New Work for April

Happy Spring! Below are a couple pictures of my work at Zea Mays this month. This is a collagraph colored with ink and acrylics.


Below is the same plate, but hand painted with ink & gesso washes over the forms {yes, there is a baseball-inspired pattern to celebrate the new season}


Then, I added the yellow wash background. Not sure If I should have done that....I really liked the simple white back, but it felt like it needed some contrast.


So, I ended up gessoing over the yellow to block it back out. I like how a little of the plate tones and yellow wash come through. Maybe this one is finished.


When I was making the yellow wash, the ink and gesso/acrylic mixing in the tray accidentally created a marbled surface. Now if I ever want to marble paper I know how!