A Life Story: In 50 Christmas Cards 1945-2003

This book reproduces fifty original Christmas cards designed and printed by the author over a period of nearly six decades. The graphic arts employed to produce the original cards varied over the years. The first eleven cards were linocuts, an art described briefly in the book. The next twenty-five were serigraphs or “silk-screen prints”; this graphic process is described in some detail. Nine were not produced as graphics, but were simply reproductions of the author’s paintings or drawings. The last five were computer graphics in which the author explored the advantages and limitations of this new medium. The cards, together with the author’s succinct notes on each, present a vivid insight into the life of a family and the changing shape of society over the years. Subjects portrayed are greatly varied, ranging from the aurora borealis to world religions! A broad range of ordinary human interest subjects rounds out the overall appeal of this book.