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Artist proof (as yet unsigned) for The Storytellers. Edition: 54 with two proofs. For the 2012...

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Uploaded on Feb 22, 2012

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An etching for the 2012 PNCA Print Portfolio Exchange. The theme is "Fact or Fiction"....

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Uploaded on Feb 17, 2012

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Letterpress. The title page for the suite of etchings.

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Uploaded on Feb 17, 2012

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Etching with sugarlift. This was for a print portfolio exchange coordinated by San Lucia Press. ...

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Uploaded on Feb 17, 2012

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When I was visiting a very dear friend in San Diego last month, she invited me to a...

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Uploaded on Feb 11, 2012

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Here's a digital merge of the crow head print and the sketch for the central composition. ...

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Uploaded on Feb 6, 2012

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A drawing for the center of the crow head plate. While I dreamed a different middle, this is the...

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Uploaded on Feb 6, 2012

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Etching by Heather Lee Birdsong, from the suite Stories From the Stone House. Photo:Craig Sietsma '14

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Uploaded on Jan 31, 2012

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This is the closest approximation to the face I saw in my dream. I should say, the drawing of a...

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Uploaded on Jan 7, 2012

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7" x 10.25" (18 x 26 cm) gouache painting. It's the first still life I've done in...

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Uploaded on Dec 30, 2011

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This is a proof pulled from the plate after the first etch. I spent a little time...

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Uploaded on Dec 17, 2011

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This is the plate after adding some bushes to bring the dark shapes across the plate, so the eye...

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Uploaded on Nov 28, 2011

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I dreamed I was working on an etching where crow heads made up a frame for a portrait of a...

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Uploaded on Nov 27, 2011

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This is the first print I pulled from the plate. I did some drawing on this one, in pen...

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Uploaded on Nov 18, 2011

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This is my final drawing. I traced this and transferred that on to the plate. Now I just have...

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Uploaded on Nov 10, 2011

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It's starting to become a whole picture in my mind. The dream happened inside a store, but...

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Uploaded on Nov 6, 2011

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The yezinky are too short, and the figure needs to come forward a little. But the composition is coming together here.

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Uploaded on Nov 6, 2011

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A very loose initial sketch. I had this dream where some birds showed me a strange skull,...

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Uploaded on Nov 6, 2011

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