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The prints are getting their very own frames.

After years of thinking about making frames for my prints, I have finally succeeded!  Each frame has it’s own carving in the lower right hand corner…for instance, all the president ...

Santa Lives In China

I came across these photos by artist Michael Wolf a few weeks ago. The installation of the photos was as provocative as the images themselves. Click on the image below ...

New Push Print Blog

Check out the new PUSH PRINT blog for updates and happenings of the 30 plus artists that were featured in the PUSH PRINT book.

My prints are now for sale on Cureeo!

I’m excited to announce that my prints are now for sale on Cureeo.com, a wonderful new online gallery.       Here’s a little blurb about Cureeo on Thrillist.com And ...

Ford and JFK ready to print!

Just finished carving the Ford and JFK blocks in my U.S. President series.  I should have them printed and ready for sale next week.      

Elizabeth Catlett, 1915-2012

One of my favorites and a consistent inspiration. The following article was posted at printeresting, and written by Brent Bond. A guest post by Brent Bond. All links added by ...

New Truman Print!

The Truman print is finally done.  Cutting the tiny marks in the background nearly caused a nervous breakdown.  

James Rosenquist’s F-111 at MoMA

One of my favorites.           Rosenquist began the painting F-111 in 1964, in the middle of the Vietnam War. He positioned his main subject, the F-111 military plane, ...

Tony Fitzpatrick on the evils of snowmen

Continuing with the theme of the last post, here’s a hilarious story about snowmen by Tony Fitzpatrick, accompanied by one of his beautiful etchings. The Chicago Snowman In addition to ...

Daily Doodles is pretty wonderful.

Just found this site, new doodles and a story (or poem) by David Michael Chandler posted each day. . The Ghosts of Earth, a Haiku We all die someday. But our ghosts ...

Jill Waterman’s New Year’s Eve Project

On December 31, 1983 Jill Waterman began a long term project to photograph New Year’s celebrations in cities around the world. For more than 25 years her documentation has spanned ...

PRINTS FOR PICA this Saturday, December 17th.

Over a hundred artists will be busting out monoprints for Prints for PICA (Portland Institute for Contemporary Art) this Saturday.  All the prints will be for sale, proceeds help support ...

Art.sy

Here’s the Wired article (by Shahan Mufti) about Art.sy.  Fascinating stuff. Sebastian Cwilich (left) and Carter Cleveland (here at a gallery called Haunch of Venison) have constructed an art “genome.” ...

A Return to the Artisan in the Art World

Good essay by Alice Pfeiffer in the New York Times Art Section. PARIS — “Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons; there is nothing more depressing for a young artist,” said Bianca Argimon, ...

Daniel Day Lewis is Abraham Lincoln

You may have noticed that I have a slight obsession with Abraham Lincoln.  Check out Daniel Day Lewis as Lincoln in Spielberg’s new biopic about our 16th president. FULL ARTICLE ...

PRINTS GONE WILD at Cannonball Press

I recently did two woodcuts for Cannonball Press in Brooklyn.  On November 4th, they did their annual PRINTS GONE WILD event where they sell prints for $50 or less from ...

John Brown tattoo

My husband got his first tattoo, and it’s of my John Brown linoleum cut print. Cheyenne Sawyer at Atlas Studios in Portland, OR did a wonderful job.

Ann Calvello Painting

I did this painting for a Roller Derby Show in Minneapolis last winter. Ann Theresa Calvello (August 1, 1929 – March 14, 2006) was a U.S. athlete and notable personality ...

My Barack Obama print in the L.A. Times

For Guillermo Maciel, the Obama image is a 24-by-32-inch linocut that he purchased from an artist at a fundraiser last summer. (The artist sold it to him at a discount ...