"A small gesture of kindness and generosity"
A somewhat surreal scene of plant-like arms protruding out, offering up a simple gift of a sunflower, without any rhyme or reason and totally by surprise. This series reflects my own gift and flower giving experiences over the years and the innocence and selflessness I try to emote will giving them. In a sick and sad world, it's always nice to be giving just a little gesture of kindness.
The print is made from an original crow quill pen and ink drawing by myself.
Printed on 14" x 17" Strathmore "Wind Power" (paper is made using renewable energy resources) Bristol 100lb Acid Free paper, with a Vellum finish - it's a really nice paper with a little tooth and has a very nice surface texture, with the ink likes to sit well on.
The print itself is about 12" x 16", centered on the paper, signed/dated/number in pencil on the lower side. This series is a run of only 250 prints.
The print is five colors (blue, green, yellow, flesh-tone and black), hand printed, one color at a time in a very time-consuming process (no machines, or even a rotary press! or anything like that). Each one is slightly, ever-so different, but the registration of the colors is really tight.
The ink is actually top quality acrylic paint with really excellent light-fastness qualities.
Makes a wonderful gift and all the materials are of archival quality.
This print was a very very long process to make. Here's the five separate drawings:
