Marrakesh

Linocut, 2026

Hand-pulled relief print
Black ink on white paper
Signed, dated, and stamped with artist's chop

Image size: 6" x 9"
Paper size: 9" x 12"

Edition Size: 40
Delivered Unframed

DESCRIPTION:
The low-angle Moroccan sun throws buildings of stucco into sharp relief, dividing a street into what the light reaches and what it doesn't. Whether the long shadows indicate a cool, still morning or a stifling late afternoon is not something the print will settle for you. It is entirely up to the viewer. People who've been to Morocco tend to feel the heat. People who haven't tend to hear the quiet.

STUDIO NOTE:
I've never been to Morocco. My son went during a college spring break trip and sent me several interesting photographs — it all looked like something out of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Marrakesh lends itself nicely to the idiosyncrasies of linocut, which can at times appear raw and rough-hewn. Light is either there or it isn't. Beginning to end, this piece was conceived, sketched, and carved in under an hour.