Interested in buying a print or want more information? Email me at jrdleach@gmail.com.

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“Look At This,” is a series of multi-plate woodcut, lino, and collage prints with metallic inks on various white or black paper. 15″ x 22″. Some imagery is inspired by vintage Barbie coloring books of the 1970’s and 80’s, and is a thematic continuation of  a large scale woodcut print made in 2018 called “In a Box,” 65″ x 40,″.  The titles in this series are captions from the coloring book pages.

A Favorite Place
Back at Home Base
Can You Fix This?
Everyone is Pleased
Hailing Friends
Let’s Rest Here
Time for Tea
What Should I Wear?
You’re Right On Time
A Secure Landing
Our Time is Almost Up
I’ll Pick You Up at Eight
Color Your Favorite Pair
This Was My Favorite Dress
It Only Takes Practice, Girls

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“Storytime 1 -8,” paper size 8″x 8″, image area 4″ x4″. A series of multi-plate woodcut and lino prints with collage on BFK. Collage elements are taken from vintage Barbie coloring books of the 1970’s and 80’s. Click arrows for slideshow!

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“She’s Looking at You,” made for the Artist Archives or the Western Reserve’s “The Egg and The Obelisk” event. Ostrich egg, lino print, acrylic paint, hanji.

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“Untethered 1 -5,” 14″ x 16,” a series of five laser-cut woodblock prints with inkjet on Shiramine paper. This series was made at Anderson Ranch in Aspen Colorado with printmaker Jimin Lee,  a professor of art and head the print media program at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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“Phobia Series,” 18″ x18″, 16″ x 16″, spray paint on paper. Titles: Top R Phobia a, R Phobia b, Second row: F Phobia a, F Phobia b, Bottom: N Phobia.

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“Phobia” series, 4″x 4″, woodcut and linoleum on BFK.

Left, “J Phobia,” Right, “E Phobia”

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“Nobodies Leftovers 1-3”,  a series of 3 collages based on the previous “Pandemia” series. These collages are created from the scraps and shreds and failed prints from the previous “Pandemia” pieces. The figures in all these pieces are called ‘Nobodies.’

Linocut prints, metallic spray paint, various handmade paper collaged onto BFK. 13″ x 13″.

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“Shreds of Hope 1-3”,  a series of 3 collages based on the previous “There is Hope” series. These collages are created from the scraps and shreds and failed prints from the previous “Hope” pieces.

Woodcut prints, metallic spray paint, various handmade paper collaged onto BFK. 10″ x 11″.

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“Hope Against Hope”,  a series of 7 collages based on the previous “There is Hope” series. These collages are hand-printed woodblock textures and colors containing a ‘golden nugget’ of hope.

Woodcut prints, monotype, metallic spray paint, various handmade paper collaged onto BFK. 18″ x 24″.

Three from this series are part of Summa Hospital’s Healing Arts Collection in Akron, Ohio.

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Above: “Hope Against Hope 3”
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Above: “Hope Against Hope 6”
Above: “Hope Against Hope 7”

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“There is Hope”,  a series of 10 various size vase forms wrapped in hand printed woodblock textures and colors and assembled into vessels enveloping a golden nugget. The nugget is obscured in the vessels and takes some looking to find.

Glass, woodcut prints, various handmade paper, acrylic paint, thread. Sizes vary from 6″ to 12″ high.  Pieces from this series were included in the exhibition Kindred Objects: Ceramics & Glass from the Western Reserve, at the Artist Archives of the Western Reserve, November-December 2021.

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“100% FUN,” 6″ x 4″ sketchbook, made for “The Sketchbook Project,” a library based in Brooklyn NY that collects sketchbooks from artists all over the world. This sketchbook is now part of that library. See it at the Library’s website: https://www.sketchbookproject.com/library/S4492628

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“Pandemia” series

Waiting, 18″x 47.5″, large scale linocut print on Hanji paper.

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Together and Apart, 2.5″ – 11.5″ high, 15 glass vases wrapped in linocut print on various handmade papers. Part of a series of print projects that use the repeating pattern of female figures.

All Nobodies

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“Pandemia” series 

Wallpaper Scrolls,  14″ x 70 – 83″, Linocut print with red stamps, string and bamboo.

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Detail:

Pandemia Wallpaper Scrolls detail

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Pills, 3″ – 5″ high, Prescription pill jars wrapped in linocut prints.

Pandemia Pills

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Uncontained Spread,  60″ x 60″, Linocut print on fabric sewn into a quilt with red thread quilting in large circle patterns. Quilt pieced by Margaret Dobbins, quilting by Diane Wantz.

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Pandemia quilt back detail

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“Mixed Emotions”,  10″ x 10″, Sixteen individual 2-3 color woodcut prints created with carving and gun shots on masa. New prints from the same set of six blocks used to create 16″ x 22″ “Mixed Emotions” series (see previous post).

Titles in order from left to right: “Afraid, Anxious, Buoyed, Developmental, Dominant, Endangered, Gestating, Growing, Insecure, Invisible, Oppressed, Protected, Shy, Suppressed, Unprotected, Unreliable”.

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Series of prints, “Mixed Emotions”. Prints are 16″ x 22″, woodcut with bullet holes.

“Mixed Emotions” is a series of 10 multicolor woodcut prints made by mixing 5 wooden plates. First posted July 26 2017.

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“Yin |Yang”, 2.25″ x 3.5″, Collage on altered vintage ledger booklet.

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“Which Style Do You Like? Diptych”, two 10.75″ x 15″ prints, two-plate laser-cut woodcut prints on masa paper.

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“Which Style Do You Like?”, image 7″ x 8.5″, paper 16″ x 20″, three-plate laser-cut woodcut print on masa paper. Edition of 18. Created for the Print Exchange Portfolio project at the Campana Center for Ideation and Invention at LCCC.

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“Quixotica”, 6″ x 8″, artist book, linoleum print and chine college on BFK. Created a while back but posted to compliment some recent work with altered books.

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“Feminine Intuition III” and “Feminine Intuition IV”, 11″ x 8.5″, acrylic multimedia collage on Morgan handmade paper.

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“Feminine Intuition I” and “Feminine Intuition II”, 12″x 18″, acrylic multimedia collage on BFK. Shapes are collaged pieces of the cartoon characters Wilma Flintstone, Nancy, and Olive Oyl.

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“Climate Change U.S.A.” 17″ x 6″, 2-plate linoleum print on BFK.

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“Tree | Paper” 10.25” x 8.5” closed. Woodcut, lino print, toner transfer collage on altered book.

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“Impermanence”, 23″ x 34″, collaged reduction woodcut print on Morgan mulberry and BFK.

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“Boxed In”, fifteen 12″ x 12″  woodcut prints in shadow boxes on masa. Original “In a Box” is 65″ x 40″ and was printed with Lyell Castonguay of Big Ink Prints at Artist Image Resource in Pittsburgh.

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“Boxed In” can be be exhibited with varying arrangements. This was the configuration for a show at Heights Arts.

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“In a Box”, 65″ x 40″ large scale woodcut print on masa.

Printed with Lyell Castonguay of Big Ink Prints at Artist Image Resource in Pittsburgh.

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Gender Identity Avatar Portraits

Smaller than “Avatar Portraits”, these six white line color woodcuts are 8″ x 8″ on BFK and are meant to be viewed as a group: “Gender Brown”, “Gender Pink”, “Gender Periwinkle”, “Gender Black”, “Gender Gray”, and “Gender Chartreuse”.

These prints were exhibited in The Nicholson B. White Gallery at St. Paul’s Church; “The Salon Shows”, Work of four artists from Cleveland, March-June 2017

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Cultural Identity Avatar Portraits

These six color white line woodcuts are 10″x 10″ on BFK and are meant to be viewed as group: “Arabic Avatar”, “Chinese Avatar”, “English Avatar”, “Russian Avatar”, “Somali Avatar”, “Mexican Avatar”.

The text in these prints is from Chapter 8 of Italo Calvino’s book, “Invisible Cities”. The chapter is called “Continuous Cities 2” and describes the city of Trude which “does not begin and does not end. Only the name of the airport changes”.

These prints were exhibited in The Nicholson B. White Gallery at St. Paul’s Church; “The Salon Shows”, Work of four artists from Cleveland, March-June 2017

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Identity Crisis Avatar Portraits

These six color white line woodcuts are 11″x 11″ on BFK and are meant to be viewed as group: “Identity Crisis 1”, “Identity Crisis 2,” Identity Crisis 3″, Identity Crisis 4″, Identity Crisis 5 “, “Identity Crisis 6”.

These prints were exhibited in The Nicholson B. White Gallery at St. Paul’s Church; “The Salon Shows”, Work of four artists from Cleveland, March-June 2017.

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“Veritas Filia Temporis”, 15″x22″, Woodcut print with acrylic wash on BFK. Translated: “Truth is the daughter of time”

Posted July 6, 2018

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“Super Real”, 12″x19″, Color woodcut and linoleum print with acrylic wash on BFK.

Posted March 28, 2018

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“Super Real Triptych”, Three 12″x19″ prints, color woodcut and linoleum with chine collé, toner transfer, acrylic wash and bullet holes on BFK.

This print won “Best of Show” in the 2018 Valley Art Center Annual Juried Exhibition in Chagrin Falls.

Posted May 30, 2018

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“Person”, 13″ x 20”, Woodcut reduction prints on BFK paper. A series of 6 possible versions of a person as suggested by the Apple iPhone emojis. All prints in the series were created from one block.

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“Thinking of Guns”, two 8″ x 6″ linoleum prints with chine collé on handmade paper and mulberry. Showing at Manhattan Graphics Center in NYC in the juried exhibition “The Print Effect 2018: Small Works/Big Impact” November 1–30, 2018.

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“This IS a Yellow Daffodil”, 13″ x 17″ each, Woodcut reduction prints on BFK paper, 3 variations.

This print was chosen by poet Damien McClendon to respond to in Heights Arts’ Ekphrastacy event in May.

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“Construct/Destruct/Construct Midtown CLE I-III” , 22.5″ x 13”, Woodcut reduction print on BFK paper. A series of 3 versions of a map of midtown Cleveland. The process of reduction printing (building the map image then destroying what you have built to create the next layer) mirrors the building and rebuilding that has occurred in Midtown during the history of Cleveland. 

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“Fading Memory I-IV″, 5″ x 4.5″, Digital photograph toner transfer print and woodcut.

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“Silver Lake II″, 24″ x 11″, Woodcut and linoleum print on BFK paper.

Variation on Silver Lake I.

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“Truth 2016″, 16″ x 12”, Woodcut reduction print on mulberry paper.

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“Cold Comfort 1”, 13.5″ x 10.5″, Linoleum reduction print and toner transfer on BFK paper.

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“Media 2016”, 25″ x 6.5″, Woodcut print on BFK paper.

This print was accepted into the Morgan Conservatory Fifth Annual Juried Exhibition “American Fiber”, March-April 2017.

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“#Candylandscape53″, 16″x 16” two-plate color reduction woodcut print on BFK.

This print was accepted into the Waterloo Arts Juried Exhibition 2017, June-July 2017.

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“Unity”,  5″x 7″ on mulberry.

Color reduction woodblock. Print started in moku hanga style, (water based inks) and finished with oil based inks.

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“Ex Libris”, 5″x7″ linoleum and toner transfer print on handmade paper. Made for the Australian Bookplate Design Award competition. The text in the background is from a 1943 edition of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte set in “Monotype Bodoni with long descenders”.

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This is a two color linoleum print of a Dalmation puppy. Printed on mulberry. Paper size is 9″ x 12″, image size is 5″ x 8″.

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This is a three color linoleum reduction print of a Boston Terrier. Printed on mulberry. Paper size is 9″ x 12″, image size is 5″ x 8″.

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Collages inspired by Chinese landscape painting using book pages from the classic Chinese novel “Dream of the Red Chamber” and cut pieces of Barbie’s hair from a vintage 1982 Barbie coloring book. Mounted on handmade paper. Image size is 5” x 7.5”, paper size is 8” x 11”.

 

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February 21, 2014 · 6:49 pm

Pages from an altered vintage game book using coloring book page collages.

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