Friday 30 March 2018

March 28, 2018

Drawn at the Art Junction in El Paso:
















Earlier that day, Manuel Guerra and I gave a talk at the Rubin Center in UTEP -- Prints: Breaking Out of the Time Zone:





I bought this box of Blackwing pencils
at the El Paso Museum of Art


March 27, 2018

Drawn in the Argos Gallery of Santa Fe:

Morning:












Monday 26 March 2018

March 26, 2018

Drawn at Gary's house in Tijeras, New Mexico:
















Saturday 24 March 2018

March 24, 2018

Drawn in the Argos Gallery of Santa Fe:

























I drew on this vellum paper for ink jet printers with an Ebony pencil.  Hopefully this will burn into a silk screen, so that I can make a serigraph of this drawing.



I want to convert this drawing into a serigraph and participate in the Weiner Welcome in Houston on April 21st, before their "It Came from the Bayou" print fair, on Sunday, April 22nd.

I'm getting it done at Proper Printshop in El Paso:


Alan, the co-owner of Proper Printshop ,
pulling a test print on March 31st, 2018


First test on brown wrapping paper
(I like the color)


We made several quick prints on newsprint,
which will help to make screens for the colors


Test print on the final good paper



Second screen.  I placed a sheet of OCE vellum on the test print above (of the key color), and outlined certain shapes, then filled them in (April 2nd).  The dark areas will be a different color (probably a dirty dark green) in the final print.


Ready to burn a second screen,
with the vellum above


Alan pulling the test print of green,
April 3rd


Dark green test print


One more screen to burn


Taped rectangle,
for underlying red color


Production begins,
April 5th


Production continues,
April 6th



Tri Color, so far



"Aren't You Glad This Print Is Not By You"
Fuzzy final print, but we shifted and double printed the black key color
to give it a noisier feel


Thank you Proper Printshop,
for indulging me, 
and letting me print more punk than proper,
fuzzy edges and all


The print has already been Fed-Exed to Houston, for the Wiener Welcome on April 21st, right before the  "It Came from the Bayou" print extravaganza.






And I collected a lot of nice prints at the 7th annual "It Came from the Bayou" print fair the next day.