Darbra Smith, Printmaker

@darbrasmith.com

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Relief printmaker on the Olympic Peninsula Website: www.darbrasmith.com

Dog with sign "Dogs against Dictators" at No Kings rally
Photo of art studio
A grumpy-looking bat on a wooden picnic table.
A linocut of a wooded island and it's reflection in the water
A linocut of a wooded island and it's reflection in water
Video of two hands showing a zine made of one sheet of paper and covered in ink drawings of flowers on one side of the paper.
Photo of a coyote on a trail looking back at the photographer
A wood engraving of a male bufflehead swimming in the sea near a wooded land
A collagraph print of a Black-capped Chickadee perched on a branch
A box of 6 Tunnock's tea cakes.
A mural on a 4-story building of a giant woman kneeling down with a magnifying glass in one hand and the other poised to pick up something "small."
A linocut print of a dramatic sword fern posing in front of her best friend, a lichen-covered tree.
A large Pacific Trees Frog with green leaves, white flowers, and eyes you can get lost in.
Hanging on a tan wall are three framed linocuts of birds often seen together in Alder trees: a Black-capped Chickadee, a Chestnut-backed Chickadee, and a Golden-crowned Kinglet.
A black-and-white woodcut self-portrait of the artist. Her hair is both hiding her and flowering.
A reduction linocut print of a Golden-crowned Kinglet perched on an Alder branch
A linocut of a Golden-crowned Kinglet with all of its colors (greens, grays, and yellows) printed. Only one left to go
Reduction linocut of two Tufted Puffins getting reacquainted with each other after a winter apart by tapping their bright orange bills together.
A linocut print of a male Black-capped Chickadee perched on an Alder branch and calling out a warning. It's printed in grays, black, greens, and ochre.
A reduction linocut of a Golden-crowned Kinglet on an Alder branch with bright green spring leaves.
"My Little Chickadee" print. It is a 6-color reduction linocut of a charming Black-capped Chickadee perched on an Alder branch.
A pink Voodoo Donuts bag with a Portland Cream donut sitting in front of it
Poster for the Port Townsend Artist Studio Tour on August 24 and 25, 2025, from 10am to 4 pm.
Show announcement with a picture of my art print "Bond, show dates (April 5-May 25, 2025), and the address of the gallery, 5519 Airport Way South, Seattle, WA, 98108
Acrylic painting of a raccoon standing in grass looking at the viewer with some trepidation
A turkey with a bunch of chickens
A linocut print of a sword fern striking a pose in front of a lichen-festooned tree, printed on tan colored paper
A multimedia sketch of a bear hugging a tree
A bald eagle tearing apart a carcass on the rocks by the sea
Big Rhodie bud March 20, 2025. Turning reddish but not open yet.
A photo of a small Pacific Chorus Frog (AKA Pacific Tree Frog) sitting in a garden
A terrible photo of a linocut print that is still a work in progress. The image is a Golden-Crowned Kinglet perched on an Alder branch.
A linocut print of a female Belted Kingfisher hovering over the Salish Sea with hills and mountains in the background. It is printed in rust and shades of blue.
A drawing of a raccoon on top of the reference image and art tools used to make it.
A promotional image from the movie "Amelie." The main character Amelie is shown looking at the camera with an impish look.
Postcards to Trump to be sent on the Ides of March. They're printed on pink and yellow people and remind Trump that he works for the American people.
A photo of a printmaker carving out part of a linoleum block. The leaves got printed already so now they get carved out so that they don't get printed again but in the wrong color.
A photo of a woman backpacking in the snow with a sleeveless shirt on because that pack was heavy.
An acrylic painting of a maple bar on a green plate. The maple bar has a couple of bites taken out of it. The plate is on a yellow piece of paper which is on a salmon-colored table.
A photo of a reduction linocut print in process. A transparent gray appears differently on the body of the bird versus the tree it's perched on.
A photo of my father serving in the US Navy in WWII
A few prints of a linocut of a songbird with three colors printed so far.
A photo of a printmaker's glass covered inking table. On the left side is a small mound of yellow ink in different shades with a spatula and roller, and on the right side the same thing except in green.
A green, maroon, and pink linocut print of a male Anna's hummingbird trying to attract a female.
A sped-up video of a printmaker printing a linocut and filling up a drying rack with the prints.
A photo of a linocut print in its early stages. The image is of a Black-capped Chickadee perched in a tree, calling out. So far only 2 shades of gray have been printed. In the end the print will probably have 8 colors.
A handmade six-layer reduction linocut print of a Black-capped Chickadee perched on an Alder branch
2 pages from a sketchbook with drawings of 4 Black-capped Chickadees perched on pencils, a pen, and an eraser.
Protestors against the Republican regime on the steps of the county courthouse in Port Townsend WA on Feb. 17, 2025.
A photo of a brightly lit passage with receding doorways in the Real Alcazar de Sevilla. Yellow is the dominant color.
A photo of part of a registration board for printmaking. There is a Ternes Burton registration pin taped to the board, and visible is the former location of the pin, which moved mid-print run, causing all subsequent prints to be misaligned and the printmaker to cry her little heart out, crack open a beer, move the pin, and start the whole damn process all over again.
A handmade accordion book with acrylic paintings of an apple as it is eaten a little bit each day until only the core and a seed remain. On the first page is a Welsh proverb translated into English: "A seed hidden in the heart of an apple is an orchard invisible."
A carved linoleum block taped into its registration board and inked up in a light gray. When printed, it will make the first layer on a reduction print of a Black-capped Chickadee
A reduction linocut print of a pair of Tufted Puffins standing on a rock overlooking the sea. They've just reunited after a winter apart and are getting reacquainted by tapping their bills together.
Deadpool makes maximum effort by falling into a car
A hand-carved stamp of a Black-capped Chickadee perched on a branch and the image that stamp makes