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January 26, 2019 in Uncategorized by admin

I have come to a stopping point in the new etching while I consider what if any refinements need to be made. The etching based on a drawing that I posted earlier with the working title “Baldur” has been retitled “Ossian”. Ossian or Oisin was the son of Finn […]

First State of the New Etching

October 24, 2014 in Uncategorized by Alan Larkin

The needling for the new etching, “Baldur”, is nearly done. Executed under a magnifying lens, much of the drawing is done with stipple or tightly controlled hatch marks. In etching, the plate having been covered with a very thin acid resistant ground can be scratched so densely that to […]

Baldur Etching Plate Nearly Done

October 12, 2014 in Uncategorized by Alan Larkin

I have just transferred this image to a small copper plate 5” x 3” and have begun needling it. It will be the jack in my suit of cat cards, As in earlier face cards for this suit, there is a central figure surrounded by fairy minions, an iconic […]

Study for the New Etching – “Baldur”

October 7, 2014 in Uncategorized by Alan Larkin

Six: The Citadel, 5” x 3”, hard-ground etching.

New Etching: The Citadel

September 29, 2014 in Uncategorized by Alan Larkin

“Skirmish” – 5” x 3” – hard-ground etching

New Etching

September 29, 2014 in Uncategorized by Alan Larkin

I’m getting my entry ready for the Blackbird-Raven-Crow Exhibit at the Wilson Gallery in Kendallville Indiana. The opening is on Friday August the 29th from 5:00 – 9:00. Check out the link at: https://www.facebook.com/186688868044142/photos/gm.833098600048497/743159415730415/?type=1&theater

New Etching: Exodus

August 16, 2014 in Uncategorized by Alan Larkin

I recently finished this new pastel. I collect small objects and use them as subjects for still life paintings that are part of the Small World series. Typically I will bring out pieces that I am interested in arranging and set them on a table next to me. One […]

Backstage at the Small World Theater, 40” x 30”

July 28, 2014 in Uncategorized by Alan Larkin

I was very pleased to receive a second place prize in this year’s Elkhart Art League Exhibition for this etching of my dog Jack. Jack was a great dog, Here he is in a characteristic position, tail wagging away like mad, always eager to please, I adopted him from […]

The Elkhart Art League Annual Exhibition

June 13, 2014 in Uncategorized by Alan Larkin