Lily S. May–Life with Art
This past weekend, I held an art give-away. Over time, I've sold some of my work, but after decades of making linocuts and woodcuts plus painting, sewing and felt making I have accumulated a vast amount of work. So, I decided to keep a copy of each print for myself and to offer the others as… Continue reading Art Give-Away
This is another photo in a series of interiors I've taken, from early this year or late last year. Because of the drama of the lighting, I took it in black and white to heighten the contrast.
I've included two photos in this post of the lino block that I carved in 2005 that led to the print I call Observer. I first painted an image on the block. However, the act of carving was often somewhat intuitive. I made decisions about the texture and changed the image as I went along instead of having a… Continue reading Print in Progress
Last month I came upon a copy of a print of mine that I'd remembered over the years but thought was lost to me. The print was part of a very small edition and I had no copies left. I found it in my mother's apartment after her death. It was a lovely and timely surprise to… Continue reading At Peace Linocut
I'm settling in and returning to blogging after our computer shorted out and burned internally a few weeks ago. Now I'm learning a new system. The photo in this post is one I took in Dec. of 2012, part of the series of interior photographs I've been taking. I shot the image in black and white… Continue reading Interiors–The Student
Here's another linocut I made in the 1970s. Again, the theme has to do with an imaginary goddess. This time she doesn't appear, but one of her masks does.
In keeping with prints on the theme of birth, here's a mythological scene I hand carved and hand printed in 1974. I did several prints at the time on imagined goddesses. This is one of them, in celebration of spring.
Here's another linocut I made when I was just starting out. It arose from my love of seeing images in clouds.
I went to an engaging art show last week with a friend. It's called This is Not a Toy and it's at the Design Exchange in Toronto. The show presents designer art toys that are "at the intersection of fine art, marketing, pop culture, product and graphic design." The sculptures felt both somber and playful to me and… Continue reading Design Exchange–This Is Not a Toy
After making the little felt bowl that I showed in the last post, I got to work on this piece. I'll be felting it further to make it sturdier. There's bits of alpaca among the merino wool.
Arts of May 