My muse is my Dog, Pukka. She is a malamute mix and quite the diva princess, hence the crown. But she does have a big heart, she is always watching and guarding a true sentinel. In the winter she smells like snow, and I inhale her coat as much as I can after she comes in from the cold, always wanting to remember her smell of winter magic.
12″h x 9″w, edition of 25 on Rives BFK, unframed.
Print Edition: Portrait of the Artist's Dog
This piece is a "relief engraving.” It is in the block print or relief family of printmaking, which refers to two surfaces, one lower than the other, so that the highest surface prints. I hand carve each image with small but tough tools called burins, or gravers. The remaining surface is rolled with ink and pressed through the printing press. Each print taken from the plate is part of an edition, and numbered. My limited editions are always under 100 since they are inked and cranked by hand on my printing press. Printed on 100% Cotton Rag Paper.
