Fred Tyre

I make art because I love the process of creating.

[Fred Tyre @ftyre76]

June 13th — Blanden Arts Festival, Fort Dodge.
First festival. A lot of the art I've been making will be available at the festival.
Hope to see you there.

[Fred Tyre @ftyre76]

I have artwork on display at the Blanden Memorial Art Museum in Fort Dodge through July 18th — part of a group show I'm proud to be included in. If you're in the area, you should see the art.
https://t.co/kG0lbAkkqG

[Fred Tyre @ftyre76]

Three prints that almost didn't exist.
Same block. Same ink. Acrylic markers took each one somewhere different.
Stay tuned — I'll be announcing soon where these will be available.

[Fred Tyre @ftyre76]

Artist proofs don't have to be the end of the line.
On Monday I picked up acrylic markers and turned some linocut prints that didn't make the cut into something I was really happy with.
Tomorrow I'll show you what came out of it.

[Fred Tyre @ftyre76]

Yesterday was the batch of Mountain Peek. Today you get to see the hand-pulled batch of Suspicious Cardinal. No two are exactly alike due to slight variations in registration. This edition is closed at 50. There are still a few left.

[Fred Tyre @ftyre76]

This is what a limited edition looks like before it ships. Every one of these was carved from the same block and pulled by hand. No two are exactly alike - the ink, the pressure, and the paper grain all shift slightly from print to print. That's what handmade means.

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Some chibi drawings I tried out a few years ago... They're fun and cute. I'm just not sure if they're a me thing or not.

[Fred Tyre @ftyre76]

I own something my grandmother painted. It has an iris in it - which was my mom's name. One piece, two people, one memory that keeps going. Does any art you own connect you to someone like that? I'd love to hear it.

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He's been watching you this whole time. Suspicious Cardinal is a two-color linocut - one block for black, one block for red, registered together by hand using a recycled cardboard box. Limited edition of 50, signed and numbered. Still a few available. https://t.co/iccaOjtTpX

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Every line in this mountain was carved by hand into linoleum. Not drawn — carved. Removed. What's left is what you see. Mountain Peek is a limited edition of 30, signed and numbered. There are still a few left at the early collector price. Link in bio.

[Fred Tyre @ftyre76]

A special someone purchased one of my artworks.

Was it the one you favorited? I hope not.

Just remember — originals can't be remade exactly the way they are. I can get close, but they are literally one of a kind.

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A little turtle making his way to the water. Created with acrylic markers and a micron pen on a 2.5×3.5 card. Sometimes small art tells the biggest stories. Available in the shop — link in bio.

[Fred Tyre @ftyre76]

Not every piece is destined for a canvas. Sometimes the sketchbook is the whole point — colored pencil, a little shadow, a very unbothered cactus. Just practicing. Just playing.

[Fred Tyre @ftyre76]

Red into orange into yellow — with a little white hiding on the surface like snow on the sun. Putting it back in my vault.

[Fred Tyre @ftyre76]

I write as Kalvin Thane, and my novel that I need to finish (Dark Ascendancy) has a lich in it. Starting an art piece this complex means a sketch first.

[Fred Tyre @ftyre76]

Purple tulip, blue sky, a little bit of earth. Title is: Waiting for Flowers

[Fred Tyre @ftyre76]

It's Throwback Thursday. 2021 — the fastest animal on earth, cheap colored pencils, and 30 minutes to catch it. I didn't. But I had a blast trying.

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It's Wishful Wednesday. Readers have decided it's okay to put down bad books. I say it's time to take down bad art. It's okay. Blame it on a shopping haze. The next day you woke up with a stranger lurking on your wall. No shame. So what should you replace that art with?

[Fred Tyre @ftyre76]

I see spilled paint. What do you see? A candle? It's abstract artwork, so there are no wrong answers.

[Fred Tyre @ftyre76]

Big sky, small canvas. Sometimes 2.5×3.5 inches is all the space you need to breathe.