N.C. Winters Bad Omen Variant Art Prints Release

N.C. Winters is happy to finally be announcing Wave Two (of two) of his recent Bad Omen release. He split the run into two drops to better handle orders of multiple variants. The cotton rag paper is pretty beefy, and even two variants in one tube was pushing it he said. These are the last variants (a total of four- two colorways, in both regular and hand embellished) for this print.

In addition to the penultimate “Vintage” scheme, N.C. couldn’t resist a desaturated monotone colorway. A big part of why he always like a print completely devoid of color is that he gets to show off the painstaking line work these prints take. 

 Says N.C.

Ultimately, I feel most skilled with detailed linework, with color being my less strong suit. The “Mono” variant lets me emphasize my strengths. In it you can see the image reduced down to the main four shades of transparent brown that make up the full tonal value range of the print. There’s something about this one I particularly love, as to me it ends up feeling a bit like an old weathered etching. It makes the subtle washes in the hand embellished versions of these some of my favorites of the four (don’t tell Vintage).

Bad Omen “Vintage” colorway
Print size: 18″ x 24″ limited edition of 75.
Seven color screenprint including spot clear varnish on Neenah cotton rag paper.
Edges hand-torn for a unique deckled edge.
Each print is hand signed & numbered. $150 each
 

Bad Omen “Mono” colorway
Print size: 18″ x 24″ limited edition of 50.
Four color screenprint on Neenah cotton rag paper.
(Please note that there is no spot gloss on this version)
Edges hand-torn for a unique deckled edge.
Printed by End Hymns.
Each print is hand signed & numbered. $100 each.

The prints go live in N.C. Winters Online Shop this Friday, January 29 at a random time after 2:30PM EST.