Inkling Studio Francis Stanton

Inkling Studio Francis Stanton I'm Francis Stanton, and Inkling Studio is my website for my art and images that I have made. Pops was an architect. I was an art room junkie in high school.

About: After I semi-retired from my mapmaking business a few years ago, I was visiting my sister Suzanne in California and she asked if I wanted to cut a rubber stamp. I did a small jade tree and it was really fun, and that reignited a passion for printmaking. Growing up in an artistic family, I have been immersed in art my entire life. Ma was an amazing painter and watercolorist, and my sister is

a prolific and talented artist and sculptor. I was always encouraged to express myself with art and photography. My 40+-year career as a cartographer has served me well in my current interest in printmaking. Since I practiced mapmaking in both the pre-computer and computer periods, I have a working knowledge of those techniques. It’s amazing how useful the old (abandoned) and computer (to-be-abandoned-at-any-moment) methods can be, and how they can be adapted into making art. I’ve even used an 1800’s cyanotype photo technology for transferring an image to a linocut plate to guide hand cutting. Computer imaging adds a whole different methodology and feel to the images. I like mixing the new with the old. Combining artistic methods can be interesting and useful too: I’ve been using silkscreens and linocuts together, or linocuts and stencils, and sometimes adding watercolor or gouache by hand over the top of any medium. I often make my own tools, like a multiplate color registration system, a silkscreen exposure unit, a silkscreen washout sink, barens for large linocut images, and a DYI linocut press. I take inspiration from both the natural world and the activities of humans.

This is my first communique of this art fair season, and I will be at two fairs this summer of 2025!Coming up next weeke...
06/12/2025

This is my first communique of this art fair season, and I will be at two fairs this summer of 2025!

Coming up next weekend is the Oregon Art Fair on Saturday, June the 14th at Waterman Park downtown Oregon, 9 am-4 pm (https://www.oregonwiartwalk.com/artists). I'm in Booth 13.

and...

Art Fair Off the Square on July 12th and 13th (https://www.artcraftwis.org/event-details/46th-annual-art-fair-off-the-square). It runs from 9 am - 6 pm on Saturday, and 10 am - 5 pm on Sunday; I'll be in Booth 9.

I'll be featuring all of my woodcuts, linocuts, and silkscreens, and cards of all of them. There are some new works, including some images from Spain, and others inspired by Iberian mosaics; and one from right here in the Midwest.

Hope to see y'all!

Come on down to the Wauwatosa Firefly Art Fair! Everyone is set up, and I'm at booth 54 on the east side of the gardens....
08/03/2024

Come on down to the Wauwatosa Firefly Art Fair! Everyone is set up, and I'm at booth 54 on the east side of the gardens.

Getting ready for tomorrow's start of the Firefly Art Fair in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin! 10 - 5, and Sunday 10 - 4. Beautiful...
08/03/2024

Getting ready for tomorrow's start of the Firefly Art Fair in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin! 10 - 5, and Sunday 10 - 4. Beautiful garden setting. Weather should be beautiful too. I have the full range of artwork in my booth 54.

Come down this Saturday 9-6 and Sunday 10-5 to the Art Fair Off the Square! I will be in Booth 9 right in front of the M...
07/12/2024

Come down this Saturday 9-6 and Sunday 10-5 to the Art Fair Off the Square! I will be in Booth 9 right in front of the Municipal Building. Lots of linocuts, woodcuts, silkscreens and cards!

Showing today at ArtJune in Baraboo, Wisconsin! Beautiful weather, not too hot. Come on over if you're in the area! ...
06/15/2024

Showing today at ArtJune in Baraboo, Wisconsin! Beautiful weather, not too hot. Come on over if you're in the area!

The Nest is my larest silkscreen/linocut. It'll be at the Oregon Art Fair this Saturday!
06/06/2024

The Nest is my larest silkscreen/linocut. It'll be at the Oregon Art Fair this Saturday!

I'll be at the Oregon Art Fair this Saturday in beautiful downtown Oregon, Wisconsin. 9 am to 4 pm. Booth 13. It looks l...
06/06/2024

I'll be at the Oregon Art Fair this Saturday in beautiful downtown Oregon, Wisconsin. 9 am to 4 pm. Booth 13. It looks like a beautiful day weather wise. Come on down and what's happening!

A new acrylic flow piece, available as a card or 8x10 giclee print. Hill Farms Art Walk is the day after tomorrow!
05/03/2024

A new acrylic flow piece, available as a card or 8x10 giclee print. Hill Farms Art Walk is the day after tomorrow!

An accidental abstract, of which I made cards and a print. Check out my booth this Saturday!
05/02/2024

An accidental abstract, of which I made cards and a print. Check out my booth this Saturday!

Coming up this Saturday- the Hill Farms Art Walk!
05/01/2024

Coming up this Saturday- the Hill Farms Art Walk!

Coming up this Saturday- the Hill Farms Art Walk! Here’s a new work in tempera of a mountain lake in Wyoming. Available ...
05/01/2024

Coming up this Saturday- the Hill Farms Art Walk! Here’s a new work in tempera of a mountain lake in Wyoming. Available as a card or an inexpensive giclee print.

Coming up this very Saturday, May 4th from 9:30 AM- 4:00 PM (rain date the next day) is the Hill Farms Art Walk!I have s...
04/29/2024

Coming up this very Saturday, May 4th from 9:30 AM- 4:00 PM (rain date the next day) is the Hill Farms Art Walk!
I have some brand new stuff on offer, including a few linocuts/silkscreens, and some little abstracts. And a swarm of cards!
I hope you can make it!
-Francis

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1 John Nolen Dr
Madison, WI
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