Tag Archives: woodcuts

“INDU: Commensalists and Hand Me Downs” Installation, Oregon College of Arts and Craft

INDU: Commensalists and Hand Me Downs       Mixed media installation    12 ft x 12 ft x 12 ft             2008 This work came from an earlier residency at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in 2006. I finished cutting the plates and printing the prints that came from that residency, while I was in residence at the Oregon College [...]

Escape 3: Sex, Drugs and Rock & Roll, an artist’s book

Escape 3: Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll         11 inches x 15 inches x .5 inc           2008 In this third and final volume of the Escape Series, the artist lands on Duval Street in Key West during a charming festival called Fantasy Fest. It is a [...]

escape*… restrictions apply (Escape 1)

“escape*… restrictions apply,”         11 inches x 15 inches x .5 inc           2003 This is Tom Virgin’s first artist’s book. It is the first of three books examining the concept of “escape” in the context of a trip from Miami to the Florida Keys. During the course of [...]

Escape prints (Florida Keys)

The work pictured here is a series of prints taken from repeated trips to the Florida Keys, visiting a long time friend. Sadly, my friend has passed away, but the friendship and experience of seeing the Keys as a native still lingers. The works begin on Card Sound Bridge and move south and west to [...]

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

This National Park is nestled between Gary, Indiana and Michigan City Michigan spanning almost 20 miles across the southern shore of Lake Michigan on Indiana’s northernmost border. Nestle is probably not the word I should use to describe the relationship this 15,000 acre park has with its neighbors. It is hidden in urban sprawl that [...]

13 Views of Mt. Hood

An artist’s residency at Oregon College of Art and Craft in 2007 was a rich experience, kitty corner across the world from what I am used to. The Cascades are incredible, volcanoes popping up from the ground,  from California through Washington State. I came with the hope of creating an homage to Hokusai and the [...]