She Was a Big Rat/sent

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Comment by Tracy Anderson on September 30, 2014 at 3:14am

Very nice block print.

Comment by Lynne Gurnee on January 20, 2014 at 3:36am

Thanks, Alicia, hope a picture of it gets posted so I can see it.  I'll look around for one to send you.

Comment by Alicia Starr on January 15, 2014 at 5:00pm

Nice Lynn, serendipity. My first rat card ever now en route to Santa Fe, NM. 

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on January 15, 2014 at 4:29pm

meow...me, too, gotta go for the cats not rats. But a great lino-print, wow!

And I spy a Rhino in the corner! Nice!

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on January 15, 2014 at 4:24pm

Thanks, Lynne. I'm on the phobic and feline side of rat art now that I know what it is. And I hope you've moved from rats to cats. Miaou

Comment by Lynne Gurnee on January 15, 2014 at 2:12pm

Thanks, Erni, I will have to check out that book.  I like Sherlock. Needless to say I have a large collection (packed away) of rat stuff from friends & acquaintances. Have you read this book?

Comment by Lynne Gurnee on January 15, 2014 at 1:59pm

Hi Val, The short history is that I was studying printmaking at Ft Mason in San Francisco in the 80s, our teacher recommended against depicting one's children or pets in our first print, which I took as a challenge to depict my pet rats. Soon discovered that in any crowded room there is a good percentage of "rat lovers" (+ a few phobics) and that my work sold readily, so ... for 10 years that was my main subject matter. It was fun while it lasted but I'm over it  (-:

Comment by Valentine Mark Herman on January 15, 2014 at 4:47am

Lynne, what is 'rat art' and how do you 'do' it? Val

Comment by Lynne Gurnee on January 15, 2014 at 2:54am

Thanks, Rose.  I did rat art for many years in San Francisco. In the original print the background wallpaper (behind the rat) had fighter jets and nuclear explosions. That was a separate lino-block.