The Abundance

Despite what the voice in my head tells me, I've decided to soldier on with my Buffalo Abundance print. I worked on the aquatints on Friday and the plate looked really black. I'll have to do some burnishing, but that won't take that long. When I looked at a photo of the first proof I pulled I saw possibilites that I had not seen with the naked eye.

One change I'm going to make is the deletion of the barbed wire mono print portion. I'm going to save that for the Buffalo Nickel Duo ...

First proof of "The Abundance" ...

Buffalo Nickel

The voice in my head says, shit can the Abundance image. Flip the plate and etch the other side with a round buffalo nickel image. So I did a google image search for the buffalo nickel, and look at what's on the other side. The original people image.  A companion plate.

On Thursday I did a test of my barbed wire idea. The wire was a little too thick and put holes in my printing paper. I asked Gina if I could use some of her jewelry wire. She was like, of course you can.

So I'll use the barbed wire monoprint technique on top of both the buffalo image and the original people image.

Brilliant.

Abundance - Mock up of new 5"x7" plate

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

3:50 PM

I found a piece of poetry: The dull, black eyes of the empty house will stare at the highway awaiting their return. - Lenora Castillo

From Wikipedia: To Native Americans, the Bison or American Buffalo was a symbol of sacred life and abundance. This importance and symbolism was created from legend: One summer a long time ago, the seven sacred council fires of the Lakota Sioux came together and camped. ... She taught the Lakota people the mysteries of the earth.

A passage from a book: A strong breeze ripped through Nakkole's hair, sweeping it over her shoulder and across her eyes. The small puddle near their feet rippled in the wind. Abunda turned slightly and beckoned to something in the forest. Nakkole's eldest sister, Timpani, stepped through the trees...

Destiny's Warrior

https://books.google.com/books?isbn=110120687X

Heather Waters - 2007 - ‎Fiction

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New Etching w/ Botanical Monoprint

"There is a place that I know, both in the future and in the past. There is a tension between what was, what is and what will be.

What do I want to say with my prints?

Lament the human, the marks we make on the world. Value the land, the sea, the modest, the peculiar, the common: what is made out of thoughtfulness. Admire what people have built for themselves. Listen for the prophecy of the prairie, remnants of a conversation, the sound of rust, the silence between the waves.”

David Moskow, Belleville, Art on the Square, Etching, Botanical Monoprint, Moskow Fine Arts, tension, what was, what is, what will be, prints, Lament the human, the marks,the world,the land, the sea, the modest, the peculiar, the common, thoughtfulness, Listen, prophecy of the prairie, remnants of a conversation, the sound of rust, the silence between the waves.”

Applying to Belleville Art Show

Art on the Square - Belleville IL

This is my first application for the 2018 art show season.

Begun in 2002, ART on the SQUARE has risen to the top of fine art shows. In 2004 it was named the Best Small Town Art Fair in America and by 2006 it had climbed into the list of the top ten shows in America. Art on the Square has received the prestigious distinction of being named the #1 Art Show in the Nation 6 times, & #2 Show in the Nation 4 times in the last 10 years...

Art on the Square features original works of over 100 artists from around the world, music and live stage performances. Enjoy the delicious local food and drink, Art on the Square is a three-day sensation for the eyes, ears and palate!



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New print - working out ideas

Concept:

Rural America, a car slowly rusts.
The open doorway to the farmhouse glows with light
A lone figure strolls toward the viewer.
Hiding in the tall grass.

Progress:
It's a 9"x12" copper plate.
Today's first line etch was of the car and farmhouse.
Warm sepias for the back ground will say yesterday.
A pop of color on the foreground botanicals will say today

Back from Savannah

Gina and I traveled to Savannah Ga for the Telfair Art Fair this last weekend, representing two generations of the Moskow family artists. We had a very successful show and plan to return next year.

David Moskow is the son of Loyce and Walter Moskow. Loyce and Wally met in 1952 at the Chicago Art Institute. Loyce taught printmaking to both Wally and David. Loyce had the press and if either Wally or David wanted to use it, they had to check with the boss.

Eventually David bought a small etching press of his own. When David moved to his studio, he gave the press to Wally. When Wally no longer needed to rent press time from Loyce, his print production quadrupled.

Botanical Print and Upcoming Event

Yesterday at the Evanston Art Center's Monday Intaglio workshop, I completed a short series of six small botanical prints. The aromatic Sweetpenny that I picked up in West Virginia flavored the printshop's air. Duffy said my prints were the sweetest he had smelled in a long time.

November 11th & 12th, I will be exhibiting at the 23rd Annual Telfair Art Fair:

Telfair Square
Savannah, GA 31401 United States



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The Prairie Prophesies

I've decided to rename my new botanical series. The Apocalyptic Weeds will now be called "The Prairie Prophesies"


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Yesterday rocked. At the Thursday workshop I printed the Apocalyptic Weed background in Tri Colors. Prussian Blue, Black and Burnt Sienna. Foreground weeds were Yellow Ochre and a bright orange. Came out good. Second print was kind of muddy, that's when I simplified to a Prussian Blue background and the yellow wheaty color in the foreground. Came out awesome.

Today I worked on a two color scheme. Phalo Green with a little Phalo Blue for the background. Yellow ochre and process magenta for the foreground. Disaster. Turns out the Wrights Copper Cream I used yesterday stripped the aquatints. Had to re-etch the plate. When I got the plate out of the acid I went back to printing, adding prussian blue to the background ink and staying with the ochre and process magenta for the foreground.

Brilliant!

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