This linocut was originally made for an EBSQ printmaking challenge. It's a 2 color reduction linocut, which was challenging enough for me! The first cut was the owl on a branch printed with blue. The lino was then reduced to print the moon, the branch with leaves, and the owl's eyes with gold as befits a goddess. In the actual print, the gold is a lovely rich metalic color, which unfortunately looks more greenish in the photo.

To add more dimensionality to my 2 color linocut, I chose to print it on a pale green paper with a subtle insect pattern.

This is a limited edition of 10 prints. Because these are hand pulled prints, each impression is unique and has slight variations from the others.

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