I'm Finished

Started printing early this morning and managed to finish the last color this evening at 9:30 PM.

I was very focused on getting the edition finished so I could bring it to Reston this weekend for the Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival.

Thanks to all of you who came to Bethesda this past weekend.  What a beautiful weekend with terrific sales!  At 3:30 PM on Sunday the show management team came by our booths and gave us ice cream.  It doesn't take much to make me happy, but this was especially appreciated.

This edition is only 50 original prints so please, if you'd like to have one, don't wait to call me after I've sold them all.  This piece is 16 X 21 inches, matted 24 X 30 and is priced at only $325.
Trust me, this picture doesn't do it justice.
Hope to see you this weekend at Reston.  I'll be previewing Friday 5-8, open Saturday 10-6 and Sunday 10-4, (this is just about the view from where my booth will be on Market Street.) See you there.

Let There Be Lights!

Now that I've got the lights in, I'll start cutting the orange, pink, and red for the neon.  The last stencil, the black, is extremely complicated and will be a fantastic culmination to the print.

Come see me at Bethesda this weekend and Reston next weekend. Stay tuned

Five More Colors

Added five more colors to the equation and it's beginning to look like something now.  I'm going to cut a complex white stencil which will be lights and windows.  I'll print it twice.  Once in white and then again in yellow.  The yellow will then get overprinted with pink, orange, red and yellow ochre.
At that point it will start singing.

Had a very successful show at "Arts in the Park" in Richmond this past weekend. My new "Italian Garden" received lots of attention and several sales.
Looking forward to seeing you this weekend in Bethesda.

Stay tuned.

Building a Town Center

Working hard to be able to finish this print in time to debut at the Northern Virgina Fine Arts Festival in Reston, Virginia, May 19 & 20.  In addition to printing, I have a show every weekend!!!
Was in Baltimore last weekend. Will be in Richmond, Virginia this weekend, Bethesda, Maryland next weekend and Reston the weekend after.  Making me crazy.
Have to suspend the printing today to get ready for the weekend in Richmond but I'm well pleased with the progress thus far.  As you can see the image is taking shape and will be beautiful when finished.
Stay tuned.

Reston Town Center, Blue on Blue, Grey on Grey

Began printing my new Reston Town Center image
with four colors.  I will be trying some new techniques on this piece because of the after dark color palette.  There are many colors and lots of detail which will pose some challenges that I am looking forward to tackling.  I am approaching the color application with more of an intuitive order than my usual light to dark, so I think you will enjoy seeing this piece take shape over the next couple of weeks.
Stay tuned.

The Garden's in Bloom, Fini

This is the printed, large white stencil which is the underpinning of the blooms and the yellow blooms printed in register on top.  I decided to try it this way as an experiment and it worked out very well.















Now here's the finished print with the addition of more colored blooms.

I'm very pleased with the way this print finished.  This is a large piece, 16 X 21 inches that I'll mat 24 X 30.

I'll be unveiling this at the Arts in the Park show at Richmond's Byrd Park, Saturday & Sunday, May 5 & 6.

The edition is only 50 original serigraphs, so if you'd like to be assured of having one for your collection, call me at the studio to reserve yours.
301-840-1897

Three big commissions in the studio concurrently plus I'm going to design a night time street scene of beautiful downtown Reston, Virginia which I'll begin printing and posting soon.

Stay tuned.
Your comments are invited.

Two Colors Today

Dark purple and black stencils printed today.
Cut my big white reduction stencil which will print all the flowers and really bring this composition alive.
With a little bit of luck, I'll finish this edition tomorrow.
Stay tuned.