Philip Hartigan
@philiphartigan.bsky.social
I'm a printmaker and painter, born in the UK, now in Tucson, USA. Former art journalist (Hyperallergic, Time Out), art teacher (Columbia College Chicago), and lifelong cat lover.
Well, I moved to Spain in August. This is the view from the roof of the house we bought. But today I'm thinking proudly of all the people who took to the streets in my beloved Chicago, and across the USA... #nokings
October 19, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Well, I moved to Spain in August. This is the view from the roof of the house we bought. But today I'm thinking proudly of all the people who took to the streets in my beloved Chicago, and across the USA... #nokings
The last painting I was working on before eye surgery. Oil on canvas, 48 inches x 60 inches.
March 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The last painting I was working on before eye surgery. Oil on canvas, 48 inches x 60 inches.
I had to take a break from my phone for a few weeks after an eye operation. On the plus side: my Bond villain eye patch...
February 14, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I had to take a break from my phone for a few weeks after an eye operation. On the plus side: my Bond villain eye patch...
Tucson's latest and possibly biggest mural, celebrating 100 years of the rodeo (which is still a big annual event here).
January 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Tucson's latest and possibly biggest mural, celebrating 100 years of the rodeo (which is still a big annual event here).
Back from Mexico City and working in the studio on this big oil painting (4 feet x 5 feet).
January 28, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Back from Mexico City and working in the studio on this big oil painting (4 feet x 5 feet).
Masks and costumes in the National Museum of Popular Arts, Mexico City.
January 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Masks and costumes in the National Museum of Popular Arts, Mexico City.
Just got back from a fabulous week in Mexico City. Here's a drawing I made in the gardens of the Frida Kahlo house and museum.
January 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Just got back from a fabulous week in Mexico City. Here's a drawing I made in the gardens of the Frida Kahlo house and museum.
Plaza de Coyoacan, in the southern part of Mexico City, 7pm. We've been here for five days and love it...
January 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Plaza de Coyoacan, in the southern part of Mexico City, 7pm. We've been here for five days and love it...
Hand wiping a copper plate etching before printing it=messy hand.
December 24, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Hand wiping a copper plate etching before printing it=messy hand.
A shrine on a window ledge in the Barrio Viejo in Tucson. The painted adobe is typical of the lovely historic houses here.
December 14, 2024 at 10:50 PM
A shrine on a window ledge in the Barrio Viejo in Tucson. The painted adobe is typical of the lovely historic houses here.
Art Miami happening now, and I've just realized that it's 17 years since I first showed my work there! Crikey, where does the time go?
December 8, 2024 at 12:38 AM
Art Miami happening now, and I've just realized that it's 17 years since I first showed my work there! Crikey, where does the time go?
We visited the wonderful pueblo remains at Casa Grande, AZ, last Friday, and witnessed ritual singing and dancing by members of the Tohono O'odham people.
December 5, 2024 at 8:36 PM
We visited the wonderful pueblo remains at Casa Grande, AZ, last Friday, and witnessed ritual singing and dancing by members of the Tohono O'odham people.
Here's an etching made by a student in a class I taught a few years ago, inspired by the work of the great German artist/printmaker Kathe Köllwitz...
November 27, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Here's an etching made by a student in a class I taught a few years ago, inspired by the work of the great German artist/printmaker Kathe Köllwitz...
This is something I made a while ago: two etchings on heavy Hahnemule paper, folded into a double slit accordion book. Now part of the Joan Flasch Artist's Book Collection in Chicago.
November 24, 2024 at 1:23 PM
This is something I made a while ago: two etchings on heavy Hahnemule paper, folded into a double slit accordion book. Now part of the Joan Flasch Artist's Book Collection in Chicago.
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Jacques Hnizdovsky, "Open Nut" (1967)
May 22, 2023 at 2:08 AM
Jacques Hnizdovsky, "Open Nut" (1967)
I just found my mini 'art materials for traveling' kit from a few years ago: Altoids tin with watercolor tube, brush, q tip, water soluble crayon, needle and thread, glue stick, blending stump. Ready for drawing, painting, & sewing mini books.
November 18, 2024 at 8:17 PM
I just found my mini 'art materials for traveling' kit from a few years ago: Altoids tin with watercolor tube, brush, q tip, water soluble crayon, needle and thread, glue stick, blending stump. Ready for drawing, painting, & sewing mini books.
This etching by Picasso was one of the works that pushed me to study printmaking in the 1990s. I wanted to know how you could make such a range of deep, rich black tones from something as unlikely as a piece of copper or steel. I went down a rabbit hole and never came out!
November 17, 2024 at 1:10 PM
This etching by Picasso was one of the works that pushed me to study printmaking in the 1990s. I wanted to know how you could make such a range of deep, rich black tones from something as unlikely as a piece of copper or steel. I went down a rabbit hole and never came out!
So many classic cars in Tucson, possibly because low desert humidity minimizes rusting. This is a 1963 Mercury Monterey, stashed away in a small rear yard...
November 16, 2024 at 6:06 PM
So many classic cars in Tucson, possibly because low desert humidity minimizes rusting. This is a 1963 Mercury Monterey, stashed away in a small rear yard...
As a printmaker myself, I keep an eye out for any places I see prints. Here are 2 large woodcuts I saw recently while walking through Phoenix airport. Created by artist Teresa Villegas
November 15, 2024 at 3:04 PM
As a printmaker myself, I keep an eye out for any places I see prints. Here are 2 large woodcuts I saw recently while walking through Phoenix airport. Created by artist Teresa Villegas
People kindly reshared my first image of an etching from my James Joyce/Ulysses series, so I thought I'd post one more. This is Bloom tending to Dedalus in the, er, brothel...
November 13, 2024 at 1:07 PM
People kindly reshared my first image of an etching from my James Joyce/Ulysses series, so I thought I'd post one more. This is Bloom tending to Dedalus in the, er, brothel...
My first Bluesky post is an image from a series of etchings I made, based on the Circe chapter of James Joyce's "Ulysses." This is Bloom in the stocks....
November 12, 2024 at 1:11 PM
My first Bluesky post is an image from a series of etchings I made, based on the Circe chapter of James Joyce's "Ulysses." This is Bloom in the stocks....