Tag: Printmaking

Poetry, Printmaking, Writing

On Nearly Fainting at the Gallery

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Here's a stamped monoprint with inverted colours that is not by Chagall! Plus a poem I wrote in response to one of his paintings. Stamped Monoprint Inverted, by Lily S. May On Nearly Fainting at the GalleryAt the galleryI stand in front of a lesser known painting by Chagall.A wild dark little piece that I’ve… Continue reading On Nearly Fainting at the Gallery

Exhibits & Performances, Printmaking

Bread & Puppet

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I love the work of Bread & Puppet Theatre. In the late 1980s and early '90s, my husband and I visited Vermont where we went to see the Bread & Puppet farm with their barn full of enormous puppets and printed posters and cards. It was terrific to see such creativity addressing political, social issues… Continue reading Bread & Puppet

Masks, Nature Photography, Photography, Printmaking

Returning

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I'm back again after bouts of recurring illness over the past few months. I'm doing well now. Below are are few images of where I've been and am now. First, there's the great mask of one of the giant Night of Dread puppets from October 26th this year. Next are two mixed media monoprint masks… Continue reading Returning

creative process, Exhibits & Performances, Printmaking

Let’s Face It, Part 2

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The printmaking show at GAS that I was part of had some beautiful works in it. I received positive feedback from other artists and guests which was great to hear. Here's the print from my last post, plus the other 2 in the series that I showed. Let's Face It, 1. Stamped Monoprint by Lily… Continue reading Let’s Face It, Part 2

creative process, Exhibits & Performances, Printmaking

Let’s Face It

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I've entered three new stamped monoprints in an open group show at Gerrard Art Space in Toronto. I've shown my work at several of GAS' print shows and have always enjoyed the variety of work on display. These prints continued the same theme as the print that was accepted in the juried show, Print 2023.… Continue reading Let’s Face It

Exhibits & Performances, Printmaking

Print 2023

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The print show I'm in is up online now. The show looks great, with a wide variety of printmaking methods and styles by 64 artists. You can see it as a slide show at the Aird Gallery site where you can also download a catalogue. My monoprint is on page 71 in the section on… Continue reading Print 2023

creative process, Printmaking

Stamped Mono-Prints

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After several month of not making any artwork, I began again in late summer and early fall. I started with line drawings from my imagination and began a lino print, but my heart wasn't in the process. Then I made the following mono-prints from stamps I had carved. I got the idea of using letters… Continue reading Stamped Mono-Prints

Printmaking

Monoprints

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Here are two monoprints I made in the early 1970s that, thankfully, I have kept. I came across them while organizing my prints. I only made a few monoprints because I was focusing on making woodcuts and linocuts. I made these two prints by rolling printing ink onto a piece of flat glass and then… Continue reading Monoprints

Exhibits & Performances, Printmaking

Printmaking Show

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I'll be showing four prints that I haven't exhibited before at The Printmaking Show at Gerrard Art Space, 1475 Gerrard St. E. (just west of Coxwell) in Toronto. The prints are two linocuts and two block prints made on rubbery-like blocks in 2018 and 2019. The show is from June 29 to July 17. The… Continue reading Printmaking Show

Photography, Printmaking

Gathering

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Since returning to Toronto from our week in the countryside, I've begun seriously organizing years of prints. Most recently, I've stored them in large boxes though in the past I had the larger ones rolled in tubes. I began printmaking in 1971 and have moved five or six times since then. So, as I was… Continue reading Gathering