Fruit and Papaya Milk Stand

Papaya Milk for sale here... this is the 4th Asian influenced woodcut for the upcoming show. Another Night Market stand of exotic Asian fruits... bitter melon, and giant carrot looking fruits. Sorry to say I don't know the names. I'm almost done with this one... just need to add and subtract a few more things. (I love the purple paper... it was left over and laying around the studio just begging to be printed on :)

Here's a crayon rubbing of a boy - from a drawing in the sketchbook. To the side, the Chinese characters I had to trace and reverse for the other carvings... makes him look like the boy from Empire of the Sun - I think so, anyway:) Have a happy Monday.

Dumpling Stand

The second Asian-themed woodcut... this lady made wonderful dumplings for sale at the Taipei night market. This is a test print - still a few things to tweak before it's done. I printed it on a map for fun.... it's actually tissue from a shoe box that was too cool to throw in the trash! Hopefully I'll finish the last 2 by Friday and test print... my thumb has a nice callous now :)

Taiwan Print on a Snowy Morning

Printing party last night in my studio!! This is one of 4 I'm working on for the April show... there is an 'East meets West' theme. (it's a work in progress) I finally referred to some photographs of a trip to Taiwan several years back. This is a footbridge (Cihmu Bridge) at Taroko Gorge. We drove on the stomach churning, 'fear for your life' East/West highway. (mostly one lane, carved on the side of a mountain... ) Amazing how drawing can be like time travel!

Front yard this morning. Where are all the daffodils and bulbs?! We had quite a blizzard yesterday... luckily only a few inches stayed.