Jackrabbit jumped onto the Road ...

A passage from a book reminded me of a dream about my cat ...  

A River Runs Through It,  Norman Maclean, 1976 #artfair #artist #etching #printmaking #books

Stillness

New Etching - 
Title: Stillness - 
Size: 10"x12" - 

#artfair #artist #etching #printmaking #frameart David Moskow

Bird Song

First proof of my new plate, titled "Bird Song". 

David Moskow, Moskow Fine Arts, Etching, Evanston Art Center, Framed Art, Art Print. Bird Song, Music, Music Art, Bird on a wire ... 

New Print - Fortune

The working title for this print was abundance. After working the plate and printing and edition, the time came for me to put the title on the paper. But since I don't really know how to spell the word I didn’t trust myself to write it on the print. So I settled on Fortune, which has a similar meaning, but is easier to spell.

Route 66 - mockup for new plate

Mockup of new etching that I will be starting this week. I have a 5"x7" plate coated and ready for the artwork. This image will come in an 8"x10" mat, available this coming summer. Keep tuned for show updates ...

"Route 66"  "Will Rogers Highway", "the Main Street of America", "Mother Road", "U.S. Highway System", "US 66", "Get Your Kicks", "Moskow Fine Arts", "David Moskow", "Printmaking Etching Intaglio"

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Hazel Park Art Fair Highwood Starving Artists Show
Telfair Art Fair Savannah, Ga

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Today we are talking with the artist, David Moskow.
Hello David
Nice to meet you.
Ok, so David, what have you been working on?
One of my newer plates is titled Christine.
Plate, what kind of plate?
Etching. It's an etching plate.
What's the Christine plate about?
So the narative goes like this.
Rural America, a car slowly rusts.
Farmhouse doorway glows with light
The traveller walks slowly toward the viewer.
Hiding in the tall grass.
Is that a mono print?
Yes it is. Botanical materials are inked and emboss the print.
Do you have a shop at home?
I use the printmaking studio at the Evanston Art Center.
Are you doing any shows?
I've targeted six art fairs for Moskow Fine Arts in 2018.
What's first?
Art on the Square - May 18-20 - in Belleville IL
Belleville, wow that's a cruise.
Well my wife has family down there. Just makes sense.
Any other out of town art shows?
I've reached out to the organizers of the Hazel Park Art Fair
Aug 26 - 27 in Hazel Park Mi - just north of Detroit.
Any place else?
Savannah Georgia in November. Telfair art fair.
Anything local? Chicago area.
Let's see, there's the Naperville Women's Club
June 23-24
The Southport Art Festival in Chicago
July 14 -15
And the Highwood Starving Artists Show
Sept 29 - 30
Any new ideas in your head?
Buffalo head nickle.
Two six inch round plates.
Indian head on one, buffalo on the other.
With a piece of barbed wire mono printed on each one.
Wow, some Americana.
And I'm thinking about a route 66 print after that.
So how does somebody see these new prints?
If viewers can put their email in the comment box below.
I'll put them on the Moskow Fine Arts email list.
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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

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Heather Waters - 2007 - ‎Fiction

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