Saturday, March 31, 2018

ReTree Steamboat


It's spring and time to think about planting... and I've been thinking about planting trees! I'm making a t-shirt and poster design for ReTree Steamboat again. This is a program that I really love that's put on by the Yampa Valley Sustainability Council. There will be a tree potting event in May and planting will be in the fall. For the past couple of years we planted trees along the Yampa River to help protect the river channel and restore animal habitat. If you are in Steamboat, I hope you can volunteer and come plant trees with the community!




The t-shirt will  be printed with light colored ink, so I used white on black paper for my print.


And I got to paint with color for the poster. I like this brown version because it's a little different for me. I don't use colored paper for printmaking very often, but brown, blue and green are the perfect earth and tree colors. Take action, plant a tree!

Friday, March 9, 2018

The Yampa Print is Done!


I've been printing and painting...




And I know you have all been holding your breath.... so here it is!


I'm going to create a numbered, open edition of this print and donate the first three to Friends of the Yampa to help with fundraising some more money for the mural. So if you are interested, please contact them! After that, I'll have some for sale through my website, www.jillbergman.com. And we will also be creating poster reproductions that you'll be able to get through my website. I'll be splitting the proceeds from all poster sales with Friends of the Yampa to support this mural, and also future projects of theirs. I'll let you know when everything is ready!