Author Archives: Eric

First, make it, then, later, maybe ask questions about it. Or leave it alone.

Again, a batch of newish prints, which are more or less unedited, on purpose. More and more, art students are trained to shape a consistent “brand.” I prefer a free mind to an art hobbled by professional strategy. One kind of artist can happily spend a whole lifetime exploring the many facets of a deliberately [...]
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Back at the Press

The other night, I showed Carl Fuermann how to make a monotype, and while doing so, got back on that horse for a bit. Thank you, Carl. Just a few little bits here to share from that evening and a moment a few days later. Carl took his home with him, so I don’t have [...]
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Game Boards at Abcedarian Gallery

Alicia Bailey, proprietor of Abcedarian Gallery in Denver, has some of my prints from the 1990s showing in her secret room of treasures. There are a few recent monotypes from the show at Ironton, but the focus of this mini-exhibition is a series of etchings based on historic game boards. When I look at these [...]
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Souvenirs from Ironton

A few images of the layout of “Time & Attention” at Ironton for those who weren’t able to attend. Zibby has some images from the opening that may appear in days to come, but here’s something, at least. To those who made it to the show, looked hard, talked with me, bought things or didn’t, [...]
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Bizarre and Delightful Student Animations

These short movies were made in my UC Denver Intro to Art class, with each frame drawn on paper. This version (about 3 minutes) only includes about a fourth of the original collection (which you’ll find posted separately, in its entirety). These are generally excellent, exemplary, and so on, but it should be said that [...]
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Black Ink

Several people asked me about relationships between the ink drawings in Time and Attention and the prints. Many of the drawings were made during a period when I was working on images for Richard Loranger’s book Poems for Teeth.  Working with black ink and a brush, a drawing either coalesces or goes wrong. No reworking [...]
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