printmaking
8 x 10″
I’m a self-taught abstract artist focusing on printmaking and encaustic painting. I don’t draw. I use color, shape, and composition to create images that please my eye. I’m a monotype maker. I love the immediacy of its painterly process. I place ink on plexiglass, using brayers and brushes. I might add stencils, plastic netting, or pieces of paper, glued down. I use whatever seems to fit, determined by the creative process itself. I am unsure why I do what I do. I just do it.
I carefully lay the work down on the press bed, hoping I don’t get too much ink on my hands. Desperately trying to keep the water-soaked paper clean of ink, I lay it over the plate, crossing my fingers that it’s square over the plate. I crank the handle, pulling the rollers over the assembled work. I’ve lost control as the bed slides under the rollers, creating something beyond what I’ve organized. The work itself is now in control of the final piece. I attempt make art through the power, gifts, and talents that God has given me. I yearn to be faithful to the inner me, the person who feels more comfortable creating than doing anything else in this world.
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