Lyn Bishop : Sharing Secrets

At the beginning of 2008 I realized that this was a milestone year for my art career. Not only am I celebrating 10 years as a practicing, professional artist, I realized that in the early months of the New Year, I would add my 100th collector to my community of supporters.

Wow! This was cause for celebration and I wanted to find a way to say Thank You to each of them.

So, I got to work in the print studio, cutting paper, mixing ink and burning screens for an edition of 100 prints as a special gift for my 100 collectors. The image is from my travels, from the town of Uji, Japan — a town seeped in the smell of roasting tea .

What I enjoyed about the project is that it gave me an opportunity to work differently than I usually do — this time with very little digital influence. The green color of the soft-cream is an abstract hue for Western audiences — definitively not your typically vanilla. And I enjoy how the cone itself floats on a field of blue in a nod to the “pop art” that I grew up on.

After the screen prints were finished, they were signed, titled with You’re Sweet and numbered in a limited edition of 100, and then sent by mail to each of the collectors as a special, surprise gift.

The whole process was a labor of love, and with each step in the process I couldn’t help but feel an overwhelming sense of gratitude to all those who have made my career what it is today. I couldn’t have gotten this far without you. You’re Sweet! THANK YOU!

Images:
1. Finished 4 color screen print
2. Blue field anticipating the yellow cone
3. Yellow cone on blue color field
5. Green ice-cream on yellow cone on blue field
6. Prints on the drying rack.

How do you celebrate those who support you? Leave your comments here:

Tags: green tea, Japan, screen print, thank you, Uji

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