https://www.yenpingart.com/new-gallery daily 0.75 2018-04-24 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/t/5adf8c9b70a6ad7a64164ec8/1524599936128/ Quiet On The Front - "Quiet on the Front", 22" x 30", Lithograph I spend a fair amount of time thinking about war and its impact on landscapes. Aside from devastating human casualties and the irreparable loss of infrastructure and precious historical sites, the earth itself bears the wounds of conflict. On a particularly dark week, I pictured this earth as a woman continuously embroiled in violence, until her foundations crumbled, leaving her spreadeagled on the ground. In her dying breaths, her very life force managed to escape from her in billowing clouds, and momentarily lingered in the air before plunging back into the ground in the hopes of regenerating a dying landscape. The paint strokes on this limestone were circular and cyclical, representative of the cycle of life and death, destruction and regeneration. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e07b3a0411bda5a06000/5877e2c2725e25aa46b59533/1524599936128/image2.PNG Quiet On The Front - "Quiet on the Front", 22" x 30", Lithograph I spend a fair amount of time thinking about war and its impact on landscapes. Aside from devastating human casualties and the irreparable loss of infrastructure and precious historical sites, the earth itself bears the wounds of conflict. On a particularly dark week, I pictured this earth as a woman continuously embroiled in violence, until her foundations crumbled, leaving her spreadeagled on the ground. In her dying breaths, her very life force managed to escape from her in billowing clouds, and momentarily lingered in the air before plunging back into the ground in the hopes of regenerating a dying landscape. The paint strokes on this limestone were circular and cyclical, representative of the cycle of life and death, destruction and regeneration. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e07b3a0411bda5a06000/5877e2d2d2b85792cd4e44c6/1524599963199/Aylee+Litho.JPG Quiet On The Front - "Quiet on the Front", 22" x 30", Lithograph https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e07b3a0411bda5a06000/5877e36ef5e2311e3b3377d4/1484252130456/image2+%281%29.JPG Quiet On The Front https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e07b3a0411bda5a06000/5877e3a0725e25aa46b5a60e/1484252086217/image1+%284%29.JPG Quiet On The Front https://www.yenpingart.com/rust daily 0.75 2018-04-24 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/t/5adf7ae1562fa7a897b749e8/1524592471156/ Suleiman's Dream - "Süleyman's Dream", 22" x 30", Linocut Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent presided over a Golden Age of Ottoman architectural and cultural innovation during the sixteenth-century, after which, a veritable blanket of decline is generally perceived to have enveloped the empire. I wanted to paint a narrative capturing elements of imperial splendour alongside hints of decay, and juxtaposed Byzantine ruins with their Ottoman architectural counterparts at their zenith. In my imagination, sufi mystics usher along the passage of time and the inevitable deterioration of grandeur, while delicate boats mark the constant movement and trade characterizing the waterways surrounding Istanbul. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e0ab15d5db0bad5e005e/599fe914f43b550a329e6a04/1524592471156/image2+%282%29.JPG Suleiman's Dream - "Süleyman's Dream", 22" x 30", Linocut Sultan Süleyman the Magnificent presided over a Golden Age of Ottoman architectural and cultural innovation during the sixteenth-century, after which, a veritable blanket of decline is generally perceived to have enveloped the empire. I wanted to paint a narrative capturing elements of imperial splendour alongside hints of decay, and juxtaposed Byzantine ruins with their Ottoman architectural counterparts at their zenith. In my imagination, sufi mystics usher along the passage of time and the inevitable deterioration of grandeur, while delicate boats mark the constant movement and trade characterizing the waterways surrounding Istanbul. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e0ab15d5db0bad5e005e/59a0036ef7e0aba4d36560d8/1524595376549/image10.JPG Suleiman's Dream - "Mystery Patron", 22" x 30", Linocut I have been fascinated by female patronage of Ottoman structures, particularly of the 16th-Century. In a time where women were not allowed to be seen in public, the most effective way for a woman of means to project a benevolent persona was through the patronage of public works, from aqueduct repairs to mosque complexes, encompassing schools, marketplaces and hospitals. While recent scholarship has unearthed much more detail in these narratives, the veiled woman hidden from view, but at the forefront of building projects still captivates my imagination. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e0ab15d5db0bad5e005e/599ef115f7e0ab2022c887ad/1524592587967/image1.JPG Suleiman's Dream - "Portrait of a Sultan", 11" x 15", Linocut and Mixed Media The Süleymaniye mosque in Istanbul, commissioned by and dedicated to Sultan Süleyman, was the crowning glory of imperial architect Sinan's career at the time.* Adorned with myriad remnants taken from Roman and Byzantine structures, this mosque was constructed to embody the power of the Ottoman state at the pinnacle of its global might . I have been in love with the ceiling in the Süleymaniye for years, and sought to bring a portrait of the sultan to life using the dome interior of his grand mosque to exemplify the visual resplendence he presided over. Each print in this series has been customized and hand-finished. *Until Sinan constructed the Selimiye mosque in Edirne. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e0ab15d5db0bad5e005e/599ef12a6a49632652dfa821/1524592663849/image2.JPG Suleiman's Dream - "Portrait of a Sultan", 11" x 15", Hand-painted Linocut https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e0ab15d5db0bad5e005e/599ef179e4fcb529bb728799/1524592773407/image3.JPG Suleiman's Dream - "Portrait of a Sultan", 11" x 15", Linocut and Chine-collé https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e0ab15d5db0bad5e005e/5877e6b2e58c6222144fd5d1/1524592791904/IMG_2399.JPG Suleiman's Dream - "Persepolis", 15" x 22", Linocut Inspiration for this print was mostly derived from the ruins I was lucky enough to admire in the ancient Achaemenid capital of Persepolis. I combined elements from the wall reliefs of the city to create a narrative within and around a Zoroastrian tower of silence, from vassals bringing tribute to King Darius, to a lion devouring a bull for Norouz, the Persian New Year, symbolising the shift from winter to spring.   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e0ab15d5db0bad5e005e/59a069f5d7bdce573d17094a/1503685115852/image3+%284%29.JPG Suleiman's Dream https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e0ab15d5db0bad5e005e/5877e583be6594efff969b26/1484252549871/IMG_2381.JPG Suleiman's Dream https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e0ab15d5db0bad5e005e/5877e5901e5b6ceb3a31b7ce/1484252562377/IMG_2397.JPG Suleiman's Dream https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e0ab15d5db0bad5e005e/5877e5a6579fb3ecbb53dd19/1484252585066/FullSizeRender.jpg Suleiman's Dream https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e0ab15d5db0bad5e005e/5877e5b1e4fcb571d5aa2c6b/1484252601782/IMG_2388.JPG Suleiman's Dream https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e0ab15d5db0bad5e005e/59a0711d15d5dbe0d666ac61/1503836201591/image6+%283%29.JPG Suleiman's Dream - "Persian Lion", etching https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e0ab15d5db0bad5e005e/59a0718b197aea6c3319c616/1503687072901/image3.JPG Suleiman's Dream https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e0ab15d5db0bad5e005e/59a069e4e6f2e1593f136393/1503685109498/image2+%284%29.JPG Suleiman's Dream https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e0ab15d5db0bad5e005e/59a070e7d482e9100d375ca9/1503686906825/image1+%283%29.JPG Suleiman's Dream https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e0ab15d5db0bad5e005e/599ef136579fb3de52865ad4/1503685906449/image6.JPG Suleiman's Dream https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e0ab15d5db0bad5e005e/599ef1476b8f5beb34c0808d/1503685906461/image7.JPG Suleiman's Dream https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e0ab15d5db0bad5e005e/59a06a9a3e00be93490580a2/1503685906456/image9.JPG Suleiman's Dream https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e0ab15d5db0bad5e005e/599ef15ef43b55af07a0ef84/1503685906458/image5.JPG Suleiman's Dream https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e0ab15d5db0bad5e005e/59a0710e49fc2b2a7b56205e/1503687133568/image3+%282%29.JPG Suleiman's Dream https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e0ab15d5db0bad5e005e/59a071f9a803bb564bf24e99/1503687179060/image5.JPG Suleiman's Dream https://www.yenpingart.com/water daily 0.75 2018-04-24 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/t/5adf98fa575d1fdcb4f0ccfc/1524602819654/ Desert Plumes - "Kalahari Stars", 11" x 15", Linocut A print inspired by Namibia's harsh but beautiful landscape, ravaged by drought and a long and turbulent history of colonisation. The standing Oryx blended into the sands represents the resilience of beings inhabiting this unforgiving climate, and is mirrored by the man who looks ahead at a brave new world. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e0d3d2b85792cd4e18f7/5877e671bf629a8b2a3bf5d2/1524602819654/IMG_2390.JPG Desert Plumes - "Kalahari Stars", 11" x 15", Linocut A print inspired by Namibia's harsh but beautiful landscape, ravaged by drought and a long and turbulent history of colonisation. The standing Oryx blended into the sands represents the resilience of beings inhabiting this unforgiving climate, and is mirrored by the man who looks ahead at a brave new world. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e0d3d2b85792cd4e18f7/59a06f9d8419c203a7cd46b6/1524602845153/image1+%284%29.JPG Desert Plumes - Kalahari Stars, 11" x 15", Linocut https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e0d3d2b85792cd4e18f7/59a06f4fd482e9100d37426a/1503686495421/image2+%281%29.JPG Desert Plumes https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e0d3d2b85792cd4e18f7/5877e5f21b10e32c6fcb016b/1524603130286/IMG_2401.JPG Desert Plumes - "Dancing For Rain I", 11" x 15", Linocut, Hand-cut Paper Dancing human figures encased in the skull of a kudu symbolise the cycle of life and death in Namibian lands that depend heavily on rainfall that is often insufficient for years on end. * Each print is hand-cut and hand-finished. *Kudus inhabit the neighbouring Okavango Delta, Botswana, which sees much more rain and greenery, providing a stark contrast in survival rates. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e0d3d2b85792cd4e18f7/5877e5fda5790ab495507c21/1524602941012/IMG_2383.JPG Desert Plumes - "Dancing For Rain II", 11" x 15", Linocut, Hand-finished https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5877e0d3d2b85792cd4e18f7/5877e6121b631b1b2c8b4486/1524602960908/FullSizeRender.jpg Desert Plumes - "Dancing For Rain III", 11" x 15", Linocut, Hand-finished https://www.yenpingart.com/the-baku-box daily 0.75 2018-04-24 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/t/5adf7a6e70a6ad3700b789dd/1524595310799/ The Baku Box - "The Baku Box", Short Story in Linocut. Text by A. Tu This hand-carved 30-panel short story in linocut prints tells the tale of a young boy who faces and overcomes the trials of loss, alienation and the manifestation of his inner demons. No one knows where it came from or why it chose this home Perhaps it always waited there 'til it found the boy alone Wood dark and faded, not one soul might imagine it's alive Or heed the words scratched deeply out on its bottom side Tell it to the Baku Box and the bad things go away But if you ever open it the fear is here to stay   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/5881148737c581e6bca13ff7/1524595310799/0.jpg The Baku Box - "The Baku Box", Short Story in Linocut. Text by A. Tu This hand-carved 30-panel short story in linocut prints tells the tale of a young boy who faces and overcomes the trials of loss, alienation and the manifestation of his inner demons. No one knows where it came from or why it chose this home Perhaps it always waited there 'til it found the boy alone Wood dark and faded, not one soul might imagine it's alive Or heed the words scratched deeply out on its bottom side Tell it to the Baku Box and the bad things go away But if you ever open it the fear is here to stay   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/588114e58419c20a68c9ccf7/1503831928820/1.1.jpg The Baku Box - "Last Happy Memory", linocut Our story begins happily with Charles Carter Hall A cheerful child full of smiles if but a little small Two parents who deeply adored him and he adored them too A trinity of family, a love so pure and true If only we could end right here on this Sunday by the sea For that will end up being Carter's last happy memory https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/588114f4db29d6341ecf036d/1503832137695/2.1.jpg The Baku Box - "The Impact", linocut They say the other man's at fault, swerving across the lane They say he simply fell asleep, they say it's such a shame The impact crushed the father's skull; the metal tore her side And like all ironies of life, the other man was fine A broken tibia his penance, a measly fractured bone While Carter waits up patiently for parents who'll never come home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/58811508725e2592b06606a2/1503832401943/3.1.jpg The Baku Box - "Ashes to ashes", linocut Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, the words sting like a wound The mourners mourn, the flowers fall, coffins lowered to their tombs A memory of two lifetimes reduced to simple dates Loving father, adoring mother, their final real estate And Carter waits there sincerely as the evening ticks and tocks A small boy missing his mother who sleeps in her small box https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/58811512893fc0b8b8bd661b/1503832725526/4.1.jpg The Baku Box - "The Old Matriarch", linocut He's shipped to an uncle, a cousin, an aunt, who have no space for more They say their problems are too big; his care they can't endure Until a bargain's finally struck amongst the family Great Aunt Rosa, the old matriarch, she could use the company Nevermind that her mind's going now or the odd things that she sews A room, a roof, a regular meal, where else's a boy to go? https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/5881151ef5e231232c261979/1503833102245/5.2.jpg The Baku Box - "Great Aunt Rosa", linocut Great Aunt Rosa spends each day perched in her rocking chair Its gentle squeaks the only conversation the two can bear One of them weighed down by age, the other crushed by grief Their interactions forced and odd, the boy tries to keep them brief For cousin Shirley told him a secret in her lovely sing-song pitch: Great Aunt Rosa, everyone knows, has always been a witch https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/588115556a4963589221d6eb/1503833271667/6.1.jpg The Baku Box - "Bullies", linocut So when school came Carter welcomed it as a necessary reprieve Away from the witch, away from nightmares, away from time to grieve But only in the tallest tales does a school bring catharsis Boys recognized Carter was new and one who was amiss And as boys do they formed a gang of who was out and in Carter found himself thrown to the ground as the others grinned and grinned https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/5881155cbe65940ff2738a99/1503833441095/7.0.jpg The Baku Box - "A Dream", linocut Wet tears streamed down our hero’s face as his body shook in bed The taunts and jeers the screams the fears did echo in his head And grew to a cacophony with the horn from his parent’s car In punctuated sobs Carter cried, wishing on a star That this simply all a dream. And then, a crackling in the air. But came it not from the heavens; the sound was from upstairs https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/58811567c534a55c6e0b434a/1503833722467/7.2.jpg The Baku Box - "Spells", linocut Our hero crept up step by step into the old attic The grandfather clock was stuck on 12, tick-tick, tick-tick, tick-tick Then he saw Aunt Rosa speak in tongues, in harsh guttural moans As she chanted her eyes glowed midnight black, things floated through the home She clapped her hands, the spell finished, she departed like a fox Then Carter saw it lying there: the wretched Baku Box https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/5881157ae6f2e15d6510baea/1503833684713/8.1.jpg The Baku Box - "The Baku Box", linocut Tell me your tale, it hissed to him, I’ll take away the pain Tell me everything, my boy, you’ll never be the same He peered inside: nothing at all but a darkness that never ceased As Carter stared at it mesmerized the box in size increased And everything Carter had felt that weighed him down like rocks He knew he must pour out to it, the wretched Baku Box https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/58811582e58c625086f0e7f6/1503833814909/9.1.jpg The Baku Box - "Spectral Hands", linocut He told it of the boys at school and the songs they sang of him He hated his house, he hated his life, anguish filled him to the brim ach harsh memory he sobbed descended into black And spectral hands slithered out planning their first attack They picked at Carter’s lone shadow, removing the sad bits And leaving him not completely whole, returned to their spectral pits https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/588115886b8f5b2aa4335e64/1503833961056/10.2.jpg The Baku Box - "School", linocut Now a shadow missing its shadow Carter returned to school With grief erased he strolled the halls, his mind felt clear and cool He didn’t raise his hand in class, he didn’t share his thoughts T’was as if world couldn’t cause him pain, his armor the Bunny Box Without life suffocating him Carter could have some fun And maybe that’s why he noticed her, the girl named Alison https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/588115bd8419c20a68c9dbf3/1503834053224/11.1.jpg The Baku Box - "Alison", linocut She was odd but not as odd as he, hair wild, eyes quick and dark He dropped his pen, she passed it back, a few beats skipped his heart “I’m Carter” he said and extended his hand, a grin upon his face “I know” she said, “I’m Alison”, and between them narrowed space He paused, a pause that meant it all, a pause wherein rested hope But sensing their budding affection the bullies drew in close https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/588115c7c534a55c6e0b49a8/1503834139935/12.1.jpg The Baku Box - "Dispersed", linocut “You’re better off without that freak” the largest of them told her Alison looked down, breaking the spell, their fire reduced to smolder But buoyed by a newfound strength, Carter squared up to the riff-raff The boys took aggressive steps forward but Carter merely laughed A ridiculous response to ridicule, a raucous roaring burst And shaken by his confidence the bullies quickly dispersed https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/588115eaa5790a4cf9dd7dba/1503834264053/13.2.jpg The Baku Box - "A Boy In Love", linocut At home Carter and Great Aunt Rosa took their customary seats But instead of silence the meal was met by Carter’s tapping feet “You seem different” Aunt Rosa murmured aloud, staring straight into his eyes She waited for his taciturn response, his heavy grieving sigh But nothing can stop a boy in love, not an old witch and her spells And Carter tapped through Great Aunt’s stares and knew that all’d be well https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/588115fc3e00be8ec1618659/1503834430190/14.2.jpg The Baku Box - "A Tapestry", linocut Upstairs things swirled inside the box – a formless, sordid horde Taunts fused with screams with memories that could not be ignored Spectral hands scooped vicissitudes of Carter’s life to stitch a tapestry Creating something whose only goal was to cause misery It strained against the Baku Box, it slashed at the insides And with a snap the Box opened and came out something that was alive https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/58811602197aea38928eba87/1503834579545/15.1.jpg The Baku Box - "The Shadow", linocut Sleeping in his bed young Carter dreamed of Alison Her siren song sang to the boy of how where why and when He dreamed a future of passing pens and recess playground strolls A smile crossed his sleeping face, oblivious to the shadow That crept along the creaky floor and slithered into his bed Then the shadow went inside of him and the two of them were wed https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/58811613440243344c1d230f/1503834777806/16.1.jpg The Baku Box - "Something Had Changed", linocut “Hi” Alison whispered flirtatiously the next day to Carter in class But something had changed inside the boy, something he could not grasp Her “hi” was hollow, intentions phony, what a stupid girl he thought It disgusted him this creature was one he’d ever sought The shadow in him twisted gleefully telling Carter what to do “I have to go” he cut her off and walked out into the blue https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/58811622725e2592b06618da/1503834888908/17.2.jpg The Baku Box - "A New Victim", linocut By the bleachers Carter watched the bullies circle a new victim, A runt the same size as our hero whose arms were weak and thin Wet tears streamed down the runt’s muddy face, he blubbered for his mom The bullies shook with laughter and Carter pushed through the beefy throng The boy looked hopefully to him, a savior who heard his cries Then Carter slapped him in the face, and joined the other boys https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/5881164103596e4e51077ae6/1503835030162/18.2.jpg The Baku Box - "Battle", linocut “You seem different” Aunt Rosa repeated as they took their seats to dine Carter stared back evenly, shadow and hero intertwined “I’m fine” he said eventually though he did not touch his food Great Aunt Rosa nodded impassively, non-verbal was their feud On the wall behind a battle raged as shadows sought their mark The witch vs. horrors from the Box throwing the room to dark https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/5881164cd1758e236d927403/1503835186427/19.2.jpg The Baku Box - "A Note", linocut But Carter returned to school intact, his beast could not be slayed It had burrowed too deeply inside of him and fiendish thoughts it laid He scribbled a note to Alison and slipped it into her desk A sweet suggestion despite intentions that were grotesque and arabesque Alison read it with earnest eyes and smiled, she felt lighter than a feather Of course she’d meet our boy outside, t’was better late than never https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/5881165e3e00be8ec1618d14/1503835319258/20.2.jpg The Baku Box - The Grounds", linocut They walked together the school grounds, she told him of her life How she’d moved here only recently and back at home the strife He stopped her. He didn’t care that much, he just thought she was pretty And he thought that Alison might make a fine accessory Behind his shadow gnawed at hers, feasting on her pain And Alison left the grounds in tears feeling not pretty but very plain https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/588116671b631bf886b1c3a5/1503835470569/21.1.jpg The Baku Box - "Darkness", linocut That night a small voice shouted to Carter, the fire from when they met Keep a candle for me or I’ll cease to be it cried through the silhouette But darkness subsumed the little flame, the spark of Carter’s hope And happy family memories slid down that darkened slope The shadow filled him up inside, blackening his heart But just as it was finishing Carter awoke with a start https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/58811679d1758e236d9276da/1503835572978/22.2.jpg The Baku Box - "Splintered", linocut Sweat beaded on his forehead as he sprinted down the hall Returning to the attic where he first heard its wicked call Splintered on the floor he found the Baku Box’s remains He told it everything again; he poured out all his pain But the box did not accept it; like a sieve the hurt passed through And shadow dug their claws in deep; a curse the boy could not undo https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/58811688d2b857f7d649e097/1503835656304/23.2.jpg The Baku Box - "A Part of Us", linocut “You foolish child” a voice intoned, Aunt Rosa was suddenly there “I know you’re a witch” he shouted at her, giving a resilient stare. “My boy” she said, “I’m no more a witch than you are a grown man “I’m but an old woman but there are things I’ve come to understand “Like you can’t put pain into a box and wish it all away Some things are just a part of us, and with us they’ll always stay”   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/5881168fd2b857f7d649e13c/1503835818468/24.1.jpg The Baku Box - "He'd Been A Fool", linocut Her words echoed in the young boy’s ears as he returned to school And he pulled Alison aside and explained he’d been a fool All the while shadows gnashed and thrashed, clawing at Carter’s insides But our hero kept talking to Alison of how where when and why He lost his parents, his new home, the bullies and their jeers He told her this and much much more, he let out all his fears   https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/5881169a9de4bb5e0247f84e/1503835940637/25.2.jpg The Baku Box - "Hopes and Dreams", linocut Alison was silent a long time, it felt like eternity Carter knew that he had failed and alone he’d always be But as their eyes met, she took his hand, and held it to her heart “It was brave of you to tell me your tale, and mine I’d like to start” She spoke of herself, of her hopes and dreams, of her fears that gnawed inside And the two of them walked and talked and talked until the sun dipped down to hide https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/588116b429687f4fd5a9c477/1503836059982/26.1.jpg The Baku Box - "Something Magical", linocut Alison and Carter are not perfect, their insides buffed and cleaned Memories leave stains and faded pains that rest in the in-between A tapestry of sorrow and joy, of loss, and hope, and grace And though you might not know it yet everything does have its place No Carter and Alison aren’t perfect, just like you and me But put them together and just perhaps something magical you’ll see https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/58811476a5790a4cf9dd641b/588116be9f74567afd5c336e/1484854980523/Back+Cover+2.jpg The Baku Box https://www.yenpingart.com/the-things-we-carry daily 0.75 2018-04-24 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/t/5adf8db8575d1f8b8b55e0e4/1524600145606/ The Things We Carry - "The Things We Carry", 10" x 12", Lithograph Striving to climb the towers of unfulfilled potential, whilst being weighed down by rather intangible burdens. Likely a loose self-portrait. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/599ed0106b8f5b4b56365fc9/599ee6cebe42d683824009ae/1524600145606/image1+%282%29.JPG The Things We Carry - "The Things We Carry", 10" x 12", Lithograph Striving to climb the towers of unfulfilled potential, whilst being weighed down by rather intangible burdens. Likely a loose self-portrait. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/599ed0106b8f5b4b56365fc9/599ee655cd0f68068502eb45/1524600171607/image4.JPG The Things We Carry - "The Things We Carry", 10" x 12", Lithograph https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/599ed0106b8f5b4b56365fc9/599ee6a1ca70eca188c4f4fd/1503585863352/image1+%282%29.JPG The Things We Carry - "The Things We Carry", Lithograph https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/599ed0106b8f5b4b56365fc9/599ee6eae6f2e18256e88c44/1503586390579/image3+%282%29.JPG The Things We Carry https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/599ed0106b8f5b4b56365fc9/599ee6ae7131a589ecf4b828/1513288239968/image2+%282%29.JPG The Things We Carry Nitric Acid in five concentrations https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/599ed0106b8f5b4b56365fc9/599ee7049f74564cf93ce95a/1524600248708/image1+%281%29.JPG The Things We Carry I am still marvelling at the wonderful and laborious process of preparing a litho stone for printing. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/599ed0106b8f5b4b56365fc9/599ee7146f4ca3ad36312018/1503586390575/image2+%281%29.JPG The Things We Carry https://www.yenpingart.com/new-gallery-1 daily 0.75 2018-04-24 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/t/5adf8bb42b6a2886b4c13c27/1524599044548/ Winter Jungle - "Winter Jungle", 22" x 30", Linocut https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/59a0012d7131a550b1f51ce4/5adf855b2b6a2886b4bfc31f/1524599044548/Winter+Jungle.jpeg Winter Jungle - "Winter Jungle", 22" x 30", Linocut https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/59a0012d7131a550b1f51ce4/59a0021bf43b550a329f3768/1524599732267/image6+%282%29.JPG Winter Jungle - "Winter Jungle", 22" x 30", Linocut https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/59a0012d7131a550b1f51ce4/5adf842a03ce64521f9345b6/1524598038260/Winter+Jungle.jpeg Winter Jungle - "Winter Jungle", 22" x 30", Linocut A portrait of my botanical companions https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/59a0012d7131a550b1f51ce4/59a002d3f7e0aba4d3655bfa/1524599295033/image5+%284%29.JPG Winter Jungle - "Here She Lies", 15" x 15", Linocut https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/59a0012d7131a550b1f51ce4/59a002f6e4fcb5aed04c20e3/1524599100074/image8.JPG Winter Jungle - "Fire Blooms", 15" x 15", Linocut https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/59a0012d7131a550b1f51ce4/5adf86140e2e725a37d0b5f7/1524599123362/Super+Aloe+Ferox.jpeg Winter Jungle - "Super Aloe Ferox", 15" x 15", Linocut https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/59a0012d7131a550b1f51ce4/5adf86b303ce64521f93dca5/1524599494995/Epipremnum+Aureum.jpeg Winter Jungle - "Epipremnum Aureum", 15" x 15", Linocut https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/59a0012d7131a550b1f51ce4/5adf89bf1ae6cf2dfedc15eb/1524599410654/Epipremnum+Aureum+2.jpeg Winter Jungle - "Epipremnum Aureum", 15" x 15", Linocut https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/59a0012d7131a550b1f51ce4/5adf86e80e2e725a37d0e5ea/1524599629767/Banksia+Baxterii.jpeg Winter Jungle - "Banksia Baxteri", 15" x 15", Linocut https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/59a0012d7131a550b1f51ce4/599ef7f36f4ca3f9d058d6e8/1524599344000/image1+%283%29.JPG Winter Jungle - "Hydrangea", 10" x 13", Linocut https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/59a0012d7131a550b1f51ce4/599ef81bcf81e0b5b0220523/1524599361668/image2+%284%29.JPG Winter Jungle - "Hydrangea", 10" x 13", Linocut https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/59a0012d7131a550b1f51ce4/599ef825e45a7c9ae941621e/1524599367787/image3+%284%29.JPG Winter Jungle - "Hydrangea", 10" x 13", Linocut https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/59a0012d7131a550b1f51ce4/599ef8696a496367f32591d1/1524599389911/image4+%284%29.JPG Winter Jungle - "The Stone Rose", 10" x 13", Linocut https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/59a0012d7131a550b1f51ce4/599ef8a18fd4d2ec3ef8cfac/1524599400690/image5+%283%29.JPG Winter Jungle - "The Stone Rose", 10" x 13", Linocut https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/59a0012d7131a550b1f51ce4/59a00327f14aa10ee120737f/1524599548363/image7+%282%29.JPG Winter Jungle - "Boisterous Blooms", 10" x 11", Linocut https://www.yenpingart.com/legends-persepolis-playing-cards daily 0.75 2017-12-14 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/t/5a32ecea53450a8ff18d2f74/1513286890893/ Persepolis - Legends Playing Cards Deck, linocut A collaboration with Hong Kong-based purveyors of magic, Legends Playing Cards. 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This is a Persian mythology-inspired deck with designs derived from the historical ruins in Persepolis and Zoroastrian symbolism. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/59a07368d7bdce573d17b228/59a073aacd39c3292adc3a93/1503687614751/image6+%284%29.JPG Persepolis https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/59a07368d7bdce573d17b228/59a073b546c3c471fc5df3af/1503687613281/image7+%283%29.JPG Persepolis https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/59a07368d7bdce573d17b228/59a073bb37c581d09a01bbd7/1503765528499/image5+%286%29.JPG Persepolis https://www.yenpingart.com/new-gallery-2 daily 1.0 2017-08-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/t/59a3659a197aead11e2190ea/1503880119731/ Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/59a34f613e00be570b8b3413/59a35056e6f2e1185b9b1646/1503880119731/image2+%282%29.JPG Home https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/59a34f613e00be570b8b3413/59a363a4365ffaa21dcfb43f/1503877359279/image2+%282%29.JPG Home https://www.yenpingart.com/relief-intaglio-prints daily 0.75 2017-08-27 https://www.yenpingart.com/west-coast daily 0.75 2018-04-24 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5adf7c498a922d8314c5f188/5adf7c70aa4a99f2a26c9a23/1524597219840/CALI+DESERT.jpeg On the West Coast - "In the Desert", 8" x 12.5", Linocut on Japanese Paper A linocut print project for Umpqua Bank in Portland, OR, depicting the diverse cityscapes and natural beauty of the West Coast states where the bank operates, from downtown LA to the lush forests of the Pacific Northwest. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5adf7c498a922d8314c5f188/5adf7c7c03ce6411025c266d/1524597241036/SANFRANCISCO.jpeg On the West Coast - "San Francisco", 8" x 12.5", Linocut on Japanese Paper https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5adf7c498a922d8314c5f188/5adf7c7d8a922d8314c5fe41/1524597259128/UMPQUA+RIVER.jpeg On the West Coast - "The Umpqua River", 8" x 12.5", Linocut on Japanese Paper https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5adf7c498a922d8314c5f188/5adf7c791ae6cfeac88def4a/1524597344314/OJAI.jpeg On the West Coast - "Ojai", 8" x 12.5", Linocut on Japanese Paper https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5adf7c498a922d8314c5f188/5adf7c79f950b7c2533e63bc/1524597359704/ONTHEROAD.jpeg On the West Coast - 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"Banksia Baxteri", in green https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5aa7ee27f9619a45703a73b4/5b929fef8a922d993d85f94d/1536335861200/IMG_5128.jpg Shop - "Banksia Baxteri", in green https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5aa7ee27f9619a45703a73b4/5b929fe0562fa7c0b9cc0954/1536335861934/IMG_5133.jpg Shop - "Banksia Baxteri", in green https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5aa7ee27f9619a45703a73b4/5b929fe0352f53daeea2c2a7/1536335861254/IMG_5136.jpg Shop - "Banksia Baxteri", in green https://www.yenpingart.com/shop/portrait-i monthly 0.5 2020-05-18 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5aa7ee27f9619a45703a73b4/5b92cf494d7a9cac95a1d409/1536347995988/IMG_5149.jpg Shop - "Reflections I" (Email for pricing) https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5aa7ee27f9619a45703a73b4/5b92cf494ae23708b608293f/1536347994479/IMG_5151.jpg Shop - "Reflections I" (Email for pricing) https://www.yenpingart.com/shop/protea-neriifolia-x-susannae monthly 0.5 2018-09-07 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5aa7ee27f9619a45703a73b4/5b92d3bd2b6a28d4f72376a0/1536349134025/IMG_5152.jpg Shop - "Protea Neriifolia x Susannae", in fuchsia https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5aa7ee27f9619a45703a73b4/5b92d3bd70a6adfadf2c29ab/1536349135525/IMG_5156.jpg Shop - "Protea Neriifolia x Susannae", in fuchsia https://www.yenpingart.com/shop/banksia-baxteri-in-cornflower monthly 0.5 2018-09-07 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5aa7ee27f9619a45703a73b4/5b92d7b9575d1fa6882cf5b0/1536350149175/IMG_5159.jpg Shop - "Banksia Baxteri", in cornflower https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5877dfd929687f6e28c81e69/5aa7ee27f9619a45703a73b4/5b92d7b9f950b7ededa748b2/1536350143887/IMG_5157.jpg Shop - "Banksia Baxteri", in cornflower