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Village ot Tintagel in Cornwall England (Oil)

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Brugge Tower (Rescue Art)

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I call this type of work rescue art - sometimes (more often than I like to think about it) the block prints that I do, do not turn out as I had hoped.  So I will take the imperfect print and embellish it - with this one, applied water soluble ink to some of the lines of the building, the applied a soft mist of water to create a bleed - then photographed it and applied software on my smart phone to the picture in an effort to adjust the color and lines

Teasels (Block Print on a Variety of Papers - Rice Paper, Colored Construction Paper and Page of an Old Book)

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Lighthouse (Multi Medium- Block Print, Ink, Computer Software)

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varian Batik Triptych Bees Wax on Japanese Paper)

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Rhubarb Gone to Seed (Pencil, Ink and Watercolor Pencil on Rice Paper)

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Multicolor Butterfly Block Prints

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I attempted a different technique for inking my blocks - I used a paint brush to apply different colors and then printed - the second print was done pre-printed paper given to me by my friend, Serena.

Ag siúl (Block Print)

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Another Experimental of Technique (Using two previously cut blocks but printing only a portion of each block to create the image))

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Experimental of Technique (Using two previously cut blocks and Separate Application of Colors to the Top Block)

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Double Block Prints (Using two individual blocks I cut out - I printed one over the other - the first image is the double block print framed) the do

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Brixham Fish Dock (Paper Batik - using scrap paper)

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Butterfly Garden (Block Print)

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Blarney Castle - 1980 (Oil)

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Brazilian Centenarian (Traditional Batik)

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When I visited Rio de Janerio in 2012 - my tour guide (Rafa) took me to a favela in Niteroi -  I meet a 100 year old man who still ran a small store in his community there

Fishing (Block Print)

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Batik Turtle (On Colored Paper)

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Musical Triplet (Watercolor. Pencil and Pen - 6" x 6")

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Nude on Green Background (Pencil and Watercolor)

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La Vie En Rose (Watercolor Pencil on Piano Sheet Music)

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Montgolfières (Paper Batik on Heavier Stock Paper than Prviously Used)

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Miniature Blossom (Watercolor Pencil on Rice Paper 2" x 2")

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