I am a trained printmaker, and by that I mean I create original art using printmaking processes, like etchings, woodcuts, linocuts, drypoints, monoprints, solar prints, and others. 

(I currently have one prior pastel image available in a "print on demand" through FASO for an 8" x 11" size.  This can not devalue the original, as it hadn't sold at a lower price, so I improved it and offered it via contact page private meeting.) 

The Black and Whites are 21st Century Automatism.  In 2016, this style won first prize in Printmaking at The Texas State Fair, with the work, "Give Us This Day, Our Daily Bread".

A Bit About Printmaking

Each Artist Print is hand pulled and considered an original work of art, (except for Print On Demand Items as mentioned on that page).   Hand pulled from a plate of either copper, zinc, linoleum, wood, or some of the newer hard surfaces, or with inks pushed through a hand made screen as in Screen Printing.   

I have also used some man made wood products to create large "Steam Roller Prints", where an actual Steam Roller is rented to roll over the block and paper to create a large print.  The last one I did was at The Kimbell Art Museum, in Fort Worth, Texas. 

It may take 30 artist hand pulled prints to get an edition of 22 images that are close enough in tone and color and positioning to allow them to be part of an original Limited Edition Artist Print. 

Once an edition is run, the plate is sometimes ruined on purpose by the artist, and another artist print is pulled.  This is known as a "cancellation print", and ensures the collector that no more of that image is authorized by the artist.

Since I do experiment with color, right now I have a few small edition prints where I have one in gold, one in purple, of different numbers.  Example:  An Edition of 6 in Gold.  An Edition of 10 in Purple.  Still never getting beyond the 22 images I try to retain as a small edition size, to maintain high collectability.

I do not make Limited Editions of my paintings.  To do that, I would need to have been trained in Stone Lithography, which is a process I admire, yet simply don't have the expertise of at this time. 

Giclée's are not Stone Lithography, and are not actual lithography, although there may be some skill involved in that form of duplication, it gets into the area of digital art, which is not my area of expertise.

Occasionally, I may decide that my skill level has advanced beyond the skill exhibited in a work of art in my Website.  When this happens,  I may improve upon the original.  If I do, yet I find the first reedition still charming, I may offer it as Print On Demand, Decoration.  Please make no mistake in thinking those hold any value except beautification of a room.  

I advise almost all that original art is preferable to Print On Demand.  It's because I am also a collector of original prints and paintings, that I ensure you've been able to see this.

Included in this category is a small sample of some 21st Century Automatism work.