With a Reductive Screen Print, I approach it first by sourcing and drawing my image on Procreate to be able to play around with how many layers and types of colors are needed for the work. A rectangle is exposed onto a silk screen coated in photo emulsion to establish the matrix or base of the piece. I then use screen filler and a paint brush to paint what I would like to save of the original paper color in the first layer, or do a full rectangle color as my base as I did with the yellow to light blue blend in this work. With each passing layer, you paint in more and more of the screen in order to save the previous color laid down in the print. By then end, most of the screen has been painted in, leaving just the finest details for last. Typically you work from the lightest color to the darkest, but there’s room to play around with transparencies and colors throughout the production of the print. Once this edition has been sold, no more can be made since the matrix has been destroyed. This reductive screen print happens to be six layers of various colors overlaid. 
 
“Sailor's Delight” exists in an edition of 45 prints, and once these are gone, they're gone forever! I think that scarcity is poetic in the same kind of fleeting way the sunset is each night. This is the partner print to "Red Skies at Night" which is also available to view and purchase on this very website! This references an image I captured of a sailboat docked in the harbor of Grand Marais on a divinely sunny day near the end of summer. Everyone was outside trying to soak up the last moments of warmth that would continue to carry them through the depths of winter that loomed just around the corner. The sky was perfect, swirling these little wisps of clouds that mirrored themselves in the twinkling blue lake below. It felt as though the evening before had laid out all of their cards in a sequence so unexpectedly delightful the following day had no choice but to follow through.
 
Existing within 11"x14" dimensions, this original print is incredibly frame-able, perfect to inspire thoughts of summer, and a great way to remember that the waters ahead will be smooth, delightful, and always worth while.