I initially became involved with block prints as a way to illustrate the poetry I was writing and printing with my C & P letterpress. I was taken in by the graphic quality of a linoleum block carving; the importance of a line, a space, the way to create texture and motion with the slice of a carving tool. Along with a variety of images, I have created two series of hand tinted block prints; wildflowers of Northern Wisconsin and my Raven reflection series