Beach Babes - 2

When I first carved and printed Beach Babes #1, it was for the front of a card to a beach-loving friend.  So, not only was there the cover image, but the inside image, to share the sentiment.......

Beach Babe #2 relief block, carved and inked with Daniel Smith black relief ink

In the carving above, you can see this third "babe," (remember, the first image really had TWO beach babes,) also has on her bathing cap and is standing among the most desirable shells on the shoreline! 

Remembering that the carved surfaced is the mirror image of the final printed image, the two primary figures in this pair of blocks are meant to face each other and suggest the possibility of an ongoing conversation.  It was fun to draw in caption balloons in both when these were used for a card.......that is part of the fun of relief printing, each print can use the same block, but be completed in a very different way.....gouache, pencil, paint, ink, captioned, blank, etc., and with different captions or subtitles.  Of course, that also means that every new print is individually printed, hand painted, and individually captioned.......That is why these types of prints may be entered as originals in most juried art shows.