Sunrise Creek Mayfly

Etching with Aquatint. Image size: 8” high x 10” wide. Paper size: 11” high x 15” wide.

Exhibited in Wildlife, Central Coast Printmakers exhibit at Art Center Morro Bay, June 27 – August 5, 2024. Exhibited at Paso Robles Public Library, July and August 2023 (solo exhibit). First place, Intaglio Etching, California Mid-State Fair fine arts exhibit, 2023.

A study in entomology, sunlight and clear mountain water. On Sunrise Creek behind Half Dome, a mayfly hatches from a nymph to a subimago. Meanwhile a rainbow trout looks on in a slow driveby. Hey, it doesn’t always end in a meal! With over 1,200 lakes and 7 major river drainages in the Sierra Nevada National Parks, this small drama plays out millions of times each year. David was inspired by an encounter with a trout during a Yosemite backpacking trip from Happy Isles to Tuolumne Meadows.

Here’s a recent article about Mayflies from the Washington Post: “The World’s Oldest Winged Insect Is in Trouble. How Frightened Should We Be?” by Robert O’Harrow Jr. September 19, 2022. https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2022/09/19/mayfly-decline/

This etching combines a number of different techniques including soft ground lines, coarse and fine aquatints, some scraping, lots of burnishing, and hard ground lines in the mayfly.

Edition of 25, black on white. Please contact David to purchase or for more information. Prices do not include sales tax and shipping.

• Unframed - $150.00

• Framed - $250.00

Copyright watermark is not part of print.