Happy Father's Day! - of Dads and Dogs

To celebrate Father's Day today's post features Dad related art. This first print is Birmingham Back Seat 1961 and depicts my father in his early twenties (far left) and his buddies in the back seat of some gigantic 1950's car. This print is a monotype printed with black etching ink.

This print, Front Yard 1976, is a monotype printed with blue etching ink, watercolor and colored pencil. This is my father (right) in our front yard with our neighbor, Joe Bruno, and his dog, Lula Belle, in 1976. My father died unexpectedly back in 2003, and doing these pieces was a cathartic process. Sometimes it's still hard to believe he's gone. Miss you, Dad.

These two prints are commissions I did for my friend Colin to give to his father for Father's Day. This is Colin and his dog, Winnifred, who recently passed away. It was an honor to do these prints for my friend to honor the life of his dog that he misses very much. (Love you, Fred!) The print below is the 'ghost' print. It is pulled after the inital print and is much lighter because very little ink remains on the plate. The ghost print was then colored with watercolor.