Drypoint + Collograph monoprint 16”x24”

Drypoint + collograph monoprint 16”x24”

Drypoint + collograph monoprint 16”x24”

Drypoint + collograph monoprint 24”x16”

Acrylic on Panel 24”x24”

Acrylic on panel 24”x30”

16”x16” acrylic on panel. Available at Hole in the Wall Studioworks, Raymond ME

16”x16” acrylic on panel. Available at Hole in the Wall Studioworks, Raymond, ME

18”x18” acrylic on panel. Available at Hole in the Wall Studioworks, Raymond, ME

18”x18” acrylic on panel

16”x16” acrylic on panel

16”x16” acrylic on panel

16”x16” acrylic on panel

16”x16” acrylic on panel

paint over drypoint print 16” x 24”

paint over drypoint print 16” x 24”

paint over drypoint print 32” x 48”

32” x 48”

paint over drypoint print 32” x 48”

paint over drypoint print 16” x 24”

paint over drypoint print 16” x 24”

paint over drypoint print 16” x 24”

paint over drypoint print 16” x 24”

paint over drypoint print 16’ x 24”

paint over drypoint print 16” x 24”

paint over drypoint print 16” x 24”

4 dry point prints painted 32"x48"

6 prints, gridded and painted 48"x48"

print over paint over print on paper 32"x24"

begun during COVID isolation - ongoing

image size 16”x16”, relief and drypoint print

This is from a series of monoprints of fragile shells and sea life recalling the memory of the jagged line on the beach that appears to be debris: the wrack line. It is the ocean’s litter but also a lifeline, a feast of nourishment, for tiny seabirds. The resulting image offers the viewer barely perceived tension and a close look at the strength and fragility of the ocean and its ecosystems.

This is a relief print, printed on a letterpress built in the 1850’s. The plate is built up of plywood, mylar, string, sand and broken shells and the words are from hand cut wood type. The resulting image evokes a memory of nature that may soon be eliminated like the tradition of letterpress printing. As in nature, the rare and uncommon may want to be looked at in new and different ways.

The grid in this piece acts as a ground. It is a system of definition for me physically and symbolically. Consciously formatted at 32”x48” it divides into 16” squares. The time taken in setting this partial poem by Elizabeth Bishop in various wooden typefaces and printed as a series of six and then cut and put into the 32”x48” format makes me consciously aware of every letter. Layered over this grid is a drawing of ink on mylar. The translucent properties hide and reveal the type in another way altogether.

Installation for Singular and Serial at Cove Street Arts Summer 2023

Western Foothills Land Trust project at Shepard’s Farm