Does the artist choose the media or the other way around? Beginning with drawing, lithography, etching and now linocut and monotype, there is something intoxicating about the varied print processes, indirect application of color, and a pas de deux of moves in the development of image. Printmaking has been my love since 1978.

For me, working in a series is beneficial. It allows me to invent in a parenthesis flexible and contained enough to dispense with questions of format, size, media, and application to make room for exploring an idea. In this case, clouds.

Expressive, freeing, voluminous, elevating. Clouds allow for playful layering of hues, textures, values and, with a hint of the horizon, a place to be. Sky reflecting in water is a wonderful challenge and I have yet to grasp even the basics but am certainly on an adventure. Luminosity is an idea essential to these works. My goal is to create an experience that is like a place of worship.

Most prints are created using a matrix such as a carved block of wood or an etched copper plate. Monotypes are created using a slick unmarked surface such as plastic or glass where additive and subtractive marks can be made using paint or ink and then transferred to paper using a press or hand burnishing. Single or multiple layers can be added to form an image. Tools of various sorts can produce different effects: brayer, brush, stick, card, rag, solvent, pre-inked surface, etc.

All prints are considered “Multiple Originals” and will come with an edition number.