Printmaking is a craft as much as it is an art form. I have a background in painting so I love the more painterly process of making monotypes and monoprints. For me, they begin with either an etched copper plate or a poly plate. I ink the plate and either use reduction to create my image or I add inked handmade or found paper elements and other ephemera, and run it through the press which applies very high pressure. Then, the press does its magic and all of my textures and lines are compressed into one flat image. After the paper dries, I often go in with watercolors to highlight certain areas.
I am working on a new series called “Glacial”. I have done several mixed media collages and I am working on some collagraphs printed on plexi-plates.
Mediums: Printmaking & Mixed Media Collage
Education:
1983, Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of California, Berkeley
1979-80, Art History Studies, University of the Sorbonne, Paris, France
Teachers & Mentors:
Toru Sugita, Printmaker
Bill Harsh, Printmaker & Painter
Mira M. White, Painter
Jim Melchert, Sculpture & Art Books
Joan Brown, Painter
Elmer Bischoff, Painter
Art Association Memberships
California Society of Printmakers- Board Member
Lamorinda Arts Alliance- Artist Member
Arts Benicia- Artist Member
Publications
Extraction a megazine edited by Sam Pelts with the Codex Foundation.
A Dialogue in Print a catalog published by the California Society of Printmakers.
Mono Variations a catalog published by the CSP and the ARC Gallery.
