True Grit 4 x 4 woodblock print
John Wayne played Rooster Cogburn in the 1969 film True Grit, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. John Wayne epitomized rugged masculinity, was larger than life, and my dad loved him. There's a line in the Statler Brothers song Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott? that sums up my father's (and his generation's) feelings about John Wayne and what he represented in society: "True Grit's the only movie I've really understood in years." My father was also fond of saying "real men don't eat quiche".
Like the Clint Eastwood print, this is also a two-color woodblock print. The blue color field is printed first, then the image, inked in black, is printed on top of it.
inking the block
fresh off the press
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
True Grit
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3 comments:
Good likenesses in your prints. Good work!
What's that under your print? Does it help to keep it from sliding around? I'm always chasing my plate around on the glass...
Sheri,
It's a little piece of the no slip stuff like the make to keep throw rugs in place. They sell rolls of it at Bed, Bath & Beyond and Linens & Things. Very helpful for working on and inking a plate.
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