Pelican Sunset 1

Artist: Elaine van Dyk
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Pelican Sunset 1

Scanned lino print
Original lino cut size is 15cms x 15 cms
February 2008

Pelican Sunset 1 belongs to the following groups:

Pelicans and Printmakers and Printmaking Available for sale as

Greeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints, Framed Prints and Posters

Sharon Hammond

Would make a lovely print
Anne van Alkemade

It’s beautiful. The orange works very well indeed.
Virginia McGowan

Love woodblock prints, this is just fabulous, love the colouring.wow another art practice i haven’t tried!
Elaine van Dyk replied

Thanks for you feedback ginnymac, and please note my apology too. But really it would have looked pretty much the same as a woodblock print.
Marion Chapman

I love woodblock too – this is so good.
Bernd Jansons

Great treatment, Elaine. :)
Elaine van Dyk replied

Much appreciated Bernd.
Sandra Chung

These woodblocks are wonder.
Elaine van Dyk replied

Sandra I really appreciate your feedback, and apologise for the accidental misinformation about it being a woodblock. I’m obviously very tired!! I’m working on a set of three of these at the moment, so should post the other two within a couple of weeks.
Elaine van Dyk

OOPS! My sincere apologies everyone, I think I must have been half asleep when I posted this. It is in fact a linocut print – but the effect would have been much the same on the sort of woodblocks I currently have.
Sandra Chung

It’s still lovely. :)
Cindy Perrinj...

Another beautiful work & so stunning in these colours!!!
J.K. York

i love pelicans and spent a lot of time trying to get the perfect shot down in Florida. i love how you did this with him grooming. they do a lot of that. great colors in a wonderful abstract background. superb.
MaryO

It is so beautiful, so natural. The colour is fabe.
Elaine van Dyk replied

Hi MaryO, and thanks so much for your input.
TsipiLevin

Great work!
Elaine van Dyk replied

Thanks for taking the time to look and comment on my work. Much appreciated.
hugo

this is superb the way the orange just livens up the work, also love the feathers going in many directions. the black line from beak to tail promotes a pleasant composition, and mimicking the background, I think!!
Elaine van Dyk

hugo, what a lovely critique! Thanks so much for taking the time to consider your feedback so well.
Tonia Composto

Love this!!
how do you get that background tone?
Elaine van Dyk replied

Thank you Tonia. The background was done as a monoprint with bits of grass seed-heads that I rolled the ink over (with a stencil block-out for the area where the pelican sits). The lino cut was printed over the top of the monoprint.
Judy Olson

I love all three of the pelican sunsets, what a great grouping. And thanks for explaining your process, I haven’t had any experience with printmaking but I’d like to try it someday after seeing how you did it. It sounds very creative and interesting.
Rosina Lamberti

It’s beautiful. The orange works well
mawaho

The pelican series is terrific. I like the way you show the preening bird.
Elaine van Dyk replied

Thanks mawaho! I had a lot of fun producing this series, and it means a lot to me to get this sort of feedback from you.
Solomon Walker

amazing art! Like lino, yet like pen and ink, and much more…
Belinda "Billy...

Gorgeous work, love the Pelican and how you cut him out and the orange. One day we have to do a print swap….when you come down to Mornington one day. B
Elaine van Dyk replied

Oh, what a fabulous suggestion BillyLee – Your work is absolutely superb, and I think it would have to be 3 of mine to one of yours! Thank you so much for that encouragement – just when I’m needing it most!
Michelle Whennan

Please, please, please come and join us – we would love to have you as part of the Pelicans group
Junior Mclean

Nice!!! I like this!!
Louise Robinson

Very interesting composition, I like it alot :)
Elaine van Dyk replied

Thank you so much, Louise.
Donna Adamski

Very cool….fabulous work :)
Elaine van Dyk replied

Donna, thank you very much – I’m pleased you enjoyed this one.
Jeremy Wallace

love these three pelican linocuts. Would make a lovely triptych. I’m into linoprinting at the moment. I’m sure I’ll upload some in due course.
Elaine van Dyk

Your feedback is much appreciated Jeremy….....this series is amongst my favourite prints as well. I look forward to seeing your linoprints!
emel

l loved that
Elaine van Dyk replied

Thank you emel. I enjoyed working on this series very much.
DaRkSiLeNcE

really cool, bold & love what you’ve done here!!