“Skull & Roses”

Grateful Dead-inspired woodblock print featuring a white skull adorned with a crown of red roses, set against a vibrant green background with organic textures created through experimental double-printing techniques, mounted on yellow mat board

“Skull & Roses” Woodblock Double Print; Ink and Acrylic; 10in x 14in; (2002). Artist Private Collection

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Completed 'Skull & Roses' Grateful Dead-inspired woodblock print displayed in yellow mat on wooden table with artist's watercolor palette visible.

"Skull and Roses" explores the iconic Grateful Dead imagery through an experimental printmaking process. Beginning with a hand-carved woodblock, Fall layered traditional printing techniques with an adventurous wet-paint pressing that created unexpected textures when the paper began to deteriorate. This happy accident enhanced the piece's organic quality, while the vibrant greens and luminous yellows radiating behind the stark white skull celebrate both the vitality of life and the natural transition of death.