Page 16

The sun is the flame of the desert,
And you are the flame of my heart!
Dreary indeed is the desert unsunned,
And dreary without you, my heart. 

Paper Type: Domtar - Cougar Digital Cardstock; 80lb / 216 gm/m2
Paper Size: 8.5" x 11" / 21.6 cm x 27.9 cm  [Landscape] 
Image Size: 4.5" x 4.5" [12 cm x 12 cm]
Edition Size: 15 + 3ap
Date: 25 February - 1 March 2022
Inks: Van Son Oil-Based Inks
 
Production Note: I scanned page 16 of Two in Arcadia, 1907 Brentanos, by Lucine Finch and redesigned each of the 5 color  separations to facilitate printing and clarify the image. Using laserprints of each I coated blocks of unmounted linoleum [McClain's Printmaking Supplies] cut to size, with 10% mat gel medium / water and placed image face down. After drying thoroughly, I rubbed off the paper layer to preserve the carbon image. I cut each block and printed one color per day until completed.  ​

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Page 16: 1907 overlay with 2024
My version of this image was inspired by a trip to Troncones on the Mexican Pacific coast of Guerrero. There I watched a deep reddish moon set into the sea as the sun began to dawn behind me. The effect was magical and intense. For the design here, I brought more detail to the palm and changed the mid-ground to suggest an ocean rather than a desert (in violation of the nature of the poem, it might be added). I brought the horizon down to reveal the full orb of the moon, lightened the saturation and changed the color from a flat, dead red to a luminous orange.