Through it All

 

Through it All

Cut 1988 - Printed 2010

"In 1986 I cut a woodblock while working with Chip Elwell at Anderson Ranch Art Center, in Snowmass Village, Colorado. The block was called "Cut Hands, Hurt Eyes". Chip was going to hand spoon rub the entire edition of twenty of this block but, as reality would have it Chip died a week after the block was cut. This wood block was six foot by three foot and was the parent block for the one to come. 

The second wood block that I cut came in early 1988, it was called "Through it All". This block was four feet by eight feet. A fine arts press in Houston tried to print it, but could not make it work, so the block went dormant and has been in storage for the last twentythree years. Some months back I partnered with John Smither on pulling this block from the back room. 

John Smither from Huntsville, Texas is now the publisher and Flatbed Press in Austin, Texas is the Fine Arts Press, together we have brought this wood block back to life. We have done an edition of only twelve of these large-scale prints. The paper used is Kochi Mashi, a very heavy and raw paper from Japan. The paper size is 52 inches x 100 inches. I signed the prints by noting that the block was cut in 1988 and printed in 2010. 

This is a very important work of art in my personal history. "Through it All" is always in the now of our existence and is as applicable today as it was twenty or more years ago."