour to make a single print. I keep most of the editions between 10 and 50. Feel free to contact me with any questions about the purchase of my prints or the process I use.



Blue Tango No.1 2004 Art A Whirl Cover	Life Goes To A Party	One O Clock Jump	Blue Tango No.2

Late Night Lindy	Perdido	Late Night Strutters Ball	The Big Cut In

The Conductor	Round Midnight	One More Maistro	Vibe Jive

Cuban Nightmare	Late Night Concarto	Benny	Song For My Bribe

Un Gelato Al Limone - Paolo Conte	Mister Parker	Mister Tatum	Mister Davis

Don't Lose Your Saddle Shoes	Portrait No.1	Four Eyes	Coltrane

Tang	Uncle Vido	Smokey Joe	Sir Skreech

In The Groove	Rythem Suite	Traps	Studies In Stride

High C	Late Walk	Trumpet Study	Gene Adams

Snip Snip	Bass Study	Fable In G Minor	Viola Study