April Gavin
@agavinart.bsky.social
Berkeley based painter, print maker, and poet
www.aprilgavin.net
www.aprilgavin.net
#printsky #printmaking #reductionlinocut Nine color reduction print finally complete. I wonder what my next project will be...
October 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
#printsky #printmaking #reductionlinocut Nine color reduction print finally complete. I wonder what my next project will be...
September 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
#printsky #printmaking #reductionlinocut Working on color 7 this weekend. The indigo slightly extended is giving good results
September 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
#printsky #printmaking #reductionlinocut Working on color 7 this weekend. The indigo slightly extended is giving good results
September 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
#art #sketchbook #bookbinding Then, I realized I needed a new sketchbook so I bound and glued the cover for a new one.
September 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
#art #sketchbook #bookbinding Then, I realized I needed a new sketchbook so I bound and glued the cover for a new one.
#openpressproject #printexchange I didn't get much done this weekend. First because I finally received the prints from Open Press Project in Koln, Germany. Each print is 7cm square...
September 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
#openpressproject #printexchange I didn't get much done this weekend. First because I finally received the prints from Open Press Project in Koln, Germany. Each print is 7cm square...
#printsky #printmaking #reductionlinocut This is color 6. I never thought of brown as a sensitive color, but alas it is. Over the red, it's one color. Over the turquoise, it's duller. Let's roll with it...
September 16, 2025 at 9:55 PM
#printsky #printmaking #reductionlinocut This is color 6. I never thought of brown as a sensitive color, but alas it is. Over the red, it's one color. Over the turquoise, it's duller. Let's roll with it...
September 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
#climatechange #betterworld #naysayer #comic I could say something, but it would be redundant at this point...
September 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
#climatechange #betterworld #naysayer #comic I could say something, but it would be redundant at this point...
#printsky #printmaking #reductionlinocut There's this point in a reduction linocut where I'm not sure what will happen next. There's also a point when the plate looks way better than the art...
September 14, 2025 at 10:11 PM
#printsky #printmaking #reductionlinocut There's this point in a reduction linocut where I'm not sure what will happen next. There's also a point when the plate looks way better than the art...
#printsky #printmaking #reductionlinocut Thanks everyone who has re-posted. Color 5 went on yesterday. Working on color 6 right now and there are some surprises...
September 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
#printsky #printmaking #reductionlinocut Thanks everyone who has re-posted. Color 5 went on yesterday. Working on color 6 right now and there are some surprises...
September 13, 2025 at 11:51 PM
September 12, 2025 at 11:22 PM
#vinyl #jazz #modernjazzquartet #foundonthestreet #dogwalk #Berkekey,CA
Look what I found on the street this morning. Why would someone get rid of this?
Look what I found on the street this morning. Why would someone get rid of this?
September 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
#vinyl #jazz #modernjazzquartet #foundonthestreet #dogwalk #Berkekey,CA
Look what I found on the street this morning. Why would someone get rid of this?
Look what I found on the street this morning. Why would someone get rid of this?
#printmaking #printsky #reductionlinocut #carousel #pony
Color 4 went on today. Very selective inking with deeply extended turquoise on most of the print and opaque turquoise on the bottom left.
Color 5 will happen in a few days - stay tuned...
Color 4 went on today. Very selective inking with deeply extended turquoise on most of the print and opaque turquoise on the bottom left.
Color 5 will happen in a few days - stay tuned...
September 8, 2025 at 1:17 AM
#printmaking #printsky #reductionlinocut #carousel #pony
Color 4 went on today. Very selective inking with deeply extended turquoise on most of the print and opaque turquoise on the bottom left.
Color 5 will happen in a few days - stay tuned...
Color 4 went on today. Very selective inking with deeply extended turquoise on most of the print and opaque turquoise on the bottom left.
Color 5 will happen in a few days - stay tuned...
#printmaking #printsky #reductionlinocut #carousel #pony
Color three went on today. More selective inking and wiping
Next color turquoise
Color three went on today. More selective inking and wiping
Next color turquoise
September 7, 2025 at 12:37 AM
#printmaking #printsky #reductionlinocut #carousel #pony
Color three went on today. More selective inking and wiping
Next color turquoise
Color three went on today. More selective inking and wiping
Next color turquoise
#printmaking #printsky #reductionlinocut #carousel #pony #bluemoon Second color done and thinking third color will be pink-ish. Lots of selective inking and wiping so the colors don't build up.
September 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#printmaking #printsky #reductionlinocut #carousel #pony #bluemoon Second color done and thinking third color will be pink-ish. Lots of selective inking and wiping so the colors don't build up.
#poetry #robertlowell #harriet #stuffies #drawing I've been rereading my massive shelf of poetry. I had begun reading this poem by Robert Lowell and had to stop to make a drawing. I took some artistic license. The line that caught me was "a mad house of stuffed animals, not one a fighter."
September 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
#poetry #robertlowell #harriet #stuffies #drawing I've been rereading my massive shelf of poetry. I had begun reading this poem by Robert Lowell and had to stop to make a drawing. I took some artistic license. The line that caught me was "a mad house of stuffed animals, not one a fighter."
#reductionlinocut #printmaking #printsky #horse #fairground #onceinabluemoon Color one of nine (maybe).
August 31, 2025 at 10:20 PM
#reductionlinocut #printmaking #printsky #horse #fairground #onceinabluemoon Color one of nine (maybe).
#printmaking #reductionlinocut #printsky #fairground #carousel #pony
My next reduction print - maybe.
My next reduction print - maybe.
August 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
#printmaking #reductionlinocut #printsky #fairground #carousel #pony
My next reduction print - maybe.
My next reduction print - maybe.
Growing #kohl-rabi from seed this year for my #garden. Wish me luck
August 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Growing #kohl-rabi from seed this year for my #garden. Wish me luck
#reductionlinocut #bloomscrolling #printsky #printmaking Color number 8 went on today. I'm calling this done.
August 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
#reductionlinocut #bloomscrolling #printsky #printmaking Color number 8 went on today. I'm calling this done.
August 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
#quiltingbee #selfexpression My authentic self hangs onto this over decades...
August 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
#quiltingbee #selfexpression My authentic self hangs onto this over decades...