1st LINOLEUM

MY FIRST LINOLEUM CUT:
I'VE BEEN ENJOYING CREATING AN UNDERWATER NICHE INSPIRED BY WHAT
I'VE SEEN AND TRULY APPRECIATED IN MY EXPERIENCES DIVING.

SPACE-CRAFT

A JUVENILE CALICO BASS, ONLY ABOUT 5 INCHES LONG, WHICH I CAME ACROSS HANGING AROUND A ROCK PILE JUST NORTH OF BIG ROCK. 

8" x  10"

TYLER TOOK THIS ONE AT LITTLE POINT, WHICH I LATER DEVELOPED IN THE DARK ROOM. THE STOP ENDED UP BEING BAD AND PARTS OF THE SHOT KEPT DEVELOPING WHEN IN THE LIGHT WHICH LEFT CERTAIN PARTS OF THE IMAGE WITH A SPLOTCHY PURPLE TINT. I LIKE TO THINK IT LOOKS LIKE SOME KIND OF 

EXTRATERRESTRIAL SPACE-CRAFT.

7.5" x  9"

(BOTH PICTURES WERE SHOT UNDERWATER WITH THE NIKONOS.

I DEVELOPED THESE ONES IN THE DARK ROOM IN OCTOBER)

COSTA RICA

SOME PHOTOS TYLER AND I TOOK WITH HIS NIKONOS IN COSTA RICA LAST MONTH

ORGANISMAL DIVIDE

ORGANISMAL DIVIDE:  ZINC PLATE ETCHING

7" x  9"

I DREW INTO MY PLATE (WHICH I HAD COVERED WITH HARD GROUND/ASPHALTUM) WITH A DISSECTING NEEDLE I HAD, THEN BIT IT IN ACID TO FORM AN ORGANIC AND RICH LINE.  I FOCUSED ON THE CREATION OF FICTIONAL FUNCTIONAL SOFT CORALS AND INCORPORATION OF PATERN AND DESIGN INTO MY UNDERSTANDING OF ORGANISMAL RELATIONSHIPS AND SYSTEMS.

CYNARINA

RED CYNARINA (CIRCULAR PLATE-LIKE  SHAPED SPECIES OF SOFT CORAL) INSPIRED WOOD CUT & MONOLITH INK TRANSFER (WITH A PALLET KNIFE AS WELL AS BY HAND)

8" X  8"

A CURIOUS HAPPENING

MY FIRST NOTATION

A CURIOUS HAPPENING

DAYDREAM

DAYDREAM: I REVERSED THE SECOND(RED) INK TRANSFER TO ADD WEAVING INTERTWINING FEEL TO THE OFFSET BLUE AND RED PRINTS I'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

I ALSO RAN THIS PRINT(A SECTION OF THE "TUBE SPONGE" WOOD CUT) THROUGH THE PRESS ON REIVES HEAVYWEIGHT SO THE PAPER AROUND THE INK HAS BEEN EMBOSSED.

CAYE

THE BEGINNING OF MY AQUATIC DRAWINGS & PRINTS INSPIRED BY MY DIVES IN BELIZE THIS WINTER.  BY FAR THE MOST AMAZING DIVES I'VE EVER HAD.  I WAS SO FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THIS WORLD WHICH STILL AMAZES ME WITH MEMORIES OF THE RAINBOW OF SOFT CORALS AND THEIR PATTERNS CARPETING SUCH A BEAUTIFUL TURQUOISE SEA.

HERE IS SOME OF MY UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY I SNAPPED DIVING IN TURNEFFE:

AQUATIC DIMENSION

MINI SERIES TWO TONE MONOLITHS I'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

3" x  5"

TUBE SPONGE

12 X 16 WOOD CUT