Old Snowy
$120.00
Letterpress printed from a single reduction linocut in nine separate impressions.
Artwork size: 20 x 11.25”
Paper size: 24 x 15.25”
Signed and numbered edition of 40
Archival paper
Ships in a 3×18″ poster tube.*
28 in stock
At approximately 7900 feet, Old Snowy Mountain is the fifth highest peak in the Goat Rocks Wilderness. It's centrally located on the spine of the Goat Rocks which runs northwest to southeast, southeast of Mount Rainier and north of Mount Adams.
I hiked through the beautiful and wild Goat Rocks Wilderness during a three-week, 200+ mile backpacking trip heading north on the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail in Washington State. We had just hiked along a famous knife-edge ridge along the west slopes of Old Snowy Mountain. Later that night, we made camp hastily after a long march that continued on through the dark. That evening was a full moon, and also first time that I hiked alongside my moon shadow. The next day, we took in this view of the McCall Glacier on the east facing slopes of Old Snowy during a brilliant blue bird morning.
This print nearly maxes out the form and sheet size allowances on my Vandercook Universal 1 proofing press and is the largest piece I’ve printed to date.
*It's recommended to remove the artwork from the poster tube and allow it to relax before framing.
Carving the 2nd impression into the linoblock.
Clockwise from top left: The Goat Rocks beckon. Mouse on a stick. Rachael, Leah and me near the knife-edge ridge. Looking north towards Mt Rainier. Wiley and me.