ABOUT THIS PRINT
The drawing for this image was done on location along McHugh Park in the Chugach State Park south of Anchorage, Alaska. The drawing was done directly onto a piece of so-called "mahogany" plywood with charcoal. Back in the studio the drawing was strengthened with India drawing ink prior to cutting the image. There are three woodblocks: black, dark gray and light gray.

The title for the print refers to the political battle in Alaska over designation of publicly owned land as national parks. Developers vehemently opposed park designation, saying that this "locked-up" the land and prevented its use. The artist disagrees: park lands remain open to us all.

PRINTED BY: the artist, assisted by Darcy Lockhart, at the Visual Arts Center of Alaska

RECORD OF PRINTING
50 edition, numbered 1/50 through 50/50
PROOFS:
10 artist's proofs
7 presentation proofs
4 working proofs
4 trial proofs
3 color trial proofs
2 state proofs
1 VAC record impression

INKS USED (COLORS + BRANDS): Speedball Transparent; Graphic Chemical and Ink Etching Black #514 and Intense Black; and tinted with oil paints.

PRINTING ORDER + COLORS (1st, 2nd Plate, Colors etc.)
1st - Light Gray - transparent tinted with black and oil colors
2nd - Dark Gray - transparent tinted with black and oil colors
3rd - Black - Intense Black

Artist's Note: I didn't mix enough of the transparent colors, and the 2nd and 3rd batches mixed varied from one to the other. Thus, the grays vary slightly in this edition. Also, I ran out of the Intense Black, and then tinted the etching black to match.