The “My Best Friend Show” at the Encinitas Library Community Art Space, Encinitas CA is a wonderful collection of personal art pieces ranging from painting to mosaics to printmaking and collage. This Collagraph was chosen to be part of the collection.
The attached card reads:
Owen & Mervin Vie for the Bone | Oil Based Collagraph | Nancy Walter 2011
“Owen, my miracle dog, is seen here communing with Mervin, the spirit bird. When I met Owen at the Sweetwater Animal Shelter, it was not obvious he was a Schnauzer. Matted and wreaking of oil, he had already stolen my heart by the time I learned that he had distemper. With a custom diet, veterinary magic, love, luck, and prayer, Owen has survived and thrived. In this painting, Owen is engaging Mervin. This crow is a constant presence around our home; he evokes the spirit of my late father, the first Mervin, who had a special fondness for these bright and mysterious black birds.”
A happy deer screen-print, unfortunately it didn’t last long. My deer t-shirt went into the wash and came out with face missing! Oh no!!! A good tip is to make sure you heat set the screen-printing ink before you wash it. He is now the mystery deer!
