I drew these girls after seeing them at a Folk Festival. The older girl was sent to get the younger one to behave. The younger girl was "Oh-so-innocent". She had no idea why the third little girl was crying..... "I Dunno"

This image was done as a copperplate etching. Copperplate etching involves scratching a copper plate through a thin resist to expose the metal. The artist sees a negative mirror image. Once drawn the plate is submerged in acid to "bite" lines deeper into the scratches. When satisfied with the image the resist is removed. Ink is forced into the lines and carefully wiped off the surface leaving ink only in the lines of the image. Dampened acid-free paper and a felt blanket are placed over the inked plate and slowly rolled under tremendous pressure through a press transferring the image to the paper. The resulting image has a three-dimensional raised line embossed effect.