Articles by tcwaters

Love Letters: Billboard

Love Letters: Billboard 2021

As I look at this image, I’m drawn to a few things, but one is a fantasy of being in a car and driving by this billboard, where the bright light is a beacon on a cold, wintery night. This screen print contains mown marks on top of the source to bring that idea into a print.

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Page 24: Jim Bentley

Page 24: Jim Bentley

Series of images that are about the male gaze for the male form, and use vintage porn from the ’80’s as inspiration and source material. Porn of that era became a safe escape from a world being ravaged by HIV/AIDS. As I explore these images, they allow me to process my own history during those years.

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Page 6 and Page 5

I’ve been working on a hand-made artist book inspired by the recent Huevember, where artists use a set of hues, one for each day, and create work using that color. The book will be eight pages, in an accordian style and will come on line in a few weeks. Two […]

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Orange 1 WorkPrint

Work Prints

When I’m screen printing, I always print the first draft on this thick brown paper from HomeDepot. It is much thicker than Kraft paper, and then I keep it and reuse it over and over. When I change inks or make other changes, I place these sheets under my screen. […]

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examples of floral cards

Mail Art Card Offer!

I will send you a hand-made art postcard, sent through the USPS and received in your mailbox! Something to look forward to instead of your mailbox holding nothing but bills and spam letters. The artwork will be a surprise, but I’m sure you will love it.

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staring man on wall paper

Staring Man- Wallpaper

This is not a new image, but one I realized had never been added to my site. 21″ x 27″ digital print directly on wallpaper. 2017 These works grew out of an experimentation. The wallpaper goes through my printer, but because the paper isn’t very absorbing, the ink sits on […]

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gotfag image

#SayItGay 2

Say It Gay, is a series of digital prints that grew out of an exploration of using gay slurs or pejoratives as inspiration for artwork, in the context of an obsession with text as Art. In today’s “meme” culture, a photo is frequently used with text to have a commentary […]

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