Hand-painted linocut

5 x 7 inches
Edition of 80
This image bleeds off the paper. The paper size on this image is 5 x 7 inches.

 

Also availablle in Black and White, with a single red heart painted red.


 

My linocuts are printed on cotton rag paper the old-fashioned way: I carve with knives and gouges to create my imagery in slabs of linoleum. Then I roll ink over the surface, lay cotton paper on top, and crank the block through my etching press. I repeat this process for each impression in the edition, which means: If an image is in an edition of 40, I do this 40 times! After the prints dry, I generally hand-paint them, often with many layers of color, making each print a unique work of art.