This Traffic signal was the original seed of this print, a childhood memory of my neighborhood. Obviously, it was not the focus, but I love that the red and green held through all of the printing.
Whether it's clear or not that there is a church among the hazy buildings in back doesn't matter -- the silhouettes are there for depth (this place exists only in my mind and, now,bon paper). However, a fun note is that the rosette window is a spontaneous tribute to Notre Dame Cathedral, which burned during the making of the print.
The block is destroyed during the making of a reduction woodcut. Trying to explain the process to non-printmakers is a challenge. This should drive the point home.
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