Woodcuts of Cowboy’s Sweetheart and Forest Girl in background

I am using mdf 1/4” plywood and Japanese steel chisels.

With reduction printmaking, each color is inked and printed and then carved away.

I use oil based lithograph inks and roll on the color mixed with tint base to give light glazes of color.

In this case, a large sheet of kozo blend Japanese paper laid over the inked plate and run through the press.

The printmaking class of Alma de Arte Charter High School in Las Cruces came to visit my studio.

Guadalupe woodcuts printed on Mexican oilcloth for the Border Book Festival in Mesilla.

This is an adult beginning printmaking class I taught at the El Paso Museum of Art. Lots of fun!

There is nothing like painting en plein air, in this case I was in the Piedra Lumbre, a large mesa at OKeeffe’s beloved Ghost Ranch.

One of my favorite printmakers and mentors, Karen Kunc, taught me wonderful techniques that I use now.

My apprentice from Alma de Arte Charter High School, 2011.