"Get Away! Get Away!"

 

Vigorously protective of their nests, ravens have been known to drop sticks and stones on intruders who get too close. A scientist may consider, however, if this bombing is intentional or just the side effect of a nervous corvid picking at a tree? Such missiles are a last resort—more often ravens will fly overhead hoping to drive the trespasser away with raucous “kaawing” and a vociferous wing-flapping as if to say, “Get out of here!”

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.