Watch Now! Duncan Major‘s animated short film Imprint (2025)

Chance encounters can leave a lasting imprint, like ink on paper. At 13, Duncan Major met artist Tara Bryan and discovered a shared passion for letterpress printing that shaped his life. In her memory, Duncan created Imprint, a poetic animated film that serves as a heartfelt tribute. Using the letterpress and craft material she passed down to him, the film brings hand-printed art to life with vibrant animation, evocative imagery and a beautifully designed soundscape. Imprint celebrates how the relationships we build echo outward, leaving an enduring legacy.

Congratulations to Mavis Penney!

2026 VANL-CARFAC Tara Bryan Endurance Award Winner!

Mavis Penney (Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada) is a visual artist, writer, and teacher. She makes studio artwork, conducts private art classes and art workshops, and works online on collaborative projects with international artists. A long-time proponent of visual arts in Canada, she is a past board member of VANL (Visual Artists Newfoundland and Labrador), ELAA (Eastern Labrador Arts Alliance), ACI (Association of Cultural Industries), and has served on art juries for the Canada Council for the Arts, VANL, and the Art Bank at the Rooms, St. John’s, NL. Mavis Penney recently completed the post-graduate Online Drawing Development Year (2025) from the Royal Drawing School, London, England.

Inside the Studio

Paintings

walking bird press

Most Recent Books

Façades for Mark Rothko

Text by Crispin Elsted, Designed by Tara Bryan

Down the Rabbit Hole

The Great Wall of China

VIDEO

The pages for Making Bread (not bombs) were cut and scored on an Epilog laser cutter. The files were created in Corel Draw, then sent to the laser cutter to “print.” The book is inkjet printed on 2 sides, and the registration is very tight. I tried cutting and scoring by hand, but could not be consistent enough to keep the 5 sections square once they were folded and glued. The video shows the laser cutting and scoring the second of 3 sheets, which are then trimmed by hand on the top and bottom, and folded, collated and glued.