Woodcut Sculptures

"For the last decade and more, I’ve been exploring traditional Japanese woodblock printing techniques. This inherently beautiful and simple process has allowed my work to develop in a contemplative and semi-abstract way. I began watercolor woodblock printing, Mokuhanga, on a scholarship to Tama Art University in Tokyo. I was motivated by a group of Japanese printmakers who I met at Peacock Visual Arts in Aberdeen, Scotland where I was making large woodblocks in the early 1990s. I didn’t make it to Tama until 1996. Events took me first to Mexico where I painted angels, demons and masks in rich colors. It was an exhilarating if freaky time, ending in 46 of my paintings disappearing with an American art dealer. I then spent four years in Japan, studying Japanese and traditional woodblock techniques, finding a new way of expressing myself. A residency in Norway followed. There I was surrounded by huge fjords, full of magic, with colours that were intensified by rich sunlight. The culmination was a conceptual shift -- I moved from traditional flat, printed works to creating prints as “skins” to clothe three-dimensional works. I hesitate to say that there are underlying themes to my work. However, my concern for the ever-changing landscape and global warming is often there, if not always obvious. Rain started to appear in my work as an environmental response and continues to inhabit my thoughts. Some of the forms speak to the architecture of buildings I saw in Japan, but also imbue the soft sensual beauty of the trees, the park, the blossom, the soft evening light touching the sides of the harsh glass and concrete blocks." -- Paul Furneaux

This is original hand carved wood carving used to produce a woodcut print. Hand colored with painting. signed woodblock (unique piece, not a print) by Jacob Steinhardt 1887-1968 "Reuben Offering Food and Drink to Joseph" Hand carved and painted surface, painted in relief. Signed LR, dated LL. In thin wood painted frame, woodcut panel approx. 1/2" thick, raised on frame. panel within gold painted wood liner 16"H x 12.5 framed 22.5 x 18.75 Judaica biblical scene. Steinhardt, Jakob, Painter and Woodcut Artist. b. 1887, Yaacov Steinhardt was born in the then remote, largely Polish town of Zerkow in the Posen District of Germany. (poland/german) Immigrated 1933. Studies: 1906 School of Art, 1906 Studied in Berlin Arts and Crafts School. Berlin; 1907 painting with Lovis Corinth and engraving and etching with judaic etching master Hermann Struck; advanced studies, 1908-10 Paris, with Henri Matisse and Steinlen; 1911 Italy...

"Owl Spirit II" is an original hand-painted wall-hanging woodcarving by Dennis McNett (also known as Wolfbat) measuring 17”h x 24.25”w x 2.5”d. The wings are woodcarving and the owl...