I have been creating relief printmaking plates out of wood and linoleum for the last six years. Relief printmaking involves the cutting of plates, usually wood or linoleum, that are later printed by hand or by press. The process is physically rigorous. The cuts remove negative space around the image. What you see in a plate is mirror reverse of what appears in the printed product. The results are dramatic. What better medium to explore the nature of wildlife?
Escher Moon 
The animals featured here were all observed, whether seen on a summer long expedition across Canada or contemplated here in the Yukon. What better subject to focus on right now in this time of change and peril?
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Cross Fox
https://www.lindaleonart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Cross-Fox_web-1-500x511.jpgRelief Print on Paper - Limited Edition - Printed on Bill Barnie's Press in 2018
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Bumble Bee
https://www.lindaleonart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Bumble-Bee_web.jpgLimited variable edition, hand printed lino-cut relief print on paper. 5" x 5"
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Scarse Infant
https://www.lindaleonart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Scarce-Infant_web-500x401.jpgSmall limited edition hand printed relief print on paper.
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Life Spiral
https://www.lindaleonart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Live-Spiral_web-500x413.jpg"Life Spiral" is a limited edition, 12" x 9.5" image size, hand printed lino-cut relief print on BFK paper. It was printed in 2020.
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Three Bears
https://www.lindaleonart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Three-Bears_web-500x794.jpg"Three Bears" is a hand printed lino-cut relief print on Gampi in 2019. "Three Bears" is a limited edition of 20. The image is 8.5" wide x 13.5"tall. "Three Bears" is available at Yukon Artists at Work.
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Ursa
https://www.lindaleonart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Ursa_web-500x484.jpg"Ursa" is a lino-cut relief print on Arnheim paper, printed on Bill Barnie's press in 2019. It is a limited édition of 25. The image is 15" x 15". "Ursa" is available at Yukon Artists at Work
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Life Spiral
https://www.lindaleonart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Live-Spiral_web-500x413.jpg"Life Spiral" is a hand printed lino-cut relief print on BFK paper. The image size is 12" wide x 9.5". It is a limited edition of 45 and was printed in 2020. "Life Spiral" is available at Yukon Artists at Work.
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The Culvert
https://www.lindaleonart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/The-Culvert_web-1-500x411.jpg"The Culvert" is an Art Under Pressure relief print on paperfrom 2013 when a group of Yukon artists printed 40" x 48" prints using a road packer.
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Greater Heights
https://www.lindaleonart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Greater-Heights_web.jpgHand Printed lino-cut relief print on paper. Limited variable edition. This was created at an artist's residency in the Tombstone Mountains.
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Towards Light
https://www.lindaleonart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Towards-Light_web-500x427.jpgInspired by the polar bears, "Towards Light" was created during an artist's resodency at the Ted harrison Artist Retreat in 2015. It is a woodblock relief print on paper, limited edition, printed on Bill Barnie's press.
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The Culvert
https://www.lindaleonart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/The-Culvert-500x416.jpg"The Culvert" is a large print on paper made during the 2013 Art Under Pressure event in Shipyards Park. The plates were all 48" x 40" Baltic Maple plywood. I pulled two prints. One print, the Artist's Proof is available through the artist at lm64leon@gmail.com
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Ghost Moths in the Sky
https://www.lindaleonart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Ghost-Moths_web-500x497.jpg"Ghost Moths in the Sky" is a hand-printed, lino-cut relief print from 2018. The image size is 7" x 7". "Ghost Moths" is a limited variable edition of 24. It is available at Yukon Artists at Work Gallery
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Three Salmon
https://www.lindaleonart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Three-Salmon-500x422.jpg"Three Salmon" is a hand pressed woodblock print on starched cotton muslin. It is a limited edition of 2. The image size is 48"x 40". The plywood plate was cut in 2016 for a "Art Under Pressure event in Shipyards' Park, Whitehorse. Unfortunately, both of my points were bad. But in 2017, I undertook a successful hand printing expérimenté with starched cotton muslin. The remaining Artist's Proof is on a stretcher. It is available through the artist at lm64leon@gmail.com.
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Greater Heights
https://www.lindaleonart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Greater-Heights_web.jpg"Greater Heights" is a hand-printed lino-cut relief print on mulberry paper. "Greater Heights" is an edition variable and a limited edition of 6 printed in 2018. Image size is 6.5" x 6.5". "Greater Heights" is available at Yukon Artists at Work Gallery.
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Night Moves
https://www.lindaleonart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Night-Moves_web-500x148.jpg"Night Moves" is a lino-cut, hand printed, relief print on Gampi. The image size is 12" X 3.5". It is a limited edition printed in 2020. "Night Moves is available at Yukon Artists at Work.
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Fluvarium
https://www.lindaleonart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Fluvarium_web-500x175.jpg"Fluvarium" is a lino-cut relief print on BFK paper. It is a limited edition of 25 with an image size of 24" x 9". It was printed on Bill Barnie's press in 2018. "Fluvarium" is available at Yukon Artists at Work.
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Cassini
https://www.lindaleonart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Cassini_web-500x168.jpg"Cassini" is a lino-cut relief print on BFK paper. "Cassini" is a limited edition of 25. Image size is 26" x 9". "Cassini" was printed on Bill Barnie's press in 2018. "Cassini" is available at Yukon Artists at Work
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Towards Light
https://www.lindaleonart.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Towards-Light_web-500x427.jpg"Towards Light" is a woodblock print on Strathmore paper. The image size is 24" x 20". It is a limited edition of 65 and was printed on Bill Barnie's press. "Towards Light" is available at Yukon Artists at Work.
For information on these works, contact Yukon Artists @ Work Gallery, yaaw@artlover.com or Linda Leon at lm64leon@gmail.com