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Philip Hartigan

@philiphartigan.bsky.social

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I'm a printmaker and painter, born in the UK, now in Tucson, USA. Former art journalist (Hyperallergic, Time Out), art teacher (Columbia College Chicago), and lifelong cat lover.

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Philip Hartigan @philiphartigan.bsky.social · 1d

Well, I moved to Spain in August. This is the view from the roof of the house we bought. But today I'm thinking proudly of all the people who took to the streets in my beloved Chicago, and across the USA... #nokings

White terrace with view of Spanish rooftops, mountain, and castle.

Philip Hartigan @philiphartigan.bsky.social · Sep 19

Just want to say I love your writing and videos (from a fellow sometimes-hater)...

Philip Hartigan @philiphartigan.bsky.social · Jul 20

"I quite like soccer."
"Oh, you know who ELSE liked well-drilled groups of men in identical uniforms??"

Philip Hartigan @philiphartigan.bsky.social · Jun 8

So everyone should sit at home, allow their neighbors to be arrested, watch it all on TV, and then ...what? How would this have worked in Poland-1980s, Berlin 1989?

Philip Hartigan @philiphartigan.bsky.social · Jun 8

Who's rioting!? These are people standing against tyranny and for democracy.

Philip Hartigan @philiphartigan.bsky.social · May 31

Played so well against Barça, guess this was 1 game too far.

Philip Hartigan @philiphartigan.bsky.social · May 31

Englishman living in the USA for 25 years now: Brits use the C word like "jerk" or "buddy", this caused me many problems when I first got to the USA...

Philip Hartigan @philiphartigan.bsky.social · Mar 13

The last painting I was working on before eye surgery. Oil on canvas, 48 inches x 60 inches.

Oil painting hanging on wall above white sofa.

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Philip Hartigan @philiphartigan.bsky.social · Feb 14

I had to take a break from my phone for a few weeks after an eye operation. On the plus side: my Bond villain eye patch...

Philip Hartigan @philiphartigan.bsky.social · Jan 29

Tucson's latest and possibly biggest mural, celebrating 100 years of the rodeo (which is still a big annual event here).

Philip Hartigan @philiphartigan.bsky.social · Jan 28

Back from Mexico City and working in the studio on this big oil painting (4 feet x 5 feet).

Philip Hartigan @philiphartigan.bsky.social · Jan 27

Masks and costumes in the National Museum of Popular Arts, Mexico City.

Philip Hartigan @philiphartigan.bsky.social · Jan 26

The appropriately named enbrown, perhaps ...

Philip Hartigan @philiphartigan.bsky.social · Jan 25

Just got back from a fabulous week in Mexico City. Here's a drawing I made in the gardens of the Frida Kahlo house and museum.

Pencil drawing of trees and plants with buildings in the background.

Philip Hartigan @philiphartigan.bsky.social · Jan 20

Plaza de Coyoacan, in the southern part of Mexico City, 7pm. We've been here for five days and love it...

Crowds of people milling about a large square at night.

Philip Hartigan @philiphartigan.bsky.social · Dec 24

Hand wiping a copper plate etching before printing it=messy hand.

Raised hand with side of hand covered in dark red ink.

Philip Hartigan @philiphartigan.bsky.social · Dec 14

A shrine on a window ledge in the Barrio Viejo in Tucson. The painted adobe is typical of the lovely historic houses here.

Small statues of Virgin Mary on window ledge against blue adobe wall.

Philip Hartigan @philiphartigan.bsky.social · Dec 8

Art Miami happening now, and I've just realized that it's 17 years since I first showed my work there! Crikey, where does the time go?

Philip Hartigan @philiphartigan.bsky.social · Dec 5

We visited the wonderful pueblo remains at Casa Grande, AZ, last Friday, and witnessed ritual singing and dancing by members of the Tohono O'odham people.

Native American singers and dancers lined up in front of ancient adobe meeting house at Casa Grande National Monument

Philip Hartigan @philiphartigan.bsky.social · Nov 27

Here's an etching made by a student in a class I taught a few years ago, inspired by the work of the great German artist/printmaker Kathe Köllwitz...

Philip Hartigan @philiphartigan.bsky.social · Nov 24

This is something I made a while ago: two etchings on heavy Hahnemule paper, folded into a double slit accordion book. Now part of the Joan Flasch Artist's Book Collection in Chicago.

Etchings folded into a mini accordion book.

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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · May 22

Jacques Hnizdovsky, "Open Nut" (1967)

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Philip Hartigan @philiphartigan.bsky.social · Nov 18

I just found my mini 'art materials for traveling' kit from a few years ago: Altoids tin with watercolor tube, brush, q tip, water soluble crayon, needle and thread, glue stick, blending stump. Ready for drawing, painting, & sewing mini books.

Empty Altoids tin with miniature art materials.

Philip Hartigan @philiphartigan.bsky.social · Nov 17

This etching by Picasso was one of the works that pushed me to study printmaking in the 1990s. I wanted to know how you could make such a range of deep, rich black tones from something as unlikely as a piece of copper or steel. I went down a rabbit hole and never came out!

Girl with dove leading a blind minotaur, etching by Picasso

Philip Hartigan @philiphartigan.bsky.social · Nov 16

So many classic cars in Tucson, possibly because low desert humidity minimizes rusting. This is a 1963 Mercury Monterey, stashed away in a small rear yard...

1963 Mercury Monterey, powder blue colour