Darbra Smith, Printmaker
LightNews LightNews
banner
darbrasmith.com
Darbra Smith, Printmaker
@darbrasmith.com
440 followers 230 following 220 posts
Relief printmaker on the Olympic Peninsula
Website: www.darbrasmith.com
Posts Replies Media Videos
darbrasmith.com
No Kings #porttownsend @indivisiblept.bsky.social
Dog with sign "Dogs against Dictators" at No Kings rally Part of the crowd at the No Kings rally in Port Townsend Protestor with 2 signs: No Faux-King Way and Real Americans Don't Bow to Tyrants More protestors at the rally in Port Townsend. Two dressed as bananas with the sign "It's a slippery slope to a Banana Republic" and one as a gorilla with "Not my Silverback."
October 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM
darbrasmith.com
Almost ready for the studio tour tomorrow. Last year I had so many lovely conversations with visitors, and I loved watching folks explore the garden. Looking forward to sharing this special place again. @rawartcollective.bsky.social

#ptartiststudiotour #printmaking #art
Photo of art studio Photo of flower garden with crocosmia and sea holly in the foreground and large evergreens in the back
August 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
darbrasmith.com
When you open up your picnic-table umbrella after a week and accidentally dislodge a surprise tenant. In her own time she flew off, presumably for a darker, cozier spot.
A grumpy-looking bat on a wooden picnic table.
August 20, 2025 at 2:52 AM
darbrasmith.com
As I get ready for our upcoming Studio Tour, I'm looking through some older prints and reflecting on my printmaking practice. I made "Woods of the Lake" to work out how to create mist and a water reflection in a print.

#art #printmaking #nature #linocut #trees
A linocut of a wooded island and it's reflection in the water
August 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
darbrasmith.com
As I get ready for our upcoming Studio Tour, I'm looking through some older prints and reflecting on my printmaking practice. I made "Woods of the Lake" to work out how to create mist and a water reflection in a print.
A linocut of a wooded island and it's reflection in water
August 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
darbrasmith.com
Grabbed my spitsticker and my scorper - engraving tools have the best names - and refined my bufflehead block. It printed up quite nicely on a variety of papers.

#art #printmaking #woodengraving #seabird #bufflehead
August 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
darbrasmith.com
Can't decide if the inside image should be a giant flower or something unrelated like an iPad. Funny how the mind must make connections, like "taking nature breaks from screens." The mind is a funny thing. And that, my friends, is your profound thought for the day. Now back to staring at my naval.
August 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
darbrasmith.com
Hello friend. Happy to share the trail with you.

#coyote #pnw
Photo of a coyote on a trail looking back at the photographer
July 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
darbrasmith.com
Very happy with my first wood engraving ever. Plenty of room for improvement, but I love the fine lines you can achieve. Thanks to our fantastic teacher Angie Lewin, @edinburghprints.bsky.social , and all my wonderful classmates!

#printmaking #art #bird #bufflehead #engraving #woodenhravinh
A wood engraving of a male bufflehead swimming in the sea near a wooded land
June 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
darbrasmith.com
Had such a great time learning collagraphy from Jenny McCabe at Rheged in the Lake District. I love the painterly effect you get with the technique.

#printmaking #bird #frog #collagraphy #art
A collagraph print of a Black-capped Chickadee perched on a branch A collagraph print of a Pacific Chorus Frog
June 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
darbrasmith.com
Where have these tea cakes been all my life? 🤤
A box of 6 Tunnock's tea cakes. A mural of a woman wearing a Tunnock's tea cakes brassiere while playing a guitar, and a personified Irn-Bru is hanging on her shoulder.
June 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
darbrasmith.com
Glasgow, you've got some mighty fine murals.
A mural on a 4-story building of a giant woman kneeling down with a magnifying glass in one hand and the other poised to pick up something "small." A mural of a giant squirrel looking at the viewer. A mural of two girls blowing bubbles.
June 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
darbrasmith.com
This Hairy Woodpecker seems to appreciate the snag we made of a Doug Fir in our yard.

#woodpecker #pnw #olympicpeninsula #birds
May 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
darbrasmith.com
I know what you mean. In many ways, this feels like a self-portrait.
A linocut print of a dramatic sword fern posing in front of her best friend, a lichen-covered tree.
April 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
darbrasmith.com
Possibly the sexiest Pacific Tree Frog I've ever encountered.

QRP something green.

#QRP #green #PacificTreeFrog #PacificChorusFrog #frog #amphibian #LoveAtFirstSight
A large Pacific Trees Frog with green leaves, white flowers, and eyes you can get lost in.
April 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
darbrasmith.com
The Alder Gang is in the house. If you're interested in the prints or their accompanying greeting cards, go 👇🏼 www.thimbleberrystudios.com

#art #printmaking #printsky #linocut #birds #reductionlinocut
#HateMarketingButWatchaGonnaDo
Hanging on a tan wall are three framed linocuts of birds often seen together in Alder trees: a Black-capped Chickadee, a Chestnut-backed Chickadee, and a Golden-crowned Kinglet.
April 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM
darbrasmith.com
I thought I'd share one of my first woodcuts from 1990. I was a shade-loving plant even back then. It's my submission for this week's #portrait prompt with #printpromptmonday .

#printmaking #printsky #woodcut #reliefprint #art
A black-and-white woodcut self-portrait of the artist. Her hair is both hiding her and flowering.
April 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
darbrasmith.com
The latest member of "The Alder Gang" is printed and resting after a long nine-layer journey. What should I call this one? I had been thinking "Flame," but now I'm leaning towards "The Mohawk Kid." Suggestions?

#art #printmaking #linocut #printsky #birds #kinglet
A reduction linocut print of a Golden-crowned Kinglet perched on an Alder branch
April 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
darbrasmith.com
Penultimate layer down. Only a little black left to print, but first we carve. This is a bit nerve-wracking, so I keep reminding myself to breathe.

#art #WIP #printmaking #linocut #printsky #birds #reductionlinocut #printmakingprocess
A linocut of a Golden-crowned Kinglet with all of its colors (greens, grays, and yellows) printed. Only one left to go Linocut print lying on a table with its block and a gouge. Time to carve for the last layer of ink.
April 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
darbrasmith.com
Happy International Puffin day! 🎉❤️

#InternationalPuffinDay #art #linocut #printmaking #puffins #birds #printsky
Reduction linocut of two Tufted Puffins getting reacquainted with each other after a winter apart by tapping their bright orange bills together.
April 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
darbrasmith.com
This Black-capped Chickadee is finally done. It's a seven-layer reduction linocut that I've been slowly printing for months. He's calling out that we all best be alert because something is going on.

#printsky #printmaking #art #chickadee #birds #linocut
A linocut print of a male Black-capped Chickadee perched on an Alder branch and calling out a warning. It's printed in grays, black, greens, and ochre.
April 11, 2025 at 6:43 PM
darbrasmith.com
It feels like I've been printing this little one forever. Six layers down, two to go.

#printmaking #printsky #linocut #wip #printmakingprocess #birds #reductionlinocut #art
A reduction linocut of a Golden-crowned Kinglet on an Alder branch with bright green spring leaves.
April 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
darbrasmith.com
On this day of massive protest, I've donated the funds I've raised so far for @indivisible.org . All proceeds from my "My Little Chickadee" linocut print go to Indivisible. More available at thimbleberrystudios.com/products/my-...

#fundraiser #printmaking #printsky #linocut #handsoff #indivisible
"My Little Chickadee" print. It is a 6-color reduction linocut of a charming Black-capped Chickadee perched on an Alder branch. Receipt for $225 donated to Indivisible on April 5, 2025.
April 5, 2025 at 6:48 PM
darbrasmith.com
This former Portland girl is in Seattle for the day and just ran across an old friend. It was a perfectly disgusting nostalgic indulgence.

#VoodooDonuts #IYKNK #donut #PortlandCream #PDX
A pink Voodoo Donuts bag with a Portland Cream donut sitting in front of it
April 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
darbrasmith.com
Happy news! I'll be opening up my studio for the Port Townsend (WA) Artist Studio Tour again this year, 8/23-24. Come say hi! And then go check out all the other cool studios. There are so many talented artists here.

@rawartcollective.bsky.social #studiotour #printmaking #art #NotAprilFoolsJoke
Poster for the Port Townsend Artist Studio Tour on August 24 and 25, 2025, from 10am to 4 pm.
April 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM