" Shades of Spring " Aspen Trees Relief Print 

Artist: Ginny Madsen

6.0" wide  x 6.0 " high  relief print size

Matted in 5/8" wide tan matting and 1.5" white mat for a double mat

Print # 4/8

From the artist:

Aspen trees have such interesting white trucks with marks resulting from their growth patterns. 

I chose to print this image on a tan colored paper and use a blend of inks to suggest  the spring forest and a meadow.

From the Artist:

"These works are creased using a traditional relief block printing method. I carve my design into the block's surface, one block for each color or I may a subtractive method using a single block. Each color is them inked and printed separately to develop the completed image. Each image is printed by hand using a press. Editions often limited to 6-10 copies. My imagery  usually develops from my observations of the laces and things I see."

LP