Feel Me (2012) 36" x 30" acrylic on canvas
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Key West Daily Cumulative Print Project - Feb 16 - 29th, 2012
Here are all the final two weeks of relief prints representing February 16th - the day of my residency exhibition in Space2 at The Studios of Key West until February 29th, 2012 when it ended.
All relief prints are from lino blocks approx 4" x 5"
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| Feb 16 - exhbition opens |
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| Feb 17 - day after exhibition opening |
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| Feb 18 - going off-island |
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| Feb 19 - backseat view |
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| Feb 20 - what grows here |
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| Feb 21 - RENOUNCE GREED sticker on palm tree |
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| Feb 22 - sunset celebration Mallory Square |
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| Feb 23 - cyclists make it to Mile 0 marker |
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| Feb 24 - cruise ship coming Fort Zachary Taylor Beach |
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| Feb 25 - key deer |
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| Feb 27 - last day carving on porch in the sunshine |
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| Feb 28 - packing |
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| Feb 29 - one last walk |
Friday, February 8, 2013
Take Care (2012) woodblock 4 colour relief print, handprinted 24" x 48"
This large woodblock relief print was created for Hilary House, a historical site in Aurora, Ontario, famous for 3 generations of doctors living and working from the premises starting in the late 1800's.
Using elements from the historical collection I created an artwork depicting the story around a collections receipt found in the Hillary House archives. The actual receipt was enlarged and used as the background for this work and the woodblock print was hand printed onto it.
The story is told in three areas of the print as follows:
The Center Section shows Mrs. Holliday being treated by Dr. Hillary. As she lays on the horsehair couch in the front room of Hillary House, she grimaces in pain and balls up her fist while the Dr. manipulates her fractured finger. Dr. Hillary is shown seated on the three-legged stool which he used backwards so as to steady his arms and hands while performing procedures on his patients.
The Bottom Third reveals the handwritten notation of the Dr. accepting partial payment for the outstanding bill in the form of two baskets of pears. Here we also see the family recipe for Pear Marmalade and the family dinner table set with a family member spreading the marmalade onto toast, a polite pinky in the air.
Using elements from the historical collection I created an artwork depicting the story around a collections receipt found in the Hillary House archives. The actual receipt was enlarged and used as the background for this work and the woodblock print was hand printed onto it.
The story is told in three areas of the print as follows:
Source Materials for the Print from the historical collection
1) A collections notice dated Dec 16, 1916, to Mrs. Holliday for $5 of medical services provided by Dr. Hillary. A handwritten notation on the bill states the Dr. credited her account $2 for the value of two bushels of pears,
leaving an outstanding amount of $3.
2) a fee chart dated 1914 for the cost of medical services the Dr provided
3) a 1915 Ladies of the Red Cross Auxiliary Cookbook found in the household collection
TheTop Third of the print tells the story of Mrs. Holliday, an agricultural field worker who is picking pears when she has an accident. She falls from the ladder and fractures her pinky. The cost for the Dr.'s services is $5 to tend to her injury.
1) A collections notice dated Dec 16, 1916, to Mrs. Holliday for $5 of medical services provided by Dr. Hillary. A handwritten notation on the bill states the Dr. credited her account $2 for the value of two bushels of pears,
leaving an outstanding amount of $3.
2) a fee chart dated 1914 for the cost of medical services the Dr provided
3) a 1915 Ladies of the Red Cross Auxiliary Cookbook found in the household collection
TheTop Third of the print tells the story of Mrs. Holliday, an agricultural field worker who is picking pears when she has an accident. She falls from the ladder and fractures her pinky. The cost for the Dr.'s services is $5 to tend to her injury.
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| The Story of Mrs. Holliday's Injury |
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| Several pears are hidden in the vegetable border like this one |
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| Mrs. Holliday falls |
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| Injury and Collections Notice detail |
The Center Section shows Mrs. Holliday being treated by Dr. Hillary. As she lays on the horsehair couch in the front room of Hillary House, she grimaces in pain and balls up her fist while the Dr. manipulates her fractured finger. Dr. Hillary is shown seated on the three-legged stool which he used backwards so as to steady his arms and hands while performing procedures on his patients.
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| Dr. Hillary treats Mrs. Holliday |
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| Grimacing while being Examined |
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| Coping |
The Bottom Third reveals the handwritten notation of the Dr. accepting partial payment for the outstanding bill in the form of two baskets of pears. Here we also see the family recipe for Pear Marmalade and the family dinner table set with a family member spreading the marmalade onto toast, a polite pinky in the air.
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| Two Baskets Pears |
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| Pear Marmalade recipe and Enjoying the Food at the Family Dinner Table |
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| Recipe and Marmalade on Toast |
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| Working Non-Fractured Pinky Up Politely at the Table |
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