Midnight Run

The Mayport shrimp is the population of northern white the lives primarily in the estuaries in and around the mouth of the St. Johns River that enters the Atlantic Ocean at Mayport, FL. This shrimp is most important target for the commercial fishing industry in northeast Florida, and is valued for its sweet, white meat and large size. Each Fall the shrimp run out of the estuaries at night to spawn, which is when the shrimping fleet harvests them. This geometric design is carved by hand into linoleum and then printed with Prussian blue ink onto two different papers: Rives lightweight paper and a smooth Philippine gampi paper. This handmade specialty paper has some small spots and inclusions that give the paper some depth and texture.

• linocut
• Rives lightweight / Philippine gampi
• dimensions - 12' x 9"
• limited edition of 100 (50 of each paper type)

Limited edition handmade art prints for sale will be annotated with edition number, title, signature, and year of printing at the bottom of the print. Monotype prints for sale are one-of-a-kind and will be annotated without an edition number. Trial and color proofs, when they are offered for sale, will be annotated with title, year, and a chop symbol instead of a signature. Trial and color proofs are going to be different from the limited edition prints.