The Grand Canyon and Desert View Watchtower.

Happy Earth Day from the Grand Canyon!

Thanks for sharing!

A linocut illustration of a section of Earth from space. The text reads: Earth Day! Resolving to lean into creativity and reduce waste. Creative Climate Action on Substack

Earth Day is coming up! Here are some thoughts about being an artist, using resources, and making an Earth Day Resolution.

open.substack.com/pub/creative...

#earthday #printmaking #linocut #substack

Black and white linocut of a bird with the text on the right: White-tailed Ptarmigan The best camouflage in the mountain west. Creative Climate Action on Substack

Check out the new Creative Climate Action post about these hearty, alpine birds! open.substack.com/pub/creative...

#bird #ptarmigan #printmaking #linocut #substack #wildlife

Different bird designs printed onto t-shirts!

Saturday, Valentine’s Day 12-3, we will be printing these designs onto shirts! BYO t-shirt to the Alley Gallery and Art Studios in Steamboat Springs, CO. 🩵💙💜
#bird #tshirt #linocut #printmaking

Blue and purple hand made linocut bird valentines.

Bluebird Valentine on marbled paper.

Bird Valentines! These are hand printed and painted Stellar Jay and Bluebird Valentine cards, each unique.
#birds #printmaking #linocut #valentines

Thank you!! 🖤

Black and white linocut block and print of a dusky grouse.

Dusky grouse in the snow.

#printmaking #linocut #bird #grouse #duskygrouse #illustration

A black and white linocut block and print of a white-tailed ptarmigan.

I’m printing a white-tailed ptarmigan this morning. They are high elevation Rocky Mountain birds that turn white in winter and a mottled brown in summer. This one is moulting- transitioning between colors.
#ptarmigan #bird #printmaking #linocut #illustration #wildlife

A linocut relief print of trees and a winding path printed onto a light green topo map of National Forest in Colorado.

Forest Bathing, a linocut printed on top of a topo map of NW Colorado.
#trees #forest #printmaking #linocut #path #art #colorado

A linocut of a pika holding flowers in his mouth and the heading: Pika Small, hearty residents of the Rocky Mountains Creative Climate Action on Substack

There is a new Creative Climate Action post on Substack about pika and citizen science + art!

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#pika #wildlife #printmaking #linocut #citizenscience

Linocut of a river and tree being printed in green on a topo map.

I printed some of these Meander linocuts on topo maps of my region in Colorado. They look great!

#printmaking #linocut #colorado #landscape

Thank you! 🐦‍⬛

Crows and wintery snowflakes.

Winter crows!
#printmaking #monotype #crows #birds

Snowflakes printed on paper circles to become ornaments.

Handmade paper ornaments with snowflakes and music paper or wildlife.

I’ve been making lots of hand printed paper ornaments. They are sweet! Head to The Alley Gallery and Art Studios if you are in Steamboat Springs, Co.
www.alleygallerysteamboat.com
Happy Thanksgiving!
#printmaking #linocut #ornaments

Light snow on a Colorado landscape, Steamboat Resort in the distance.

Just a little bit of snow today!
#steamboatsprings #colorado

Northern lights over Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Beautiful pink! 🩷💚🖤

#northernlights #steamboatsprings #colorado

Art studio/gallery with framed linocuts on the walls.

Framed linocut ‘Blue,’ a night scene with a poem in the clouds printed with black no on blue paper with a touch of gouache. 💙

My studio all ready for November ArtWalk!
#artstudio #printmaking #linocut #artgallery

A linocut block and print on blue paper.

Linocut on blue paper with a house, outdoor scene, and poem in the sky. There are gouache paints and a little color painted onto the print.

New linocut ‘Blue’ on beautiful Awagami paper. See photos here- www.jillbergman.com/shop/blue

In the blue of the evening,
when other colors wash down,
to sleep in cracks of the earth,
we lose sight of some details,
but sense the greater picture.

#printmaking #linocut #poem #blue #illustration

A linocut of a black wolf walking in the snow.

It’s Wolf Awareness Week! If you haven’t, please read Diane K Boyd’s A Woman among Wolves www.dianekboyd.com or anything by Rick McIntyre www.rickmcintyre.com Let me know your favorite wolf books!
#wolf #wolves #printmaking #linocut #linoleumprint #wildlife

A circle of stones with radiating spokes on the ground, tree and blue sky in the background.

A medicine wheel on the plains outside of Laramie, Wyoming estimated to be 400-700 years old.
#medicinewheel #wyoming

Gorgeous!

Rolling a transitional blue onto the sky of a large carved block with a large roller.

The inked block ready to print.

The printed landscape with a blue sky, large white cloud, and dark green desert foreground.

We reprinted my big desert landscape with color! The bottom is dark green not black. Thanks to Master Printer Sue Oehme for all her amazing skills!
#printmaking #linocut #linoleumprint #landscape

A linocut of a fox sitting on a rock beside a river, printed in black and painted with colorful gouache.

A painted linocut of a fox beside a river framed.

This fox linocut got some color and landed in a frame!

#printmaking #linocut #fox #wildlife #painting

Linocut of a one room schoolhouse with white ink on black paper and painted with gouache.

Reference photo of the one room schoolhouse outside Steamboat Springs, Colorado.

Historic photo of the same schoolhouse in Routt County, Colorado.

I gave my #linocut of the historic South Side School outside of Steamboat Springs, Co a little color.
#linoleumprint #printmaking #painting #illustration #steamboatsprings

Gorgeous Colorado landscape outside of Salida. 💚💙

#salidacolorado #colorado #collegiatepeaks #coloradolandscapes

Linocut in blues and browns of wildflowers gone to seed. The final print is on the left, the two blocks used to create it are on the right.

Gone to Seed, influenced by dried, end-of-season wildflowers.
#printmaking #linocut #linoleumprint #wildflowers

Thanks- I appreciate it! 💙

Framed linocut of a great blue heron standing in water.

Great blue herons are my favorite birds- both elegant and gangly. This one was framed and is migrating from Colorado to beachy Texas.

#printmaking #linocut #linoleumprint #greatblueheron #heron #birds #wildlifeart #birdart #steamboatartist #painting

Jill Bergman’s linocuts of wildlife and florals at The Alley Gallery and Art Studios, Steamboat Springs, Colorado. https://www.alleygallerysteamboat.com/

Ann Feldman and Chula Beauregard’s floral paintings at The Alley Gallery and Art Studios, Steamboat Springs, Colorado. https://www.alleygallerysteamboat.com/

The Alley Gallery and Art Studios, Steamboat Springs, Colorado. https://www.alleygallerysteamboat.com/

We’ve rehung The Alley Gallery and Art Studios- ArtWalk is tonight 9/5 5-8 in Steamboat, CO! Lots of florals by Ann Feldman, Chula Beauregard, & some florals + wildlife by me.
#painting #printmaking #linocut #artgallery #artstudio #steamboatsprings #oilpainting #pleinairpainting #flowers