Prints

Below are several of Julie's prints, these are examples she is submitting so that she can be in the "Worlds Greatest Art Tour and Sale" in Bowling Green next Fall.  I think I'll get Julie's input on these before posting any commentary.

The piece above is Pandora's Box.  Here is what Wikipedia says about Pandora's Box:
Pandora's Box is an artifact in Greek mythology, taken from the myth of Pandora's creation in Hesiod's Works and Days.^[1] The "box" was actually a large jar (πίθος pithos)^[2] given to Pandora (Πανδώρα) ("all-gifted", "all-giving"),^[3] which contained all the evils of the world. Today, to open Pandora's box means to create evil that cannot be undone.

We love our dog, and though he's not this kind of dog, he's small and loves being with us.  This piece came out really well.  I believe the inspiration for the woman is from DaVinci's   Madonna of the Rocks.

Julie explored several prints with cat themes when she was first starting out. This one came out particularly well.  She painted a version of it too.  It's called Nemo and the Octopus.  We once had a cat named Nemo, he and his brother Magellan.  They were explorers. They didn't last long unfortunately.  One disappeared and one got hit by a car.  This cat looks a lot like our cat of 12 years Whiskers.

This plays off a similar theme, though with a dog and a kind of abstract octopus jelly fish thing.  This is a different technique for print making using copper plates.

These two are screen prints instead of relief prints.

This is Odin - she did this before the Thor movie came out.

This is a relief print on wood.  It creates a different effect. You can make many more prints from wood cuts than linoleum cuts, the wood stands up better.  To make this piece more interesting, the infant is wearing headphones and listening to an iPod.

I think the title for this one is We are Brothers. Note that it's not quite a mirror image, the head dress of one skull has symbols of life, the other symbols of chaos.

The Japanese are well noted for their wood cuts.  This was an inspiration for Julie

Another small work on copper plate.