Quasquicentennial Oak, Morning, Color

Etching with aquatint. Image size: 9” high x 12” wide. Paper size: 11” high x 15” wide.

A study in fresh beginnings. The sun rises on a new day, burning through the fog from the riverbed. David’s iconic Paso Robles Oak, near Golden Hill Road, soaks up the rays as it has for countless days.

The line thicknesses vary widely; the result of three completely separate hard ground etches. These were followed by two aquatint tones (and bare plate, of course).

12 one of a kind, color prints will be available (6 hand-colored and 6 colored ink à la poupée). The hand-colored prints are printed with one or two color inks, then further colored with watercolors. The print above was printed in brown ink on a warm grey paper and colored with metallic (mica) watercolors. `A la poupée is a technique for making color prints by applying multiple different ink colors to one printing plate. The inks are carefully applied before wiping the excess ink from the plate.

Edition of 12 color variations. Also an edition of 125 in black on white. David dedicated the editions to the 125th Anniversary of Paso Robles. 30% of the proceeds benefit the Friends of the Paso Robles Library. Please contact David to purchase or for more information. Prices do not include sales tax and shipping.

• Unframed - $375.00

• Framed - $550.00

Copyright watermark is not part of print.