Linocut
A full-time professional painter since the early years of his working career, William Hays began explorations in linocut printing in 2007. By 2012 William’s woodblock and linocut prints had become his sole focus. In this pursuit he is entirely self taught.
William uses a reduction method to make his prints, printing all the sheets of a print edition in one batch from a single printing block that he step-by-step and color-by-color repeatedly carves as he lays in colors over the course of days or weeks. He prints using an etching press on an acid-free 100% cotton American-made Stonehenge paper using the finest printing inks. This approach relies heavily on a vision informed by his years of painting: the impact and success of his images arises from strong initial conceptions.
Migrant Sky
linocut
12" x 9"
$325
Triumphant
linocut
18.5" x 25"
$1400
Crescent Coast
linocut
9" x 12"
$450
Autumn Field
linocut
12" x 9"
$450
Twilight Village
linocut
9" x 12"
$450
Kissed by the Sun
linocut
12" x 9"
$450
After the Storm
linocut
12" x 9"
$375
Coastline Nocturne
linocut
9" x 12"
$375
Sunshine Snowfall
linocut
9" x 12"
$375
Shining Coast
linocut
9" x 12"
$375
Waters Edge
linocut
9" x 12"
$375
Guilford Night
linocut
12" x 9"
$375
Halifax House
linocut
12" x 9"
$375
Moonlight Lead
linocut
12" x 9"
$375
First Snow
linocut
12" x 9"
$375
Summer Moon
linocut
9" x 12"
$325
Abundant Earth
linocut
9" x 12"
$325