High Sierra
Mt. Tamalpais
Western Mountains
In addition to his prints of the High Sierra, Killion has produced images of mountain landscapes from the Cascades, Rockies and Great Basin, and from the deserts of the American Southwest to the islands of the Pacific. The following images highlight a growing body of work that Killion intends to expand in the near future.
Image Size: 8x8 inches
First Printed: 2014
Printing History: View from above the debris-covered Toutle River Valley from 2006 sketch. Originally done as cover art for Gary Snyder book. Edition I of 85 (2014) plus 8 a.p.s.; edition II of 95 begun 2019.
Image Size: 9x12 inches
First Printed: 2012
Printing History: The Grand Tetons from the Targhee Valley in Idaho with re-cut key-block and new sky block printed 2012 in ed. of 64. (This edition replaces the nominal earlier ed. of "95" that was only printed thru #23 with a different sky-block. See Archive section for earlier variations). Last two edition prints available.
Image Size: 14.5x12 inches
First Printed: 2011
Printing History: Edition of 170 printed from 2 blocks in early 2011. Based on a sketch from a 12-day backpack trip in the Alaskan Arctic in the summer of 2010. Thirty prints remain.
Image Size: 11.5x16.5 inches
First Printed: 2004
Printing History: Edition of 175 completed February 2004. Multi-block reduction print.
Out of print - not available
Image Size: 11x12.5 inches
First Printed: 2003
Printing History: Edition of 185 plus some a.p.s completed June 2003; multi-block reduction woodcut out-of-print.
Large Format Giclee Print is now available -- see Large-Format Edition Prints.
Image Size: 4.5x8 inches
First Printed: 1989
Printing History: View along frozen Snake River above South Entrance to Yellowstone N.P. from a 1976 sketch. First edition of 75 begun 1989 along with handprinted "Walls" book. Ed. II of 50 (2008); ed. III of 75 begun 2020.
Image Size: 6x18 inches
First Printed: 1986
Printing History: Edition of 42 printed 1986. Multi-block reduction cut.
Out of print - not available
Image Size: 4x5 inches
First Printed: 1985
Printing History: Originally designed as a n illustration for a book of Jack London’s writings. First edition of 50 plus 22 artist's proofs printed 1985; successive editions numbered: II=30; III=50; IV=70 (plus 10 artist's proofs); V begun 2017, ed. of 85.
Image Size: 9x12 inches
First Printed: 1984
Printing History: State I single color block printed in dark blue, only 12 printed in nominal edition of 50 before block was recut for 2-color print [see above & below].
Out of print - not available
Image Size: 9x12 inches
First Printed: 1984
Printing History: [Shown here on "Witches Creek" Broadside] First edition of 2-color print used on broadside printed in edition of 50 with 4 artist's proofs and broadsides lettered A-Z printed by Killion at University of Alabama Library, 1984. State II, in a nominal edition of 95 with darker sky was printed through #23 in 1999. No more of this edition were printed, so it actually was an edition of 23, NOT 95. Sky block for these editions was destroyed. Some of the broadside edition had the type cut-away and were sold as edition prints.
Out of print - not available
Image Size: 8x8.75 inches
First Printed: 1983
Printing History: State I edition of 20 printed c.1983; State II (color blocks cut down to fit into "Walls" book) only 4 ed. prints, 1989. Out-of-print.
Image Size: 5x7 inches
First Printed: 1982
Printing History: Edition of 40 printed 1982, 8 artist's proofs printed in black.
Out of print - not available
Image Size: 12x10 inches
First Printed: 1982
Printing History: This image shows the original Joyce Carol Oates Broadside edition printed from original Killion block by Two Pears Press in 1982/83; 10 artist's proofs of image also printed c.1982. New edition (II) of recut block now available, ed. of 50 (2012).
Image Size: 4x5 inches
First Printed: 1982
Printing History: Tom found these elk skulls with antlers locked together by a hot pool in Witches Creek area, mid-winter 1976. Wood engraving completed 1982 as illustration for 'Walls' book. Edition of 20 printed mid-1980s. Edition II of 30 begun 2011.
Image Size: 6.5x11 inches
First Printed: 1980
Printing History: Created for lower half of a hand-printed Broadside "Things That Come" (Santa Cruz, 1980) ed. of 200. First separate edition of this image was 10 numbered prints c.1981; ed. II of 25 printed mid-1980s; ed. III of 50 begun 2010.
Image Size: 5x8 inches
First Printed: 1975
Printing History: Done as an illustration for a broadside by Richard Bigus. Killion kept block and printed several numbered editions: I (begun 1978) of 50; II (2001) of 75 plus 3 a.p.s; III (begun 2015) of 50.
Image Size: 13 x 9
First Printed: 2019
Printing History: From a sketch done in March 2018, while ‘Artist in Residence’ at Zion N.P. The view is from the mountainside above Angel Landing rock, with the White Throne cliffs in background. Multiblock reduction cut, 10 color layers (9 on last 50 of edition). Edition of 175 plus 13 artist’s proofs and 2 working proofs. Edition prints still available.
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