Rhett & Scarlett -- 6"x 9" monotype print with watercolor
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Today's print, from my recent Hollywood Icons show, is "Rhett & Scarlett" from Gone with theWind. This print is a monotype created by covering a metal plate in printing ink and then carefully removing ink with paper towels, blending stumps, q-tips, etc., to define the image. Paper is then placed over the plate, the plate is run through the press transferring the ink to the paper and...voila! I then watercolored the print after the ink had dried.
the inked plate ready for printing
Scarlett wrote on Rhett's wall: I only know that I love you.
Rhett wrote on Scarlett's wall: That's your misfortune.
This is the second piece from the Comic-Con series. This piece addresses the phenomenon of couples in costume. It is common among the costume or 'cos play' types. I believe Elektra and Darth Maul from my previous post were a couple (though obviously they went in different directions thematically). Often times though they do dress in tandem. This couple chose X-wing fighter pilots. What I like about this piece is the expression on her face that suggests that this was his idea, and that she is playing along, dorking out for her sweetie. Ah, love....
