MEDIA/PROCESS

Recently, studio maintenance required that I work in my house. With severe constraints my work morphed in unexpected ways. Seemingly my only option, I used my computer combining elements: type, my own photos, altered public domain images, altered stock photos, and Photoshop effects. This digitally produced work lead to archival digital printing on translucent vellum and the option to produce larger work.

Gradually, my work has moved away from the wall and the limits of a rectangular substrate. This third dimension, sometime with moving parts, has required developing new construction methods and introduced light and shadow into the mix.

Traditionally, my American French Tool etching press has factored heavily in my work. Monoprinting affords a range from textures and marks appearing to be untouched by human hand to highly delineated forms. Working experimentally, reinventing the medium is integral to finding ways to express the meaning. In addition to oil-based inks, my one-thing-leads-to-another approach has sparked using acrylic paint, dry pigment, graphite, embossing, burns, stencils, found object impressions, layered cut paper, and, now, digital images.