Here is the present image I am working on to convert to a woodblock intended to be sent off to the KIWA exhibition. That is if it comes off as an acceptable print. As you can tell by now, not all of my prints turn out as "dazzlers." At present my prints are based on photographic images. I have a great passion for large format black and white film photography (I do own a digital camera, but rarely admit it). At present, I am using woodblock as a means to combine my love of printmaking and photography. I am attracted to photography's ability to catch the reality of life, but want to offset it's intense perfect capture with the humanness of the hand. Sometimes it works, and sometimes . . . Figuring out how to make the transformation remains a quest.

These are water lilies, that successfully fulfilled their life cycle, and are now face down in the reality of a snowy and harsh Wisconsin winter. Even in death, they display much of the beauty they had in life.