Relief Prints

Lino-cuts and Woodblock print (All art work is shipped matted with no frame. Sizes are approximate. S/H extra.)
Relief  Prints are made by carving away areas of a block (linoleum or wood) to form a desired art image.  After inking the raised portion, the artist uses a baren to rub paper that has been placed on the inked block.

Both white-line and reduction prints included here are interpretations and variations of traditional print-making processes, which allow for more than one color to be added to the print. White-line prints were introduced c. 1915 by a group of women (The Provincetown Printers), who wanted to use a single block to produce multi-color prints, similar to the colorful multi-block Japanese woodblock prints that had become so popular. Once the outline is carved, each color is added separately before printing. This is a uniquely American printmaking process. Reduction prints are also multi-colored prints created from one block. To preserve each color as it is overprinted with subsequent colors, areas of the block are carved away before a new color is added. The result is a completely destroyed printing block and a beautiful, multi-colored hand-printed art image. Both techniques require careful registration to print each new color on top of the previously printed papers. Unlike intaglio prints, these relief prints can be printed by hand without a press.  My prints are modern interpretations of these technique using non-toxic ink.


Kernersville Cactus (limited edition of 6; 2 available) @ Rhodes Art Center
Kernersville Cactus (limited edition of 6; 2 available) @ Rhodes Art Center
(sold out)

Pat's Paradise (Arizona "Bird of Paradise) (edition still available)
Pat's Paradise (Arizona "Bird of Paradise) (edition still available)
(sold)

*Blue and White, linocut ((sold)edition still available)
*Blue and White, linocut ((sold)edition still available)


Camellias (Purple or Red ) ((sold)edition still available)
Camellias (Purple or Red ) ((sold)edition still available)


Generations lino-cut (multi-color)  ((sold)edition still available)
Generations lino-cut (multi-color) ((sold)edition still available)


Renata's Peonies hand-colored, white-line lino cut ((sold)edition still available)
Renata's Peonies hand-colored, white-line lino cut ((sold)edition still available)


Spring Promise lino cut on monotype (sold)
Spring Promise lino cut on monotype (sold)

Evening, Rome (Parasol Pines in Rome) sold
Evening, Rome (Parasol Pines in Rome) sold

A Fine Line (vertical) monotype sold
A Fine Line (vertical) monotype sold

Burano Island, Venice Lagoon SOLD
Burano Island, Venice Lagoon SOLD
(sold)

*   City Abstraction: Philadelphia   Woodcut
* City Abstraction: Philadelphia Woodcut

Night Sky  (Hudson)/ Private collection
Night Sky (Hudson)/ Private collection

Rollins Redone, Lino Print      (multi- blocks) Private collection
Rollins Redone, Lino Print (multi- blocks) Private collection

Storm over Venice (Private collection)
Storm over Venice (Private collection)

Hagia Sophia  (Private collection)
Hagia Sophia (Private collection)

Hagia Sophia (sienna) (Private collection)
Hagia Sophia (sienna) (Private collection)

Hagia Sophia Sunset (Private collection)
Hagia Sophia Sunset (Private collection)

Hagia Sophia Silhouette (Private collection)
Hagia Sophia Silhouette (Private collection)

Istanbul, Recumbent Concubine (Private collection)
Istanbul, Recumbent Concubine (Private collection)

Hagia Sophia Calligraphy (Private collection)
Hagia Sophia Calligraphy (Private collection)

Hagia Sophia Interior (Black) (Private collection)
Hagia Sophia Interior (Black) (Private collection)

Istanbul Rooftops (Private collection)
Istanbul Rooftops (Private collection)

Burano Island, Main Street (Private collection)
Burano Island, Main Street (Private collection)

*(Blue Ridge) Mist in the Mountains, white-line woodblock print + 16x20
*(Blue Ridge) Mist in the Mountains, white-line woodblock print + 16x20

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