Image posted with the permission of the artist. More of Gail Priday's artwork, including several stunning color woodcuts, can be found on her website.
This is a serigraph, not a woodcut. I was driven to feature it here at least partially because I'd recently been captivated by prints of cross sections of trees such as those of Bryan Nash Gill. Here we have what initially appears to be that, but it is not. It is a stylized representation. Upon closer look, it reads less and less like tree rings, and more like an illustrative landscape with a line of evergreen trees above layers of sediment. But then there also seems to be a strip of snow over a blue sky and a circling, rushing river. Behind the cross section we see more falling snow and coniferous branches...as winter arrives, a broad view of this witness's biosphere is written into the grooves of its trunk.
Words on Woodcuts
I love woodcuts and I make woodcuts. On this blog I write about woodcuts I love and woodcuts I make.
Friday, April 20, 2018
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Wednesday, April 11, 2018
Saturday, March 31, 2018
"Goldfish No. II" by Elizabeth Norton
Orange reflections behind the floating green against a backdrop of peach read like sunset. The roots are visible and tickly. Our companion swiftly sinks downward, out of earshot. The secrets we exchange this moment are forever embedded in this flat space, connecting us as one for all of time.
Friday, March 30, 2018
Another illustration by Alan Bold
One can peel away layer upon layer, scoop out countless ladles of water from the body of water spread out before us, but to what end? What discovery? Better to stand still and confront what is in front of us in this quiet and fertile moment.
Tuesday, March 27, 2018
A Southern Landscape by J. J. Lankes
Sunday, March 18, 2018
The Nautilus and the Ammonite Pre-Sale Campaign is Launched!
Almost three years in the making and now The Nautilus and the Ammonite Pres-sale Campaign is LIVE! For those who don't know about it, check out the video above. I have 6 weeks to raise funds needed to print a first edition of 500. Check it out and please share with any potentially interested friends through email, Facebook, Twitter, word of mouth, etc. - it all helps. Thanks so much!
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