YXE Backyard Studios
Design, Fabrication, and Fine Prints
Location: North Park, Saskatoon.
Hours: Monday to Friday 9am - 3pm
The Roadside Series: A Saskatchewan Print Story
The Roadside Series: A Saskatchewan Print Story is our artistic interpretation of the nostalgic feeling that comes with a long drive.
Our prints features the sky which we find to be endlessly captivating.
While driving through the quiet highways of Saskatchewan, we often find ourselves peering at the vast sky above. We try to capture that sense of awe and translate it onto paper—the fresh air, the calm, and the smooth hum of tires on the road.
Each print in this series is unique, and part of a varied edition where no two are identical. While we could make them exactly the same, we find it more rewarding to embrace their individuality. After all, the sky is never the same from one moment to the next. We might risk losing our printmaker’s license, but it's a risk we're happy to take.
The Roadside Series includes multi-block reductive prints, ranging from smaller pieces to large landscapes, some as long as 42 inches (unframed). We hope you enjoy!
2025 Collection.
Bison Horizon Mini Series
The Bison Horizon mini-series places the viewer on a high vista overlooking a prairie expanse dotted with bison, their shadows making them appear larger than life.
These long, narrow prints are a very unusual size: 10 5/8’ x 29 5/8’ which is perfect for thin spaces, like headers, that can be difficult to accommodate.
Pink and Grey Bison Horizon captures a cold grey sky with a bright band of pink. On cold days like this, even the bison take notice for a distraction. Holding the same stillness as the bright day variant, this pinked print holds the moment just before dusk.
Pink and Blue Bison Horizon captures an ethereal moment when the sky blushes pink. Even the bison notice. Holding the same stillness as the bright day variant, this pinked print holds the moment just before dusk. The one listed here is 1 of 3 Artist’s Proofs
Created with a split-fountain blend of Canadian-pigmented etching inks, this print holds approximately a dozen layers. Printed on delicate rice paper to elevate the pigment, then mounted to cotton rag, this modest print has surprising impact.
Bison Horizon captures the quiet enormity of the prairie. Where sky becomes the true landscape and the earth stretches out in a soft, unbroken breath. The composition is deliberately sky-heavy, allowing the vastness above to dwarf the distant sweep of land below. Along the foreground, a herd of bison dot the land with their tufted bodies.
Created using a split-fountain blend of Canadian-pigmented inks suspended in transparent etching medium, Jacob and Jeni print almost a dozen layers of transparent ink to capture the nuance of Saskatchewan. Printed on delicate rice paper and chine-collé mounted onto cotton rag, the modest scale belies the depth of perspective. Bison Horizon invites the viewer into a moment of spaciousness.
image size: 10 5/8” x 29 5/8”
framed size: approx 16 1/2” x 35 1/2“
framed: $ 1100
Custom frames built upon purchase.
Swaths
If you know, you know.
Swaths.
Our print, Swaths, comes in two main variations. One with a dusky, sky full of harvest dust, and one with a clear blue sky, both over a field patterned by swaths.
Swaths are an iconic part of prairie life. Capturing these have been an honour. We made swaths large but not so large that it is difficult to place. An excellent choice for any wall in any area of the home.
Rainbow Sky Swaths
2025.
Image size: 15” x 17” unframed
$ 900 framed
Blue Sky Swaths
2025.
Image size: 15” x 17” unframed
$ 900 framed
You like em big?
The Big Cloud Mini Series
The Big Cloud is a mini series within the context of the large body of work, Roadside series: A Saskatchewan Print Story. The Big Cloud series is a boastful 18.5” by 42” unframed and unmatted printed with our custom rollers, Big Boy and Long Girl. See our Custom Fabrications page to learn more about our custom rollers.
The prints are oil based inks pressed to Japanese rice paper and then applied with wheat powder chin colle to mulberry rag paper. Custom framing is conservation quality as a standard for our studio.
The Big Cloud series is the same cloud that follows you throughout the day. See the big cloud in this print series on morning, afternoon, and evening skies.
Anyone having driven down a prairie road will understand that sometimes you don’t need more.
The Big Cloud on Rainbow Sky.
(2025)
18.5” x 42” unframed ($1200 CAD)
27” x 50” framed ($2400 CAD)
The Big Cloud on Blue Sky
(2025)
18.5” x 42” unframed ($1200 CAD)
27” x 50” framed ($2400 CAD)
The Big Cloud on Blue-Pink Sky.
(2025)
18.5” x 42” unframed ($1200 CAD)
27” x 50” framed ($2400 CAD)
Moo.
The Cow Series
Another miniseries within The Roadside Series: A Saskatchewan Print Story is The Cow Series. Although, the title is currently called the Cow Series, it’s not just about cows.
The Cow Series is a study on capturing the feeling from knowing the sky on paper by using colour and layered texture. And also, sometimes the blobs are bison and not cows. You decide which are cows and which are bison.
Snow Cows (2025)
This print shows the moment you search the strip where sky and land meet and can’t tell which is which.
Unframed $1000
Snow Cows Multicolour woodblock Print. 2023
25cm x 25cm (unframed)
$400 framed
The Road Side Series
The Non Mini-series Mini Series
Roadside Photos Series.
Harvest Sky.
Multicolour woodblock Print. 2023
30cm x36cm (unframed)
$400 framed
Autumn Cows.
Multicolour woodblock Print. 2023
25cm x 30cm (unframed)
$400 framed
Grain bins.
Multicolour woodblock Print. 2023
25cm x 30cm (unframed)
$400 framedServices
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Local purchases may arrange custom art hanging services.
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Frames can be custom made in studio to match your personal aesthetic.
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We offer framing and matting with 100% archival acid free materials.
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