all 'Hands' up
I recently completed editioning the last piece in the Hands series, in this format anyway. Today I put it up on the studio wall with the earlier ones. You may have seen the first six on the wall earlier.... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 02/04/2013 | 22 comments
themes: Digital printmaking, Hands, Printworks
'Hands' on the wall
These are the first six of my ongoing Hands series of prints all together...
Marja-Leena | 17/01/2013 | 9 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Digital printmaking, Hands, Printworks
Hand with Pine Cone
Marja-Leena | 28/12/2012 | 8 comments
themes: Digital printmaking, Hands, Printworks
Hand with Leaf
Marja-Leena | 15/12/2012 | 13 comments
themes: Digital printmaking, Hands, Printworks
prints, prints, prints
The annual Print Sale is coming up fast at the Studio Art printmaking department at Capilano University. As always it will feature intaglio, relief, silk screen and digital prints created by students, Art Institute members and faculty in the... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 29/11/2012 | 7 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Digital printmaking, Printmaking
in progress
Here's a peek at some of my work that is in progress in the printmaking studio. These are early trial proofs. More about these later when the series is a bit more finished. I must get outside to work... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 05/11/2012 | 7 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Digital printmaking, Hands, Printworks
Writing-on-Stone IV, V
Silent Messengers: Writing-on-Stone IV
Silent Messengers: Writing-on-Stone V
[Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 05/05/2012 | 6 comments
themes: Digital printmaking, Printmaking, Printworks, Silent Messengers
Writing-on-Stone series
Silent Messengers: Writing-on-Stone I
Silent Messengers: Writing-on-Stone II
Marja-Leena | 03/05/2012 | 4 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Digital printmaking, Printmaking, Printworks, Silent Messengers
Fragments VI
Marja-Leena | 16/03/2012 | 19 comments
themes: Digital printmaking, Fragments, Printworks
exhibition at CityScape
I am keeping this announcement up at or near the top of the blog for while as a gentle reminder to please come visit our exhibition if you are in the area. We would love to see you at... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 02/02/2012 | 16 comments
themes: Art Exhibitions, Art Institute (Printmaking), Digital printmaking, Printmaking, Recent Exhibitions
Fragments V
Marja-Leena | 17/11/2011 | 9 comments
themes: Digital printmaking, Fragments, Printworks
sneak preview
Falling behind as I am with my blog posting here, I offer my faithful readers a little sneak peek at what is currently keeping me very busy. This is a section of a work in progress for what I... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 08/11/2011 | 10 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Digital printmaking, Fragments, Printworks
Fragments IV
Marja-Leena | 01/11/2011 | 20 comments
themes: Digital printmaking, Fragments, Printworks
Fragments III
Marja-Leena | 11/03/2011 | 11 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Digital printmaking, Fragments
Fragments II
Marja-Leena | 08/03/2011 | 7 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Digital printmaking, Fragments
Fragments I
Marja-Leena | 06/03/2011 | 13 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Digital printmaking, Fragments, Printworks
'this place' #3
'this place' #3 archival inkjet 33 x 48 cm. (13" x 19") Related works: 'this place' #1 and 'this place' #2... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 17/02/2011 | 8 comments
themes: Digital printmaking, Printworks
'this place' #2
'this place' #2 archival inkjet 33 x 48 cm. (13" x 19") Related works: 'this place' #1 and 'this place' #3... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 15/02/2011 | 10 comments
themes: Digital printmaking, Printworks
'this place' #1
'this place' #1 archival inkjet print 48 x 33 cm. (19' x 13') This also comes in a smaller version: about 25 x 20 cm. (10" x 8") and is called 'this small place'. It was one of three... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 11/02/2011 | 12 comments
themes: Digital printmaking, Printworks, Recent Exhibitions
ARKEO #7
ARKEO #7
archival inkjet, collagraph & engraving
81 x 61 cm. (32" x 23.75")
Marja-Leena | 31/01/2011 | 4 comments
themes: Arkeo, Digital printmaking, Printworks
ARKEO #6
ARKEO #6
Archival inkjet & engraving on Hahnemuhle PhotoRag paper
60.5 x 81.2 cm. (24" x 32")
Marja-Leena | 30/01/2011 | 3 comments
themes: Arkeo, Digital printmaking, Printworks
London Underfoot Triptychs
left: London Underfoot – Triptych #3; right: London Underfoot – Triptych #7
Marja-Leena | 22/01/2011 | 11 comments
themes: Arkeo, Digital printmaking, Printworks
the 'London Underfoot' prints
London Underfoot #1
London Underfoot #13
Marja-Leena | 17/01/2011 | 12 comments
themes: Arkeo, Digital printmaking, Printworks
at the print studio
Here are some glimpses of the printmaking studio in which I work - my desk with the proof on the wall which I printed last week, and our wide-format inkjet printer, affectionately called Lucy.... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 12/11/2010 | 8 comments
themes: Art Institute (Printmaking), Being an Artist, Digital printmaking
Chang-Soo Kim: photos
As I wrote recently, Korean artist Chang-Soo Kim has an exhibition of his large digital printworks at Capilano University's Studio Art Gallery. It continues until Thursday, October 28th. A few days ago I had the opportunity to take a few... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 23/10/2010 | 10 comments
themes: Art Exhibitions, Digital printmaking, Other artists
Exhibition: Chang-Soo Kim
Chang-Soo Kim is an award winning photographer and printmaker and a professor at the college of art at Kyungwon University, Seoul, South Korea. He is visiting Vancouver and Edmonton with the following events, organized by University of British Columbia... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 03/10/2010 | 2 comments
themes: Art Exhibitions, Digital printmaking, Other artists
little test prints
It's been quite some time since I've shown any of my printmaking projects. I still haven't uploaded the series I finished in the fall and in January.... soon, I hope. So readers might be interested in these little test... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 22/03/2010 | 17 comments
themes: Digital printmaking, Printmaking
ARKEO #3
ARKEO #3
archival inkjet and etching
60.5 x 81 cm.
Marja-Leena | 16/09/2009 | be the first to comment
themes: Arkeo, Digital printmaking, Printworks
ARKEO #2
ARKEO #2
archival inkjet and relief print
81 x 61 cm
Marja-Leena | 16/09/2009 | 2 comments
themes: Arkeo, Digital printmaking, Printworks
ARKEO #1
ARKEO #1:
archival inkjet and relief print
81 x 61 cm
Marja-Leena | 16/09/2009 | be the first to comment
themes: Arkeo, Digital printmaking, Printworks
ARKEO series
detail from ARKEO #2
Marja-Leena | 26/08/2008 | 19 comments
themes: Arkeo, Being an Artist, Digital printmaking, Printworks
printing hands
Last November I wrote about a work in progress, a print combining digital printing and a collagraph. Have a look at that image and compare it to what follows below. My photos are not good but serve to illustrate the...
Marja-Leena | 25/02/2008 | 17 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Digital printmaking, Printmaking, Tools and technology
this past week
sunny, crisp cold days
sparkling frosty nights
brilliant blue moon
foggy mornings
(...more...)
Marja-Leena | 24/11/2007 | 8 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Digital printmaking, Home
work in progress
Like many artists, I don't usually like to show my work before it is finished. Perhaps it's the blog medium and the interest of you faithful readers that has made me more willing to show-and-tell some of my work... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 03/11/2007 | 12 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Digital printmaking, Printmaking
Robert Jackson exhibition
Friend and fellow artist Robert Jackson will be having an exciting opening of his exhibition called 'Approaching Wholeness' this Thursday, Oct.4th starting at 4 pm
[Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 02/10/2007 | 9 comments
themes: Art Exhibitions, Digital printmaking, Other artists
another print
Some time back, I presented a little show-and-tell on how I proof my prints before printing the whole edition, a standard practise for printmakers. I've mentioned that I'm working on a series of archival inkjet prints based on manipulated... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 17/03/2007 | 11 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Digital printmaking, Printmaking
trial proofs
I've had several readers express an interest in seeing the development of a print after I wrote about my excitement when the first proofs came through the wide format inkjet printer. This feeling is true no matter what type of... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 08/12/2006 | 11 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Digital printmaking, Printmaking
printing proofs
It's an incredible feeling that's hard to describe, when I do a print for the first time and it looks great! Whether it's an etching, a collagraph or an inkjet print, it's hard to be sure how it will... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 26/10/2006 | 13 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Digital printmaking, Printmaking
on the wall
As I mentioned a few days ago, I've been playing with layering some collagraphs with inkjet printed transparent film. Here's a peek at what I've been doing. Above is a photo of the works in progress pinned up on... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 18/10/2006 | 17 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Digital printmaking, Printmaking
visiting Interconnection
We were sad to miss the opening last week of Michiko Suzuki and Wayne Eastcott's exhibition Interconnection, also the grand opening of the new Bellevue Gallery. By all accounts the opening was very successful, attended by around 200 people... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 06/10/2006 | 2 comments
themes: Art Exhibitions, Digital printmaking, Other artists, Printmaking
Steven Dixon: Spare
Steven Dixon: Desert Structure No. 1, 2006 Digital print on Japanese paper mounted on panel The Art Gallery of Alberta, formerly the Edmonton Art Gallery, is featuring an exhibition of prints by Steven Dixon called Spare: Steven Dixon's large-scale... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 08/03/2006 | 3 comments
themes: Art Exhibitions, Digital printmaking, Other artists, Photography
experiments, part 2
I wrote a little while ago about my recent experiments with digital printing on organza. Many of you readers were very interested in reading about my process, so I thought I'd update you on the results of some further... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 02/03/2006 | be the first to comment
themes: Being an Artist, Digital printmaking
Olga Campbell's opening
We made it this evening to Olga Campbell's opening at Diskin Galleries. Olga presented quite a large number of her digital prints, some based on her travels in Asia and some of her personal family history, and all very... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 24/02/2006 | 1 comment
themes: Art Exhibitions, Digital printmaking, Other artists
printers and scanners
In the comments to yesterday's post about my experiments, virtual friend and artist-blogger in Alaska, Elise Tomlinson asked some very interesting questions, which have inspired me to write today's entry. So, do you have your own printer and scanner... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 09/02/2006 | be the first to comment
themes: Art Institute (Printmaking), Digital printmaking, Tools and technology
experiments
As some readers know, my most recent printworks have been utilizing an inkjet printed clear mylar layer over a print on paper. I've expressed some dissatisfaction with the mylar's shine and reflection. So, I've been looking into alternative materials... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 08/02/2006 | 5 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Digital printmaking
frustration
Most of my prints for my exhibition are completed to my great satisfaction, but one has been giving me some trouble! It is the transparency layer for another Silent Messengers: Hoodoos. I've been proofing it a few times with... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 09/11/2005 | 4 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Digital printmaking
Interconnection: Eastcott / Suzuki
Interconnection 6 (Interior 3) Michiko Suzuki & Wayne Eastcott inkjet, toner etching and Japanese paint on torinoko paper In August 2004, I wrote about a fascinating collaboration between printmakers Michiko Suzuki of Tokyo and Wayne Eastcott of Vancouver. They... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 31/10/2005 | be the first to comment
themes: Art Exhibitions, Art Institute (Printmaking), Digital printmaking, Other artists
invitation
Here's the exhibition invitation I designed with some great help by daughter Erika and her skills with type design. It has gone to the printers a few days ago, so here's hoping it turns out well! The details: Silent... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 23/10/2005 | 13 comments
themes: Art Exhibitions, Being an Artist, Digital printmaking
prints vs reproductions, again
This really got my attention: Anna Conti's post Giclée can of worms. Go read this excellent and thought-provoking article first, then come back. Indeed! Giclée is a fancy name for high-end inkjet printing, and was very important in its... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 20/10/2005 | 4 comments
themes: Being an Artist, Digital printmaking, Printmaking
Bonnie Jordan
Another artist-friend of mine, Bonnie Jordan, has been doing exciting, yet very thoughtful and very leading edge digital printmaking for several years. Here are some of her latest works. Images are copyright Bonnie Jordan, used here with her permission.... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 15/03/2005 | be the first to comment
themes: Art Institute (Printmaking), Digital printmaking, Other artists
Ethno-Techno photos & review
James K-M, curator of the Ethno-Techno exhibition of last October in which I participated, sent a note today that the installation photos of that show are now up on the Digitalis site. Please have a look. If you are new... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 15/01/2005 | be the first to comment
themes: Art Exhibitions, Digital printmaking, Other artists
Totally Manipulated
X Faces by Robert Jackson Another exhibition happening this month, and one in which I am also participating in is: TOTALLY MANIPULATED: Digital Art Today at CityScape Community Art Space, 335 Lonsdale Avenue in North Vancouver, BC. The opening... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 07/10/2004 | be the first to comment
themes: Art Exhibitions, Art Institute (Printmaking), Digital printmaking, Recent Exhibitions
Michiko Suzuki's exhibition
Michiko sent this link about her newly opened exhibition in Tokyo's Gallery 219. Have a look at her series of archival inkjet prints. You may remember Michiko from my article about her collaboration with Wayne Eastcott.... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 06/10/2004 | be the first to comment
themes: Art Exhibitions, Art Institute (Printmaking), Digital printmaking, Other artists
Digitalis: Ethno-Techno exhibition
"Happy new month!" as my youngest child used to say when little. This new month of October is a busy one for me with both family stuff and art happenings. One event that I'm excited about is participating in... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 01/10/2004 | 1 comment
themes: Art Exhibitions, Digital printmaking, Recent Exhibitions
Institute Printmaking Studio
the printmaking studio at Capilano College** with Wayne Eastcott, printmaking faculty, and Bonnie Jordan, technical assistant, at the largest printing press This has been a very hectic week for me as I return to the printmaking studio after the... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 10/09/2004 | 1 comment
themes: Art Institute (Printmaking), Digital printmaking, Printmaking
New Forms Festival
September is almost here and I am looking at some of the upcoming fall events in Vancouver. This one sounds very interesting: New Forms Festival 2004, a celebration of International Media Arts. The New Forms Festival is an annual... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 30/08/2004 | be the first to comment
themes: Art Exhibitions, Digital printmaking
Wayne Eastcott & Michiko Suzuki
A fascinating collaboration between two internationally well-known printmakers has been happening in the printmaking studios at Capilano University, North Vancouver. Japanese artist, Michiko Suzuki of Tokyo, Japan became the University's first artist-in-residence in the fall of 2003 and also... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 23/08/2004 | 1 comment
themes: Art Institute (Printmaking), Digital printmaking, Other artists, Printmaking
Thoughts on PATHS
Notes from my sketchbook, January 27th, 2000: -- the places one walks, the surface under one's feet -- the journeys one makes, physically and mentally and artistically -- the explorations into unknown territory... as in walking on new ground,... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 12/05/2004 | be the first to comment
themes: Concepts, Digital printmaking, Paths, Printworks
Nexus: Vyg & Willendorf
Nexus: Vyg & Willendorf
inkjet print on Hahnemuhle watercolour paper
61 x 80 cm.
Marja-Leena | 05/05/2004 | be the first to comment
themes: Digital printmaking, Finland, Estonia & Finno-Ugric, Nexus, Printworks, Rock Art & Archaeology
Award-winning Estonian printmakers
In some recent correspondence with friends Virge and Loit Joekalda in Tallinn, Estonia, I learned that Virge has won her country's prestigious Eduard Wiiralti Young Artist's Award for 2004. They sent a large format PDF catalogue of the Awards,... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 04/05/2004 | be the first to comment
themes: Digital printmaking, Other artists, Printmaking
photography and art
Coincidences posted an interesting article about "Big Prints, the Art-Making Impulse, and Time-Motion Panoramas" that has prompted me to add some comments on his blog and here. The extra large digitally printed photographs that we now see in galleries... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 18/04/2004 | be the first to comment
themes: Being an Artist, Digital printmaking, Photography, Tools and technology
Hockney again
Over at studio notebook, on April 5/04 Carolyn wrote about her reaction to David Hockney's book Secret Knowledge. The book is about Hockney's research into how the Old Masters utilized optics as a tool to create their works. "The... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 06/04/2004 | be the first to comment
themes: Digital printmaking, Other artists, Tools and technology
A New Digital Art Center
This is good news for digital artists. At art.blogging.la Caryn writes "Bring on the Technology": "I like digital artists, those who are utilizing digital tools as the sole medium to create their artwork. It has stirred up valuable conversations... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 06/04/2004 | be the first to comment
themes: Digital printmaking, Tools and technology
Tools
Viewers and readers are often interested in knowing what tools artists use in creating their artworks. Today's technology has been embraced by many artists, as artists always have done over many centuries in their search for new ways of... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 30/03/2004 | be the first to comment
themes: Art Institute (Printmaking), Digital printmaking, Printmaking, Tools and technology
digital art show
Georgia Straight has a review about an exhibition in Vancouver called Digitalis 3 Urban Poetry: An Exhibition of Digital Print, that has piqued my interest because of the opening argument. Dave Watson writes: If digitally made art follows the... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 22/03/2004 | be the first to comment
themes: Art Exhibitions, Digital printmaking
Hockney on photography
Yesterday I wrote about the Death of Photography debate sparked by David Hockney. Today I came across MAeX Art Blog's entry on this same subject and the link for the Hockney interview in Guardian Unlimited. It really is an... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 14/03/2004 | 2 comments
themes: Digital printmaking, Photography, Tools and technology
end of photography?
Today's artdaily has a thought-provoking article called False Witness, about the somewhat controversial issue of photo manipulation, especially with today's digital cameras: "Last week David Hockney declared the end of photography in these pages: the rise and rise of... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 13/03/2004 | be the first to comment
themes: Digital printmaking, Photography, Tools and technology
Horkay's digital collages
mr.h at Giornale Nuovo writes a fascinating blog with numerous entries about unusual art. Recently he wrote about Istvan Horkay's work and posted several of his images. Lee Spiro was quoted as saying:"[his work] combines original drawn and painted... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 02/03/2004 | 1 comment
themes: Blogging, Digital printmaking, Other artists
Nexus/Blue V (Venus de Willendorf)
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Nexus/Blue V (Venus de Willendorf)
Marja-Leena | 08/02/2004 | 3 comments
themes: Digital printmaking, Nexus, Printworks
Nexus/Blue prints
Nexus/Blue I (inkjet & etching, on 73.5 x 60.7 cm. paper and film) Nexus/Blue II (inkjet, on 71 x 75 cm. paper & film) Nexus/Blue III (inkjet, on 57.8 x 40.5 cm polypropylene & film) Variable edition of 3... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 05/01/2004 | be the first to comment
themes: Digital printmaking, Nexus, Printworks
Small Experimental Prints
Nexus/Blue Study Inkjet & etching 21.6 x 28 cm. Nexus/SamiDrum Inkjet print 28 x 21.6 cm. on polypropylene & film Nexus/Sandfrieze Inkjet print 21.6 x 28 cm.... [Continue Reading...]Marja-Leena | 04/01/2004 | be the first to comment
themes: Digital printmaking, Nexus, Printworks