Stages from the printmaking process, including tracing, carving, cutting and inking the linoleum block:
Here are very early sketches, as well as my final digital sketch for this design:
Ethereal Heron
My Ethereal Heron is a celebration of one of my favorite and elegant animals, the heron, via stylized 3 color linocut print. This artwork was created by cutting a linoleum block to 10 pieces, and then printing like a puzzle, by hand. I love creating "floating moments" in my art, that are not set in a traditional scenes, and my Ethereal Heron is designed in that manner.