Monday, April 18, 2011
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Thursday, March 31, 2011
NEW ARTWORK AVAILABLE AT eve-N-odd GALLERY
Jennifer Kosharek, owner/curator of eve-N-odd Gallery in St. Petersburg, Florida has a new show opening up on April 9th. The theme: THE STUFFED BUNNY SHOW.
I've been wanting to try something a little different with my linocuts, so the challenge to make a stuffed bunny with a linocut image as both the front and back was a welcome challenge. I ended up with an edition of 12 printed, sewn and stuffed BERUBE BUNNIES. Each comes with a hand-printed signed linocut tag with the edition number. Not wanting the bunnies to escape, I also created a small coat hanger wire basket to keep them safe until they find their new homes. Please contact the Gallery for purchases. The bunnies are only $20/ea and there's a limited quantity. Get them while they're still available.
Also available for purchase is a small edition of the BERUBE BUNNIES linocut on 100% acid free paper. $30/each
As part of a collaborative effort with eve-N-odd Gallery, I also created and printed up a Berube-Bug celebrating the Gallery. A small edition of the print is also available while we print some t-shirts up to also have for sale in the Gallery. Print $30/each
Sunday, March 20, 2011
EVE-N-ODD GALLERY
I wanted to do something fun to commemorate my friend Jennifer Kosharek's opening of EVE-N-ODD GALLERY in St. Petersburg, Florida in the Crislip Arcade.
Stay tuned, we're looking to have this printed up on t-shirts to sell at the Gallery.
PRINTED PIECE
SKETCH ON LINOLEUM
PARTIALLY CUT LINO
FROM THE GALLERY
Stay tuned, we're looking to have this printed up on t-shirts to sell at the Gallery.
PRINTED PIECE
SKETCH ON LINOLEUM
PARTIALLY CUT LINO
FROM THE GALLERY
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
JENNIFER KOSHAREK / eve-N-odd GALLERY OPENING
645 Central Avenue #11, St. Petersburg, FL
My good friend and fellow MailArtist Jennifer Kosharek is opening a gallery space in Saint Petersburg Florida this weekend, featuring outsider, whimsical, folk, etsy, mailart, fluxus, emo, and handmade ART, and some specially chosen vintage pieces
JENNIFER KOSHAREK / SELF PORTRAIT
Please show your support for an amazingly tough cookie and a roster of incredibly talented artists by visiting her sites, checking out the items available and buying something special.
THE FIRST GALLERY SHOW
A SMALL SELECTION OF GOODIES AVAILABLE
Please check out and "Like" her FACEBOOK page
And follow the gallery's very own BLOGGER page.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
MUNCHER CUCUMBER SEED PACK ARTWORK - Mention In NEW PALTZ TIMES & HIGH FALLS MERCANTILE ONLINE SHOP
I somehow missed this mention in the New Paltz Times.
And Also on the online shop at HIGH FALLS MERCANTILE
Friday, January 14, 2011
"FINLANDIA" PORTFOLIO SUBMISSION
Early last summer I was asked by Ron Abram, Associate Professor of Drawing & Printmaking at Denison University, Granville, Ohio if I'd be interested in contributing to a printmakers portfolio addressing the subject matter of Equilibrium using Tom of Finland as the jumping off point. The portfolio will be exhibited as part of the SGC (Southern Graphics Council) International's conference being held on the campus of Washington University at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, March 16-19, 2011.
Needless to say, I was more than thrilled to be given the challenge of creating my response to one of my favorite Artist/Illustrators.
Here is the direction I chose.
Initial Pencil Drawing Directly on Linoleum
Inked Linoleum
Hanging to Dry
Final Print
Needless to say, I was more than thrilled to be given the challenge of creating my response to one of my favorite Artist/Illustrators.
Here is the direction I chose.
Initial Pencil Drawing Directly on Linoleum
Inked Linoleum
Hanging to Dry
Final Print
Friday, December 17, 2010
HOLIDAY PRINTS THROUGH THE YEARS
MIMZY JOY - 2010
I started printing up my own Holiday cards in 1995, having been to design school but never taking a printmaking class I decided to teach myself how to print linocuts. I can't quite remember exactly what inspired me to work with linocuts other than the fact that I believed by using this medium I would be forced to work in a less detailed fashion than what I was used to doing with many other mediums including, graphite, pen and ink and acrylics. As you can see with time, I found a way to work around that perceived notion of a"less-detailed" medium.
Not knowing what the proper tools were in order to do an actual linocut, I bought a piece of wood-backed linoleum and when the time came to actually cut the image out, I grabbed what I was used to working with, an xacto-blade and got to work cutting out my first piece. That became the 2-color self-portrait holiday card I created while still living in Boston in 1995.
I continued to work like this until I moved to NYC the following year and just happened to meet Javier Cintron, a brilliant artist in his own right who at the time was working in the printmaking workshop of Bob Blackburn. Through Javier, I discovered that there were proper tools to cut linoleum with and places where they actually had printing presses to print editions out on. I'd sneak in when Javier was monitoring the shop and work on my own projects while observing the rest of the artists. Eventually when I became comfortable enough with the environment, I became a monitor and as part of the job, I was allowed to use the presses during my shifts.
As time passed, I was able to purchase my own medium-sized press and the rest is history. I'm pretty sure at this point I have a few hundred images printed up over the years.
The following prints represent the work I've created as Holiday cards as well as gift tags between 1995 and this week. I look back at the images and I'm amazed at just how personal and revealing they really are. Although the subject matter changes each year, they have all become self-portraits allowing a glimpse into my state of mind at the time of creation.
I hope you enjoy checking the images out and HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!!!
1995 - SELF PORTRAIT
1996
1997
1997 - GIFT TAGS
1998 - NEW YORK'S INFLUENCE (One Of My Favorites Too)
1998
1999 - (A BUSY PRINTMAKING YEAR)
1999 GIFT TAGS
2000
2001 ( A Very Sad Year Here In The City)
2002
2002 - GIFT TAGS
2003 - SANTA CLAWS
2004
2004 GIFT TAGS
2005 - BETHESDA FOUNTAIN / CENTRAL PARK (Image Part of "1-A-DAY" Series)
2006 - ROBOSANTA (Image Part Of "A FACE A DAY" Series)
2007 - HOLIDAY WHIRLING DERVISH
2008 ROBO-SNOWMAN
I started printing up my own Holiday cards in 1995, having been to design school but never taking a printmaking class I decided to teach myself how to print linocuts. I can't quite remember exactly what inspired me to work with linocuts other than the fact that I believed by using this medium I would be forced to work in a less detailed fashion than what I was used to doing with many other mediums including, graphite, pen and ink and acrylics. As you can see with time, I found a way to work around that perceived notion of a"less-detailed" medium.
Not knowing what the proper tools were in order to do an actual linocut, I bought a piece of wood-backed linoleum and when the time came to actually cut the image out, I grabbed what I was used to working with, an xacto-blade and got to work cutting out my first piece. That became the 2-color self-portrait holiday card I created while still living in Boston in 1995.
I continued to work like this until I moved to NYC the following year and just happened to meet Javier Cintron, a brilliant artist in his own right who at the time was working in the printmaking workshop of Bob Blackburn. Through Javier, I discovered that there were proper tools to cut linoleum with and places where they actually had printing presses to print editions out on. I'd sneak in when Javier was monitoring the shop and work on my own projects while observing the rest of the artists. Eventually when I became comfortable enough with the environment, I became a monitor and as part of the job, I was allowed to use the presses during my shifts.
As time passed, I was able to purchase my own medium-sized press and the rest is history. I'm pretty sure at this point I have a few hundred images printed up over the years.
The following prints represent the work I've created as Holiday cards as well as gift tags between 1995 and this week. I look back at the images and I'm amazed at just how personal and revealing they really are. Although the subject matter changes each year, they have all become self-portraits allowing a glimpse into my state of mind at the time of creation.
I hope you enjoy checking the images out and HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!!!
1995 - SELF PORTRAIT
1996
1997
1997 - GIFT TAGS
1998 - NEW YORK'S INFLUENCE (One Of My Favorites Too)
1998
1999 - (A BUSY PRINTMAKING YEAR)
1999 GIFT TAGS
2000
2001 ( A Very Sad Year Here In The City)
2002
2002 - GIFT TAGS
2003 - SANTA CLAWS
2004
2004 GIFT TAGS
2005 - BETHESDA FOUNTAIN / CENTRAL PARK (Image Part of "1-A-DAY" Series)
2006 - ROBOSANTA (Image Part Of "A FACE A DAY" Series)
2007 - HOLIDAY WHIRLING DERVISH
2008 ROBO-SNOWMAN
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
HAPPY HOLIDAYS 2010
HAPPY HOLIDAYS
I decided that it would be mutually beneficial to have my friend Joshua Fennell over to carve and print our Holiday linocut cards. This was his first time to ever cut a lino out, and it inspired me to work on an image as well.
As you can see, my dog Mimzy is an amazing subject to have. ;0)
MIMZY - JOY
CUTTING THE GOLIDAY LINO
JOSHUA'S HOLIDAY CARD
JOSHUA AND HIS NEICE, "MIMZY"
I decided that it would be mutually beneficial to have my friend Joshua Fennell over to carve and print our Holiday linocut cards. This was his first time to ever cut a lino out, and it inspired me to work on an image as well.
As you can see, my dog Mimzy is an amazing subject to have. ;0)
MIMZY - JOY
CUTTING THE GOLIDAY LINO
JOSHUA'S HOLIDAY CARD
JOSHUA AND HIS NEICE, "MIMZY"
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