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In Southeast Alaska, we are used to seeing ravens soaring in the thermals of tall mountains, making a Cheeto® fly-by at a community beach, or scavenging at the harbor dumpster. But the range of this bird stretches far beyond our coastal neighborhood. 

 

The raven is found on ice floes north of the Arctic Circle to as far south as the mountains of Nicaragua in Central America. Ravens thrive in forests and near the coastline as well as urban areas. The adaptable Corvus corax even makes a home in hot desert environs.

Hand-painted linocut

13 x 9.5 inches

Edition of 200

 

Sizes listed are of the linocut images themselves; I leave an additional white border of paper on all sides.

 

My linocuts are printed on cotton rag paper the old-fashioned way: I carve with knives and gouges to create my imagery in slabs of linoleum. Then I roll ink over the surface, lay cotton paper on top, and crank the block through my etching press. I repeat this process for each impression in the edition, which means: If an image is in an edition of 40, I do this 40 times! After the prints dry, I generally hand-paint them, often with many layers of color, making each print a unique work of art.