Alan Larkin | Fine Art

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April 2015 Art of Printmaking Workshop Postcard Tired of using the same old tools to make art? Put away that musty canvas and those iron poor tired pastels. Come in and let’s make pictures using a technique that only elite graduates of the finest universities from the east coast and […]

Join In the Fun

April 8, 2015 in announcement / etching / intaglio / workshop by Alan Larkin

This is the preliminary design for a 2015 fundraiser in South Bend Indiana. My girlfriend and I worked with her six year old daughter to create a series of photographs that I used to create the preparatory drawing above. The proposal eventually resulted in this interesting etching below, a four plate […]

Rain Barrel Design for Fundraiser

February 3, 2015 in announcement / aquatint / design phase / etching / intaglio / print by Alan Larkin

Oísin functions as the Jack in the suit dedicated to cats for the proposed deck of cards. I completed a few final revisions, and the plate is finally ready. Becca is in the studio right now running the edition. We will print 50 copies. Inquiries for purchase can be […]

Oísin – Final Version

November 6, 2014 in etching / hardground / intaglio by Alan Larkin

This year I have two prints in the Artlink National Print Exhibition in Fort Wayne, Indiana. I am honored that one of the two prints, a piece titled “A Marionette”, received a top prize in the exhibition. Above: A Marionette. Etching & Aquatint. 9 x 5 in.

34th Annual National Print Exhibition

May 2, 2014 in aquatint / awards / etching / exhibition / intaglio / print by Alan Larkin

In the second state of Elisa’s bookplate I darkened the wing and added some texture, increasing the drama and visual impact of the piece.

Elisa’s bookplate State Two

April 4, 2014 in etching / hardground / intaglio by Alan Larkin

The first state of the bookplate is complete. I have regrounded the plate and will strengthen some of the edges and clean up a few anomalies. I changed the position of the bird to show more clearly that it is flying, the keys spinning in the air before it. Ravens […]

State One of Elisa’s Bookplate

April 3, 2014 in etching / hardground / intaglio by Alan Larkin