LILY… AND MORE
Lily and the Beach Monarch
(1992) 18x24” linoprint, with wash
This print, one of a limited set of 30, can be purchased directly
from me by e-mailing me at mailto:ndollak@juno.com - or, you can get a
print of this exact picture from http://www.artprintoncanvas.com/
Lily on the
Grandstand (1990) 8x10” intaglio engraving on Plexiglas.
This was an unusual
assignment. I first took a black-and-white photograph of Lily, then
enlarged it. I taped the enlargement to a piece of Plexiglas. Then
I carefully etched the picture into the plastic using a sharp etching
tool. Making a print from this material produces a soft, ethereal effect,
and it’s easy to make fairly exact copies this way, too, since one is
essentially tracing over a picture. Unfortunately, Plexiglas is quite
soft, and it’s possible to make only about two or three good prints from it.
The grandstand in the picture
was an ancient ruin in Alcyon Park, Pitman, NJ. Sad to say, it was
demolished around 1995 or 1996.
Lily with Twins (1990)
Prints of this painting are
available at http://www.artprintoncanvas.com/
The above two drawings are
an interesting assignment I had while in college. I was to photocopy a
black-and-white photograph, cut out a small square (The professor even tossed a
stencil of a square onto my photocopies to properly randomize things),
temporarily stick the square onto a piece of illustration board, and draw a
complete picture radiating out from that square. Then I was to peel off the
square and fill in the space – all without copying the original picture.
Take a good look at the detail; you can see a small lamprey or something
attached to the aquatic person’s head in the top picture, and two people
walking around on opposite sides of the cabbagey-looking “asteroid” in the
above picture.
The Serpent Came to the Malibu – Movie poster design
Ourat (Woman) (1989)
25X36” mixed media on board
Prints of this painting are
available at http://www.artprintoncanvas.com/
Habon and Lopa
Studying (1990) oil on canvas. Habon wore some interesting shirts!
Hyen Making Pottery
(1990) oil on canvas. Hyen liked this so much, she bought the original
from me for $50 (my first sale!)
Commissioned portrait of
Ugo Faith Ngumezi, with detail. (1990) Oil on canvas (my second
sale!)
Cover design for the
Mother’s Day edition of a small-press magazine printed by and for the
Chinese-American community of Cherry Hill, NJ. (1989, pen & ink on
paper, 5.5x6.5”) Unfortunately, I never found out if it was used!
The magazine’s publisher, who commissioned the art, had to go back to Taiwan
for some reason – and I never saw her again. Good thing I made a
photocopy for my records. Note: the heavy dark areas in the drawing form
two Chinese characters. Those in the mother form the word for “mother”
(pronounced “nu” in Mandarin); those in the baby and Mom’s right sleeve form
the word for “child” (pronounced “tzu”). When the two characters are
written next to each other, they form the word “hao,” which means “good.”
Untitled (“Egg Woman”)
(1990) 8.5x11” pencil on board.
Valentine for Lily, 1999
Wedding invitation design - front
Wedding invitation design - inside
Fantasy on the Lagoon Nebula (1999) 30x20” gouache on board. Prints of this are available from http://www.artprintoncanvas.com/