$225
Original multicolor reduction woodcut print. Handprinted and hand-carved 7 color reduction woodcut print. The printed area measures 14 inches by 20 inches. This can fit an 18"x24" inch frame with no mat and have a 2-inch white paper border, or it can be beautifully matted and fit a standard size 18"x24" or a 24"x30" frame. Print is a Limited Edition of 13 that can no longer ever be made or printed again. Carving each layer and then printing that part of the image 7 separate times took me over 50+ hours to complete. To be honest it is probably much higher than that, but I don't want to think about it.
This is the 2nd print in my anthropomorphic animal/human series. This series was fun to create and design. Each print is focused on finding the personality traits of each animal and then matching clothing to resemble that associated personality trait. This print is titled, Northwoods, and is a depiction of the country life, living off the land, and how hunting is useful to feed your family. When deciding to create a deer, my mind immediately envisioned that the deer was out in the woods hunting for his family. This idea helped me figure out what clothing the deer would be wearing, and the obvious choice was for him to be wearing a flannel coat. The idea that a deer is out hunting made me think. Is the deer hunting other animals, hunting humans, or just going for a walk in the woods and enjoying nature and the scenery (not hunting at all). The idea and goal for this piece was to make the vieweer interpret the deers actions ans what he was doing. It seems a little perverse and comical to have a "hunting/ country deer", but that is what intrigued me the most.