Yes, I need to commit to getting back to the studio. Right now I am loving my time in the garden and playing with my music. All is well 🙂 The healthy news is: ” I miss my art!!!” I sure hope my inks are not all dried up. Very Scary Thought. I am committed …
Author Archives: Debra James Percival
I Had to Scratch into Copper this evening.
I hope this means the studio will be opening soon. Around 6:30pm I just had an urge to scratch copper 🙂 I have had this old piece of copper backed with car paint from my toxic first years of printmaking back in the 80’s and early 90’s. So I gathered up some tools and just …
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Wishing Everyone the best in 2021
I haven’t been to the Studio since last Nov. 5th. I was playing with another idea, not sure where I was going with it 🙂 No title. At the apartment I have finished a collagraph plate with Cats and and Dragons in it. I am so grateful for my Fibre Arts and Music – Celtic …
Cat With No Hat
The etched plate and proof. I love working on copper plates this way. The Aquatint is so rich and so simple. The blue paper was dyed in Japanese Indigo that I grew. I used to dump scraps of paper at the end of a dye day and leave them over night. I have a huge …
Happy Days in Print Studio
I took lots of photos of what I am playing with in the Studio, so this blog entry is a very condensed version of the four days. I have about 10 maybes completed of “All In A Days Work” and I am moving on to start playing with two old ImagOn plates. So glad I …
Artist Printmaker Inking Reporting
I have had two wonderful days printing in the Print Studio. I am feeling very grateful the Nepean Creative Art Centre was allowed to reopen. Before lockdown I was working on an etching and had only proofed it before everything closed. So I pulled it out of my map drawer and started playing. Even before …
write ups about Old Prints “But” Good Prints
“Performance- Pins and Needles” My interpretation/intent to visually express for this image is about being a Mom and doing a good job bringing up my children by setting a good example. It is scary performing on stage musically and much more publicly through our children. *Mothers and children are all about dreams for the Future. …
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Fingers & Toes Crossed !
Good rumor that the Print Studio well be opening Mid September:) One of my fellow gardener’s planted a sunflower seed. It makes me smile every time I go to the Trinity Church Community Garden. Happy gardener looking forward to playing in the Print Studio soon 🙂 Take care everyone!
Show Time
The Ottawa-Gatineau Printmakers Connective are busy 🙂 The Print Studio is still closed 😦 I can’t remember a period of time this long ever not being able to mess with ink!!!!! Keeping busy with my Celtic flute and Bodhran playing 🙂 And thank heavens for the Community Garden. Hope this post finds you well and …
finishing 2019
I have been back in the studio finishing “Purrr”and doing some test plates in the Edinburgh Etch. Today at home signing the rest of my 2019 prints. So here we go finishing off 2019 prints, except for “Purrr” it needs to be flattened and signed. Now for a sneak peak of a few finished “Purrr”. …
Artist/Printmaker-Debra James Percival 