Death WakingTime - Limited Edition 13 of 16 Print

I'm always reluctant to give my own interpretation of my artworks. I feel that if the work has any power for the viewer it's because it resonates with her/his own life experiences, and I'm always afraid I'll interfere with that by putting in my two cents worth. The viewer is best authority on a work of art, not the artist, who often doesn't have a clue. Images come to us like melodies come to a composer, lyrics not included. For this one, however, I think the meaning is clear. We're all immortal for most of our lives, but at some point we realize we're going to die like everybody else. And at that point time becomes precious. But in my image Death is not the usual Grim Reaper but a beautiful woman! She's not closing down life but opening it up for the dude on the bed. Fly away, crow. Not dinner time yet. This is a 2-color linocut, image 5 x 7 inches, sheet 8.5 x 10. There are still a few of these left. They can ship unmounted or matted. The Criswell Linocut I began these experiments with linoleum back in 1999. Although these prints may resemble etchings, drypoints, lithographs or some strange hybrid, they are true relief prints, printed in two or more colors from linoleum blocks. I didn't invent this technique - Picasso and his printer Arnera did - but I've adapted it to my own purposes and, since nobody else in the world is doing it as far as I know, I'm calling it "The Criswell Linocut." The two most important things about this technique are that (1) I cut the designs with a drypoint needle and (2) that I print the dark color first and the light color second. This enables me to draw my image directly on the key block, just as I would draw with a pen on paper, rather than cut away everything BUT the image as in traditional relief printmaking. For more info about this, checkout www.warrencriswell.com/linocuts.html.

Printmaking:Linocuts on Paper

Artist Produced Limited Edition of:1

Size:10 W x 8.5 H x 0.1 D in

Delivery Time:Typically 5-7 business days for domestic shipments, 10-14 business days for international shipments.