Ellen Marie Wood Print 1
by AnnaJo Vahle
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Dimensions
20.000 x 12.000 inches
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Title
Ellen Marie Wood Print 1
Artist
AnnaJo Vahle
Medium
Drawing - Ink On Paper
Description
Many years ago I made this print. The carving is 15 1/8 inches by 9 1/8 inches but the printed image is a little larger. This is the first of 25. I carved the wood frame from my old waterbed. The wood was walnut and I planned to do something creative with it. I drew the design based on some paintings that I had done. You can see several watercolors of this scene based on a beached boat in Cocoa Beach, Florida. I used a gouge and a dremel to carve the image. I integrated the grain of the wood into the design. My young son helped me to finish out some of the lines in the water. He thought that the dremel was fun. I did too. It was rather slow work, though.
This is from the description of a couple of my watercolors depicting the same subject:
A big storm lashed Cocoa Beach, Florida. A fishing boat from Port Canaveral couldn't quite make it back to port. She had been out to sea and was on her way back when she lost power. Port Canaveral is the neighboring city north of Cocoa Beach. She drifted helplessly in the storm. As you can see from this painting, it ran aground and tipped over a little. All the fisherman made it to land safely. She stayed there for a few days before it was finally removed.
The American Flag waves in the breeze from the mast on the boat. An anchor hangs uselessly in the air as the boat is obviously not going anyway without assistance. Each day, the boat became ravaged by people retrieving souvenirs and by the wind, rain, and water. I think that it was there about a week before it was declared an eye-sore and a hazard. There wasn't much left of it before it was hauled away in pieces. I was saddened by the end of somebody's dream and of the boat.
10/19/22...1st place in WOODBLOCK PRINTS
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December 31st, 2020
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Comments (25)
Laurel Adams
AnnaJo, one can see the EXQUISITE attention and MASTERY brought to ALL of your media choices! I always find myself catching my breath at the beauty, the feeling, the Light of Inspiration in each of your artpieces!... I thank you so much for gracing this contest with the genius found in your collective portfolio, certainly in ALL of your entries ....v...best to you!
Laurel Adams
Gorgeous carving, AnnaJo. I love how you repurposed your waterbed frame. When I built our retirement home (staying with our best friends) across the Meadow...we would venture up at days end...Joe would trash pick salvageable pieces of header board, beam cutoffs, 2’x4”s etc...and he made wide based stepstools for my closets ...with inlaid Fleurs de Lis...my favorites. There is something about transforming the leavings into treasures!! You did an amazing job on this woodcarving. LF
AnnaJo Vahle replied:
Oh my, Laurel, I bet those handmade works of art by Joe were beautiful. It is fun to repurpose things, indeed.
Barbara Cooledge
Nice print. This is what people use to mean by print. For years people thought reproductions were original art. Because they had heard the term of print meaning original art as a process (lithograph, silkscreen, etching, woodcut) and that term started being used for reproductions. I love real prints. Wonderful process.
AnnaJo Vahle replied:
Thank you very much, Barbara. That term, "print" has certainly come to mean something different.
Tejsweena Krishan
Such a very beautifully illustrative creation at it's best! Composed, carved, and print came so delightfully! Lovely my beautiful friend! Happy New Year! :)
Lenore Senior
Cont'd.... I adore prints of all kinds. So special and seldom done anymore, sorry to say because they are time-consuming! v/f/feature, pin, tw, fb promotion!
Lenore Senior
CONGRATULATIONS, AnnaJo! This wood print is my choice for Art of the Week in the fine art group, Old MASTERS--Painters and Traditional Arts!
Beatriz Portela
Congratulations your image is featured on the homepage of FLORIDA - ART OF THE SUNSHINE STATE!
Randy Burns
I love wood prints. The wonderful flow and rhythm of line is excellent in this wonderful scene Anna Jo. F/L.
Murray Rudd
Congratulations on being featured in the FAA Group 'Promote Your Work Here and Get Noticed.' To ensure your feature remains available over time, post your featured image(s) in the Group's featured image archive (l/f and pinned, www.pinterest.ca/tendrelimages/01-promote-your-work-here-get-noticed/)
GJ Glorijean
Annajo, This is really great wood artwork... Tho we require WIDE format in A4B.. If you rather, submit over to my other group ACL Art CHANGES Lives, we're a group for indie projects, voice & no size restrictions. You can also create new version wide & resubmit. Happy New Year's Eve! GJ glorijean
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