Collaborative Rara Avis, Final Part

And finishing up...

L to R:  Claire Simon, Lynn Starun, Janet Ducote, Paula Ehrich

artist Clair Simon

artist Lynn Starun

artist Janet Ducote

artist Paula Ehrich

From members not present -

artist Liz Demaree

artist Linda Mead

And some members who were present and enjoyed seeing what everyone did!

L to R:  guest, Dolores Fish, Sam Forlenza

We at BAR extend

A Big Thank You to 

Elissa Kessler Caporale & Jow Reilly, co-chairs, 

for all their work on Rara Avis Collaborative!

Photo credit:  Shari Seltzer top photo, Janet Ducote the rest 

Booked 11 (part 6)...

Debra F. Livingston, top two Tearing Down The House, 

bottom The Fall And Rise Of The Shore House

Karen McDermott, Color Path Of A Changing Landscape

Linda Mead, And Then She Left

Deb Mell, top two Ouroboros - Snakes And Serpents,

bottom two Piasa Bird

Photo credit: Janet Ducote

Y, Z, and a Surprise!

Lynn Keffer on her letter:  "In looking for something from nature to illustrate the letter “Y”, I settled on a Yellow Jacket (wasp). Then I composed the limerick and went on from there." 

Front &Back- letterpressed & linocut print, where one side is a derivative of the other (they were cut apart), additional hand coloring.

Linda Mead took the last letter of the alphabet, "Z".

“I chose the word Zephyr, which means a gentle or west wind, because of my love of the wind and the imagery it evokes.”  

Front & Back - hand pulled prints, the letter "Z" combined drypoint with soft ground etching, the image for "Zypher" is an aquatint etching. 

So here is the surprise....a very cool box made by Joe Reilly!  He made it to hold the Abecedarian for BAR.  Thank you Joe!

Very cool box by Joe Reilly

And, we owe an even bigger thank you to Claire Simon for chairing this project for us.  Thank you Claire!




Picture credit: Janet Ducote