Canada

This past year, I seem to have made quite a few prints about Canada. I don't think it is so much because I miss Canada and/or feel patriotic but rather that the longer I am away, the more I find myself questioning what it means to be Canadian and what kind of country Canada really is.

 This is my most recent small print. Above is the drawing on the plate before rolling up with ink.

 The black layer printed quite nicely, but it took a lot of proofs to get it to a point I liked.

After the first flat, I will be printing the second (and final) flat tomorrow.

Finished Work

Here is the finished product. The coloured layers became darker and more yellow than I had originally planned. Still thinking about a title...

New Work

I finished the drawing on the plate for my newest piece. Unfortunately I will have to wait a couple weeks for the studios to open until I can process it.

I was thinking about cultural appropriation, and what is considered appropriate or inappropriate appropriation. I think this is an especially tough issue in Canada, and I often find myself wondering what it means to be Canadian. I don't have any answers to these topics, but that is where the idea for the print came from.