If I was a few years younger, had less patience, or wasn't such a stubborn fool, this piece of linoleum would have ended up tossed out of the window as late as last night when I committed to finally printing it after starting it almost 6 months ago.
Based on a trip to Virginia for Thanksgiving, the image was a culmination of watching hours of bloody video games with no less than 5 military in laws and friends as well as spotting Turkey Vultures for the first time in my life flying over the farm fields along the drive to and from Virginia.
I started the piece as soon as I got back from the trip, instantly having problems with coming up with the image I wanted. The initial drawing, (PIC #1 below), was what I initially came up with. That image sat on my desk until I finally gave up in December. I believe in January, I decided to give it a go again, this time by not finishing the initial drawing and starting out with a new, relatively different concept.
Somewhere between January and May, the piece was drawn, redrawn, redrawn again and then cut, little by little until I actually finished cutting it last night while I was printing it. One of the problems with putting one of these pieces on hold is that, there's a lack of continuance, the things I would normally discover and fix as I'm working on the piece become forgotten. So, as a result of that, I did my test print and realized that some of it wasn't working. At this point, I figured, I've waited this long, don't kill it now, try to fix it and call it done.
Having said that, I'm not completely pleased with it, but feel that a lot of my perceived questioning will be fixed with some color added to the image.
Live and learn. Glad that's done.
ORIGINAL CONCEPT (Drawing on linoleum)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIajihdkn7kG_IS9FmIsdyofj1h-QtvUZ_JEFwDS2O9zx5S-y2NfDPN879lwb7No7kvCq3tQxOtkYiSvs0UhcugLw-2FqWZ20Inma_56Z_HznS_uZNkY0cj6SN2vE4vxgc-c0pAhLc6HHO/s320/2009_nov_bbug_orig.jpg)
2ND CONCEPT (Drawing on linoleum)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBi2YMu1BKHTdDh22YN4vCCb6QgoCKXLtcaAHjUfZg0cZvsHDT7XYnC5fS1hhR_sMdBFKoopU0ZhiWhxaHW1tbBC_6Ctk48m8FolTjztTQXwQjsS8vwDc6S_hvPRI7PIOoQdt6hmHmAirG/s320/nov_2009_b_bug_sketch.jpg)
CUT LINOLEUM
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDa-V2fGmzwr4KW7SPwM9B_cTNLwQUN_eShYB2je-drMPYD_VUCAkTZ_emb7qFxD0doOuL3eVOM_HoXEu99vkwlAPDAGYY4_akdol4SngvB2Iq1WzrO-1Es7LEuB-z7M6QKA_qBF-BA-sr/s320/2009_nov_bbug_cut.jpg)
FINAL PRINT
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNnhzz9VPDFRhMo8SBoIUV74ptaG1cxcTPKV5V6NmVkN3MCTEwJWs2UPBZhSPI5cZ04kCMglX94lvpxl89VksAVe1Vy4F5ee11aUmychS2MI3CEj2cT0urA3yztanDrzViGS4O5biJzTZQ/s320/2009_nov_berube_bug_ink.jpg)
1 comment:
It´s a delicate and precious work. And I'm glad you didn't give up.
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