Dimensions: 5 x 5 x 1 Media: Reduction Woodblock Print, printed on Mulberry paper, oil based ink. The size above is image only. Framing would add to this. Artist Statement : This small reduction woodblock print is inspired by my frequent hikes in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia - this particular hike was on Mother's Day 2024. I was drawn to some new yellow-green leaves peaking out from an old tree hollow - the scene allowed me to focus on the contrast between old and new, bright and weathered. The hope of spring.
Dimensions: 20 x 16 x 1 Media: Monotype with mixed media and collage. Artist Statement : Most of my work as an artist has focused on the study of the abstract form. There is a dichotomy in my mind between what I think and what I create visually; and there is no direct inspiration I could follow to guide my work. I have thought about this for a long time. Only recently I was able to come to an understating that might explain the division between the thought process and visual expression. For much of my life I have studied on my own various subjects including history and literature, and especially the sciences. My mind is drawn to complex issues and multiple explanations. The art I create is the translation of this process, but like seeing foreign language you do not master, the connection and meaning are obscured.
Dimensions: 10 x 9 x 1 Media: Mixed media: mono-print, transfer, silkscreen and linoleum block print Artist Statement : This work began as a mono-print of tumbling houses. But because i can't leave well enough alone, I attempted a photo transfer in the upper left corner, but it didn't come out the way I had hoped. So I carved a small piece of linoleum block and printed over the green space as well as in the lower right corner; a pair of silkscreen feathers finish off the piece. While it is small in size, I am quite fond of it.
Dimensions: 11 x 8 Media: Risograph and Silkscreen with erasure Artist Statement : My work asks what happens when the information underlying our daily rituals is lost. Routines make up most of our day, they provide structure, stability and help us navigate through the complexities of life. Effortless and taken for granted, these actions—locking and unlocking the front door, making a list, or signing your name on a form—are the background of our lives, until, as in my mother’s case, simple tasks, once done with ease, become overwhelming. I use scans of the evidence of my mother’s daily life, carefully handwritten ledgers from her shop, or accounting sheets of household expenses and overprint them with phrases taken from the bewildered notes she wrote to herself while her dementia process advanced. By adding and deleting information through erasure, adjusting colors, and building up layers, through silkscreen and risography the resulting monoprints become a puzzle to decipher.
Dimensions: 15 x 17 x 1 Media: Solar plate etching (from digital collage), pencil additions. Artist Statement : The themes of my work draw from my lifelong interest in the human’s response, both psychological and physical. My attempt to capture this in my etchings and drawings is what I call Humanography, a series of explorations of the mood and state of mind. My most recent Humanography series, partially represented in these prints, is my personal ongoing collection of hand-pulled, etched fables. “Paramythia” (meaning in Greek both “fairy tales” and “consolation”), while contemporary in subject, borrow from the familiar shape of perennial tales. Folk and gothic fairy tales, myths of identity and polarity, legends of ghost cities and their vacuum-trapped inhabitants are mingled together in the Paramythia universe.
Dimensions: 21 x 15 x 1 Media: Solar plate etching from India ink pen drawing on vellum, colored pencil additions. Artist Statement : The themes of my work draw from my lifelong interest in the human’s response, both psychological and physical. My attempt to capture this in my etchings and drawings is what I call Humanography, a series of explorations of the mood and state of mind. My most recent Humanography series, partially represented in these prints, is my personal ongoing collection of hand-pulled, etched fables. “Paramythia” (meaning in Greek both “fairy tales” and “consolation”), while contemporary in subject, borrow from the familiar shape of perennial tales. Folk and gothic fairy tales, myths of identity and polarity, legends of ghost cities and their vacuum-trapped inhabitants are mingled together in the Paramythia universe.
Dimensions: 8 x 8 x 0.001 Media: Hand-pulled Color Lithograph Artist Statement : In my artistic practice, I explore the convergence of traditional printmaking, specifically CMYK lithography, with contemporary digital mediums, emphasizing the interplay between physical and virtual realms. This forced interaction between the two modes of mass media prompts viewers to question the boundaries of communicated expression. I introduce errors and mundane internet content directly into the hexadecimal code of my imagery. Doing so disrupts expected order within my images and produces visual errors. This process celebrates imperfection and flaws in our visual tools and reflects on the complexities of communication in the information age. In an era reliant on digital communication, I'm intrigued by the potential flaws digital mediums introduce into language structures and visual forms, shaping our interactions in an increasingly distanced society.
Dimensions: 8 x 8 x 0.01 Media: Hand-printed Color Lithograph Artist Statement : In my artistic practice, I explore the convergence of traditional printmaking, specifically CMYK lithography, with contemporary digital mediums, emphasizing the interplay between physical and virtual realms. This forced interaction between the two modes of mass media prompts viewers to question the boundaries of communicated expression. I introduce errors and mundane internet content directly into the hexadecimal code of my imagery. Doing so disrupts expected order within my images and produces visual errors. This process celebrates imperfection and flaws in our visual tools and reflects on the complexities of communication in the information age. In an era reliant on digital communication, I'm intrigued by the potential flaws digital mediums introduce into language structures and visual forms, shaping our interactions in an increasingly distanced society.
Dimensions: 9 x 12 Media: Open Bite Etch on copper with aquatint Artist Statement : I tried to capture the image of chaos and destruction caused by massive bombs in civilian areas
Dimensions: 20 x 15 Media: Woodcut printed on Rives BFK Artist Statement : I'm working on a series of woodcuts based on subway travel. I love the glimpses into everyday life. This print depicts a weary family coming home after a shopping trip.
