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Welcome to Plate Lithography.

The plate below was done on a lithography plate as a drawing. Later I added a monoprint to it with oil based paint and ink on plexiglass and then printed the print on top of the color. It is about 25 inches tall and entitled, "Meat Man, Monkey Man."

The above work was a triptych done on lithography plates as drawings. Some asphaltum was painted in for deep blacks. There are small bowls on the center one inside the glass. The work is entitled, "Me, Myself, and I." It is a slam against self portraits in general and their egotistical nature. Shown here on the left, I am the goddess of printmaking, and all tools evolve and grow out of my head, which is in front of a shroud and completed by a somewhat questionable crown. On the right, again, I am a goddess of three-dimensional design, complete with shroud and crown. However, I seem to have less control over this medium, as I have hammers beating up my head. I still worship reverently with a surprising positive outlook. In the middle panel, I am the goddess, the side servants, and the workshipers. My dogs sit at the pool, for they are perfect. Behind the figure in the middle panel, there is again the shroud, but it is behind a egg-looking structure which has a lotus seat on it. All in all, I think the audaciousness and completely egotistical self portrait is here in this work. In fact, I am proud of it. Oh wait, is that egotistical too?

The two works above were one and three of a set, done as drawings first in graphite, and then put on plates to finish in lithography. The second one was never put to plate and remains a graphite drawing. They are entitled, "Narrow Streets of Toledo, Spain, I," and "Narrow Streets of Toledo, Spain, III." Standing at the church at Toledo, in Spain, you can see down some very narrow streets. They all run off the block of the church like tiny spokes in a very large wheel. Three of these streets caught my eye. I took some photographs, and later, when I drew them, changed some things for art's sake. The ones seen above are those views. You will notice that the one on the left is actually looking at the church from the street. The other two are looking away from the church into the chasm that makes Spanish streets very unique.

The two works above were drawn on plates, and the one on the right was hand-colored. The one on the left is entitled, "Red Rock Park II," and the one on the right is entitled, "Mountain Stream I." The mountain stream can be found on the way up to Glacier Basin and Bear Lake, just outside of the Estes Park city limit, and just before going through the Ranger Station at the National Park. Turn left on Bear Lake Road, and just follow the road. Don't drive too fast, or you will miss the stream. It will be on your right.