New print release. This week, The Working Proof is happy to once again team up with artist Andrea D’Aquino to offer her print Support System to benefit the Shama Foundation. Similar to her last print (Green Zen I + II), Andrea’s work has a lightness to it. Her use of bright, translucent colors, floating figurative and animal images adds to the dreamlike quality of the print. This visual stream of consciousness is best explained by Andrea herself:

I try to allow ideas to happen organically; meaning that I try not to over-control or plan too much. I allow them room to grow, and take on a life of their own. If sketches are too specific, the end result tends to lose some life and spontaneity. I’d say that very concept in itself it the idea of this piece: all thoughts and actions are connected to each other, and have an effect on each other. Our thoughts, actions, the physical world around us, there is no solid boundary between them. Something has affected us, and we in turn, affect something else, and hopefully for the better.

This print is available in multiple sizes. It was digitally signed by the artist. The 8×10, 11×14, and 16×20 prints are numbered by The Working Proof. Learn more here. Read our interview with Andrea D’Aquino here, and buy the print here.

New print release! We are so excited to be working with artist Harry Diaz again (his last print with The Working Proof was Same Sun), to offer this weeks’ print Deep Sea. I love the combination of bold lines, symbols and the blue/green colors. The way the paint is applied through the screens for the print, heightens the feeling of being underwater, adding a subtle sense of movement to the graphic print. This print perfectly accomplishes Harry’s original purpose:

I was invited to a group show in May and Deep Sea was my submission for it. The title of the show was “Creatures From The Deep.” Ironically the printshop where I printed these used to be an aquarium shop called “Deep Sea.” Hence the title of the print.

New print release! The Working Proof is thrilled to be working with Toronto artist Melinda Josie this week on offering her digital print, Three Cats in a Heap. This cozy print is the result of a commission,

I’d been asked to illustrate the three cats belonging to the client’s friend.  Most of the image reference I’d been given showed the cats piled atop one another, so I tried to find an interesting composition to pile them on top of each other while still leaving each one recognizable.

This print is available in multiple sizes. It was digitally signed by the artist. The 8×10 and 11×14 prints are numbered by The Working Proof. Learn more here. Melinda has chosen to pair this print with 826 National because of their commitment  to supporting teachers, offering services and resources for English language learners, and publishing student work.

Read our interview with Melinda here, and buy the print here.

New print release! This is our third edition with the amazingly talented Stacey Rozich, and perhaps my favorite to date. As always, Stacey’s work is playful, colorful and beautifully detailed, featuring a tiger walker and four bogeys – recent additions to Stacey’s latest works.

The small, green, bat-like creatures in this print – I like to call them bogeys – are the little bit of humor I like to inject into my pieces, some more subtle than others. They sometimes drink cans of Rainier beer, smoke cigarettes or joints as big as they are – generally causing mischief and mayhem. In Tiger Walk with Me, the unbridled carnage of the tigers is a way of amending the bad behavior of the bogeys through primal instinct – crushing them, chomping in half – showing them who’s boss. The way the figure is straining to reel them in also reminds of me of so many dog owners who take their dogs out and have to be wary of other creatures engaging them in potentially messy situations. I got to play with scale for this piece, since the original is a lot larger than I’m used to – 15″ x 22″. This gave me a chance to play with the detail of the two tigers, as well as the figure reigning them in.

This print is available in multiple sizes, and in an archival ready-to-hang version. It was digitally signed by the artist. The 8×10 and 11×14 prints are numbered by The Working Proof, and the 16×20 prints come with a numbered Certificate of Authenticity. Learn more here. Stacey chose to pair this print with Farm Sanctuary because she believes in animal rights and the safe harboring of mistreated and abused animals.

Read our interview with Stacey here, and buy the print here.

New Print Release! This week we are happy to bring you a fantastic print by Alternate Histories, Map of New York City. As a history and science fiction nerd myself, I am particularly drawn to Matthew Buchholz’s (Alternate Histories) combination of these two genres. The detailed image of the river monster, Rosie, wrapping it’s arms around the Brooklyn Bridge and taking down near by buildings, is by far my favorite part. It reminds me of one of my favorite movies, the original King Kong, which is appropriate considering Matthew’s own inspiration:

I am continually inspired by old science fiction movies from the 1950s, especially a classic that I recently revisited, Robot Monster. The film passes off a bubble machine as a deadly cosmic ray and a gorilla suit with a fishbowl as an alien creature. See the trailer here. I love the handmade, silver-spray-paint aesthetic of these old films.

This print is available in multiple sizes, and in an archival ready-to-hang version. The prints are unsigned. The 14×11 prints are numbered by The Working Proof, and the 20×16 and 30×24 prints come with a numbered Certificate of Authenticity. Learn more here. Alternate Histories has chosen to support Teach for America because of Matthew’s connection with his mother who was a librarian and a schoolteacher.

I’ve grown up inspired by both my mother and great teachers I have had, people who helped me see the world in new ways.

Read our interview with Alternate Histories (Matthew Buchholz) here and buy the print here.

New print release! We are so excited to feature All Together, by Nashville artist Jodi Hayes. I love how the softness and slight texture of the grey makes it seem as if the image is on the verge of disappearing, and is only kept from floating away by the bold red string that seems to be anchoring the entire image, a testament to Jodi’s inspiration:

I made this two color screen print‚ All Together‚ as part of a larger series of work leveraging landscape as a metaphor for social relationships. The rock/iceberg-like islands seem to be tied together, a metaphor for the need for both local and global relationship.

This is a two-color gocco screenprint on Strathmore Bristol Vellum. Each print is signed and numbered by the artist. 15% of the sale of this print goes to Jodi’s neighbors, the non-profit Blood:Water Mission, because of their commitment to hope and action- to make the world better through their work to build fresh water wells and provide clean blood to villages in Africa. Read our interview with Jodi Hays here and buy the print here.

New print release! Into the Sky is our second print edition with Roberta Pinna. Just like Costumata in Red, Into the Sky is a continuation of Roberta’s research into one of her favorite subjects – divers.

Divers best express and synthesize what fascinates me: the performance of a moving body, which turns into a flight. I think that all of us at some point in life have dreamed of flying, at the least when we were children and we wanted to fly away from a certain situation, or fly into the arms of someone. We all hoped to have that special and magical power. I have kept that desire alive in me and I transfer it into my art.

15% of each print sold will be donated to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, because of their work in preventing and eradicating HIV and AIDS from the lives of children. Read our interview with Roberta here, and buy the print here.

Roberta’s previous (and sold out) edition, Costumata in Red. 

New print release! Diana Boyle is an artist from London who makes amazingly detailed illustrations from pen. My favorites are her cityscapes, one of which just launched over at The Working Proof today! Singapore. Old Versus New. documents a visit Diana made to Singapore. Staying in Little India, she was inspired by the relationship of the neighborhood’s new and old architectural styles – each street a cultural revolution in fascinating harmony.

We are excited to announce that this print is the first edition we are launching that comes with a large scale, ready to hang option – which is great, because the print is so detailed that it is best viewed at a larger scale. The print is available in an unframed 11×14 size. In addition, we’ve teamed up with Plywerk to offer archival inkjet 16×20 and 24×30 prints, which are mounted on ¾” sustainably grown and harvested carbonized bamboo. The bamboo panel comes with a keyhole slot on the back for easy hanging. You can learn more about the panels here.

15% of each print sold will be donated to Architecture for Humanity, because Diana thinks that a charity that works to bring people together under one roof – whether it be a school, a home, or a community centre – deserves her support. You can read our interview with Diana here, and buy the print here.

New print release! We’re huge fans of Timothy Karpinski’s work, so we were thrilled when he agreed to do an edition with us. If you aren’t familiar with Timothy’s art, he works with paper and scissors to create layered scenes, which he then draws on top of. Someday I hope to own a Timothy Karpinski original, but in the meantime, his giclée prints are beautiful reproductions of the original pieces.

This piece is titled: Lost At Sea, and That’s Fine By Me. It is one of the bigger, more heavily layered pieces that I have made, and was created for my show called “Bright Eyed and Bushy Tailed” – a solo exhibition at Together Gallery here in Portland, OR. The show was heavily based on the curiosity of a cat. I’ve gotten into sailing recently and have a small sailboat. I love exploring, and the ocean is so huge, that I daydream about being out on my boat at night in the the middle of the ocean – no land in sight, maybe just my cat and sweetheart on board, with the sound of the waves. This piece is about that dream. Someday I plan on sailing around the world with a mini studio on my boat.

Timothy chose to pair his print with the Kids In Need Foundation because the art classes he took in school changed his life, and he believes that all students should have that opportunity. Read our interview with Timothy here, and buy the print here.

New print release! We’re thrilled to have Linda Kim back at The Working Proof, this time with Beneath the Trees, a beautiful print about stories: listening, sharing, creating, or telling them. Linda wanted to create a gathering place under the trees where kids from all different backgrounds can come together and share their stories.

Linda chose to pair her print with the Pablove Foundation.

I think very highly of children because at such a young age, they have so much wonder about the world around them and no inhibitions with their creativity and imagination. It is unfortunate that some children may not have the chance to discover more about the world due to the health concerns of cancer. I support the Pablove Foundation for its efforts in research and development of treatments for childhood cancer.

15% of each print sold will be donated to the Pablove Foundation. Read our interview with Linda here, and buy the print here.