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My Musicians series is a tribute to the only unique American music genre: African American Jazz! This image is achieved by inking and printing an arrangement of handmade acetate/plastic stencil forms (sometimes as many as 75. I cut out each shape and surface roll to ink them. I use Handschy lithographic inks mixed with Windsor Newton oil paints. These inked stencils are placed on an inked plexiglass plate and run through my etching press many times. I re ink and reprint some of the stencil shapes.

From robin holder

  1. Heavy With Family by robin holder, Image 1.

    Heavy With Family

    Xerox transfer, stencil monoprint, photo litho, and archival inkjet print

    17 x 11 in

  2. Rhythm Progression by robin holder, Image 1.

    Rhythm Progression

    collage of hand printed papers

    24.5 x 15.55 in

  3. Drum 2 by robin holder, Image 1.

    Drum 2

    monotype with handmade stencils

    20 x 14 in

  4. Coral Reef by robin holder, Image 1.

    Coral Reef

    stencil monotype

    15.25 x 19.25 in

  5. Satisfaction II by robin holder, Image 1.

    Satisfaction II

    monotype with handmade stencils

    15 x 18.75 in

  6. Satisfaction III by robin holder, Image 1.

    Satisfaction III

    monotype with handmade stencils

    15 x 18.5 in

  7. Pensive I by robin holder, Image 1.

    Pensive I

    monoprint with stencils

    17.75 x 15 in

  8. It's In the Phrasing 2 by robin holder, Image 2.

    It's In the Phrasing 2

    stencil monoprint: bleed image

    20.5 x 15.5 in