Deadline Passed for "Submission Fee No. 82", "No. 83", and "No. 84"

This is documentation of the unsold prints (burned) of and the discontinued blocks (gouged) of "Submission Fee No. 82", "Submission Fee No. 83", and "Submission Fee No. 84".

NOTES:
6 copies of "No 82" were created. One artist's proof was archived. Two from the edition were sold with revenue of less than $30, and so no submission was made. 

6 copies of "No 83" were created. One artist's proof was archived. Two from the edition were sold with revenue of less than $25, and so no submission was made. 

6 copies of "No 84" were created. One artist's proof was archived. Three from the edition were sold with revenue of less than $25, and so no submission was made. 

"Submission Fee No. 84"

"Submission Fee No. 84" 6" x 8.5" Linocut, 2 layer reduction Edition of 5 Pay what you want by February 29

This print is part of a time-based conceptual art project. Read more about it here.

INFO PARTICULAR FOR THIS PRINT: 

Institution:    Shockboxx Gallery
Venue Location:    Hermosa Beach, CA
Opportunity:    Go! Figure - Juried Figurative Art Competition and Group Exhibition

Eligibility:  International
Potential Benefits for Artists: 
Notes: Jurors: Leah Perrino, Preston M. Smith, Scott Meskill and Mike Collins
Fee:    $25

"Submission Fee No. 83"

"Submission Fee No. 83" 5" x 6" Woodcut Edition of 5 Pay what you want by February 28

This print is part of a time-based conceptual art project. Read more about it here.

This tag is for the 2020 Human Right Art Exhibition  held by the College of the Sequoias in Visalia, CA.

The image on the price tag (without the "$25" of course) is the Human Rights Logo, designed by Predrag Stakić. It won a huge, global, crowd-sourced contest to create an internationally recognized logo for the global human rights movement. The contest was held in 2011, and since then this logo has been available as an open source product, free to be used by anyone without the need to pay fees or obtain licenses.  

INFO PARTICULAR FOR THIS PRINT:

Institution:    College of the Sequoias
Venue Location:    Visalia, California
Opportunity:    2020 Human Rights Art Exhibition 

Eligibility:  International
Potential Benefits for Artists: 
Notes: No commission, venue helps pay for shipping
Fee:    $25

"Submission Fee No. 82"

"Submission Fee No. 82" 4" x 6" Woodcut Edition of 5 Pay what you want by February 28

This print is part of a time-based conceptual art project. Read more about it here.

INFO PARTICULAR FOR THIS PRINT: 

Institution:    Eclectica! Art Gallery
Venue Location: Midlothian VA   
Opportunity:    Vernal Equinox Art Exhibition 

Eligibility:  National
Potential Benefits for Artists: 
Notes:
Fee:    $30

Deadline Passed for "Submission Fee No. 79" and "No. 81

This is documentation of the unsold prints (smashed or burned) of and the discontinued blocks (gouged) of
"Submission Fee No. 79" and "Submission Fee No. 81" 

NOTES:
5 copies of "No 79" were created. One artist's proof was archived. Two from the edition were sold with revenue of less than $30, and so no submission was made. 

6 copies of "No 81" were created. One artist's proof was archived. Two from the edition were sold with revenue of less than $20, and so no submission was made. 

"Bound for Pennsylvania"

"Bound for Pennsylvania"
5" x 7"
Five-layer reduction wood block print 
Oil-based Gamblin ink on white Stonehenge paper
Edition of 36

This is the print I submitted to Baren Forum for Wood Block Printmaking's Exchange No. 82. The theme for the exchange was "Exodus". About a year ago I adopted an old Redbone Coonhound. He had been found at a shelter in Georgia and would have been euthanized had he not been rescued by an organization that moves abandoned dogs from overpopulated areas to places where they are more likely to be adopted. We picked him out at the shelter in Media, Pennsylvania. He was wearing an aqua bowtie, which I guess had been put on to showcase him as a particularly handsome gentleman. He has turned out to be a very affectionate, friendly, food-driven guy, who even now seems baffled by his new life in the big city. We named him "Mutlu" which is Turkish for "happy". 

"Submission Fee No. 81"

"Submission Fee No. 81" 1.75" x 2.5" Linocut Edition of 5 Pay what you want by February 21

This print is part of a time-based conceptual art project. Read more about it here.

INFO PARTICULAR FOR THIS PRINT: 

Institution:   Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County
Venue Location:   Fayetteville, NC
Opportunity:  juried show: "Size Matters"

Eligibility: National
Potential Benefits for Artists: $1000 in cash awards
Notes: Juror is Jonathan Chestnut  
Fee:   $20 for one entry, $25 for two entries, $30 for three entries and $35 for four entries.

Deadline Passed for "Submission Fee No. 75", "No. 76", "No. 77", "No. 78", and "No. 80"

This is documentation of the unsold prints (burned) of and the discontinued blocks (gouged) of
"Submission Fee No. 75"
"Submission Fee No. 76" "Submission Fee No. 77" 
"Submission Fee No. 78" "Submission Fee No. 80" 

NOTES:
6 copies of "No 75" were created. One artist's proof was archived. Three from the edition were sold with revenue of at least $20, and so a submission was made to the Woodmere Annual 79th Juried exhibition "Seeing the Story". The last two were destroyed as documented here. 

6 copies of "No 76" were created. One artist's proof was archived. All five from the edition were sold with revenue equally $25 so submission was made to Art Gym Gallery's Impressed 2020 National Printmaking Exhibition.

8 copies of "No 77" were created. One artist's proof was archived. Five from the edition were sold with revenue less than $25 so no submission was made. The last two were destroyed as documented here.

4 copies of "No 78" were created. One artist's proof was archived. The others were sold with revenue equally $35 and so a submission was made to the 33rd Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition. 

6 copies of "No 80" were created. One artist's proof was archived. The rest were sold with revenue exceeding $20 and so a submission was made to Colors of Humanity Gallery's "Skies" juried exhibition. 

"Audubon and the Rat" (New Year's Exchange)

 

My Year of the Rat print for a card exchange with Baren Forum.

The inspiration for this image came initially from the great illustrator and naturalist John James Audubon. When looking for visual references to rats, I found myself pouring over his detailed works. Teaching at the Wagner, I walked past copies of Audubon's etchings of North American flora and fauna at work, and have referred to them many times while teaching my students. 

While surfing on line to look at more illustrations of rats by Audubon, I stumbled across this story about him discovering that a box of his watercolor paintings had been destroyed by a rat that had used the paintings to make its nest. The story was beautifully illustrated in a woodcut  (featured below) by an unidentified Japanese Meiji artist. 

This is my 3rd year participating in  New Year's Exchanges with the Baren Forum for Woodblock Printmaking. Here are my prints from previous years' trades: 

Year of the Pig, 2019 
Year of the Dog. 2018 

"Submission Fee No. 80"

"Submission Fee No. 80" 6" x 8" Linocut Edition of 5 Pay what you want by February 15

This print is part of a time-based conceptual art project. Read more about it here.

INFO PARTICULAR FOR THIS PRINT: 

Institution:   Colors of Humanity Gallery
Venue Location:   Online
Opportunity:   “Skies” juried show 

Eligibility: International
Potential Benefits for Artists:
Notes: 10% of fees go to SERRV International
Fee:   $20
Deadline: February  15

"Submission Fee No. 79"

"Submission Fee No. 79" 6.5" x 6.5" Woodcut pressed into Stoneware, glazed Edition of 4 Pay what you want by February 20

This print is part of a time-based conceptual art project. Read more about it here.

INFO PARTICULAR FOR THIS PRINT: 

Institution:   Good Earth Pottery 
Venue Location:   Bellingham, WA
Opportunity:   FUNCTION: LUNCHEON juried show 

Eligibility: CERAMIC PLATES (no more than 8” in diameter) by artists in the USA and Canada
Potential Benefits for Artists: $200 Juror’s choice award
Notes: Juror is Kip O'Krongly
Fee:   $30
Deadline: February  20

"Submission Fee No. 78"

"Submission Fee No. 78" 7" x 7" Woodcut on handmade paper Edition of 3 Pay what you want by February 14

This print is part of a time-based conceptual art project. Read more about it here.

INFO PARTICULAR FOR THIS PRINT:

Institution:    McNeese State University/Dept. of Visual Arts
Venue Location:   Lake Charles, LA
Opportunity:   33rd Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition

Eligibility: National
Potential Benefits for Artists:
Notes: Juror is Eleanor Heartney, art critic and contributing editor to Art in America and Artpress
Fee:   $35
Deadline: February 14