Magpie and Insect, by Jules Chadel

Even before sending this one out, I know what sort of reaction I will get from the collectors. For the most part, western collectors will be happy with this one - it has 'character' (to put it mildly!), but many of the Japanese collectors will roll their eyes ... "There goes Dave again ..." This bird isn't a crow, but it's close enough - an evil-looking large black bird - and as such is not the sort of thing that people want to see in a collection like this.

But what can I say ... I really don't want to stick with just 'safe' topics, and I don't really think this is all that 'bad' ... :-)

Blocks: 7 cherrywood
Printing impressions: 8

• Light blue background tone ...
• Brown gradation on stone ...
• Grey leaves ...
• Blue-grey leaves and shadow ...
• Orange on bee ...
• Gradation on beak ...
• Deep blue gradation from top ...
• Black ...