"Sarah reclining"


"Sarah", woodblock print
22 cherry plywood blocks
dry pigment and neri-zumi in paste of rice starch on Iwano Ichibei hosho
approximately 15" x 10"
24 sheets completed May 26, 2004

 

I think this image is pretty much a wooden sort of homage to Bonnard -- another print of the same setup is much more like a Cezanne still-life, but this one harkens to Bonnard in my mind. It's 22 shades of blue-gray are very close together, and I was primarily interested in contrasting the smooth figure with the wrinkled sheets and quilt. I don't feel that I was altogether successful in that endeavor, but the print is very quiet and beautiful. Perhaps you can see some of the intense modeling of the drapery in the enlarged version...