A chain of peppers I brought back from Italy. Two two-color etchings. 2011. 7.5 x 25 cm.
Peperoncini
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Madrid
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Window display from one of Madrid’s many religious icon shops. Mezzotinto. 19.5 x 15 cm.
Kohlrabi
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One of the weirdest and loveliest members of the amazingly diverse Brassica family: Kohlrabi. I had never seen one before I came to Germany. 12.5 x 12.5 cm.
The Red Glasses
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A hand-rubbed woodblock print of Vincenzo in his amazing red glasses. 13 x 17 cm.
Rhododendron occidentalis
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Western Azalea – a native of the Western US. Hand-rubbed woodcut from sketches at the Berlin Botanical Garden, North American section.
Ficelle
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Hand-rubbed woodcut print from two sketches of my cat Ficelle. 12 x 20 cm.
Marion & Taxodium Distichum
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All you see of this Swamp Cypress at the Berlin Botanical Garden is its “knees,” which help the tree get oxygen in swampy soil. Both Marion and the Taxodium have roots in the southern US. I did this in a workshop at El Mono de la Tinta in Madrid in the technique “Plancha Perdida” in which you use one block of wood for all the colors (instead of separate blocks for each) and cut away more and more each time. There’s no turning back!
The New Doll
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Etching from an old photo of my mom in her back yard in Lincoln, Nebraska. I loved how proudly she is displaying the new doll, and how they are both dressed, and the contrast with their surroundings. Mezzotinto. 15.5 x 20 cm. This is still a work in progress.
From my Window
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Softground etching from 2004. 15 x 21 cm.
Seashells
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Two in a series of drypoint etchings of seashells.
Deborah Anne Bowen 