• Barn Buddies

    Barn Buddies

    Year: 2020
    Edition: 5
    Size: 37″ x 30″ (including margins)

    This woodblock print includes portraits of a Fancy Chicken, Clydesdale Horse, and Pygmy Goat. An elegant grain accent border encircles the trio. Dress up your house with a farm flair, or gift this piece to your favorite animal lover.

    Lyell Castonguay designed, carved, and printed this original artwork. Ink is applied to a carved wooden block and hand-pressed onto Thai Mulberry paper. The artist signed, titled, and numbered the edition in pencil below the image.

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  • Tribute

    Tribute

    Date: 2019
    Edition: 5
    Proofs: 3
    Size: 36″x24″ (excluding margins)

    I was inspired to create this piece after learning that Cuckoos secretly lay their eggs in other birds’ nests. This cunning animal behavior is called Brood Parasitism. A wren or warbler species often raises the Cuckoo’s young. The adoptive parents will continue to nurture the imposter to maturity, even when the size difference becomes comically apparent. Scientists don’t know why the relationship exists, and the behavior seems incomprehensible but fascinating.

    Lyell Castonguay designed, carved, and printed this original artwork. Ink is applied to a carved wooden block and hand-pressed onto Thai Mulberry paper. Multiple carved blocks layer colors, resulting in a dramatic effect. The artist signed, titled, and numbered the edition in pencil below the image.

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  • Migration

    Migration

    Date: 2019
    Edition: 9
    Size: 36″x24″ (excluding margins)

    My woodblock prints reflect a deep respect for animals, especially birds. I created this image of a European Nightjar after reading about them in textbooks and listening to the whip-poor-will’s song. This piece illustrates how human activity has made bird migration increasingly complex over the centuries. I used two colors for this print: a cool-toned gray and an ultramarine-infused black. Hidden among the stars are constellations of birds, including the Phoenix and the Crane.

    Lyell Castonguay designed, carved, and printed this original artwork. Ink is applied to a carved wooden block and hand-pressed onto Thai Mulberry paper. Multiple carved blocks layer colors, resulting in a dramatic effect. The artist signed, titled, and numbered the edition in pencil below the image.

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  • Eclipse

    Eclipse

    Date: 2019
    Edition: 8
    Proofs: 1
    Size: 36″x24″ (excluding margins)

    The Peregrine Falcon, one of my favorite birds of prey, inspired this piece. The subject’s tufted eyebrows, contrasted by piercing eyes and distinctive cheek markings, add a hint of humor to an otherwise deadly avian personality. Holding the title “earth’s fastest animal” should give the Peregrine quite an ego! Playing around with this idea leads me to a tightly cropped composition in which the subject’s head is so gigantic it blots out the sun. Like many other images, this piece was executed as an ink drawing and then meticulously carved as a woodblock.

    Lyell Castonguay designed, carved, and printed this original artwork. Ink is applied to a carved wooden block and hand-pressed onto Thai Mulberry paper. Multiple carved blocks layer colors, resulting in a dramatic effect. The artist signed, titled, and numbered the edition in pencil below the image.

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  • Fuji

    Fuji

    Date: 2014
    Edition: 20
    Size: 36″x24″ (excluding margins)

    The main inspiration for this piece is the combination of colors in Hokusai’s Fine Wind and Clear Morning. I appropriated elements from the original ukiyo-e print to create this arresting bird portrait.

    Lyell Castonguay designed, carved, and printed this original artwork. Ink is applied to a carved wooden block and hand-pressed onto Stonehenge paper. Multiple carved blocks layer colors, resulting in a dramatic effect. The artist signed, titled, and numbered the edition in pencil below the image.

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    Bleeding Heart

    Date: 2010
    Edition: 7 (varied)
    Size: 22″x30″ (excluding margins)

     

    This original artwork was designed, carved, and printed by Lyell Castonguay. Ink is applied to a carved wooden block and hand-pressed onto dyed banana paper. Multiple carved blocks layer colors, resulting in a dramatic effect. The artwork is signed, titled, and numbered in pencil by the artist.

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