MIXED MEDIA PRINT COLLAGES
This group of twenty mixed media print collages includes four series, some of which are below. My objective was to explore using printmaking to make unique works of art rather than to create editioned prints. To do this, I carved four woodcut blocks and created twenty unique collages. The woodcuts depict four abstracted images: a checkerboard; a globe; window blinds; and a map. The distinct collages were created for a specific block to be printed on top of it in various colors of translucent ink. Themes include an antiquated understanding of science, nature, and technology combined with an adventuresome exploration of imagery, media, and subjects.
The collages and block carving was completed in my studio in Northern New York, and the printing was completed at the Lower East Side Printshop, Inc., New York. Funded in part by Research & Creative Endeavors Grant, SUNY Potsdam, NY.
Naming, from the Mapping Series, 1999, woodcut with Chine collé and cut-and-pasted printed paper (unique), 37 x 25 inches.
Collection of JPMorgan Chase, New York
Circumference, from the Mapping Series, 1999, woodcut with Chine collé and cut-and-pasted printed paper (unique), 25 x 37 inches.
Collection of JPMorgan Chase, New York
Pinwheel, from the Mapping Series, 1999, woodcut with Chine collé and cut-and-pasted printed paper (unique), 15 x 21 1/2 inches.
Collection of University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Oscillating Hornbill Mariner, from the Marginalia Series, 1999, woodcut, woodcut with Chine collé and cut-and-pasted printed paper (unique), 16 x 17 7/8 inches
Punching Vulturidae Explorer, from the Marginalia Series, 1999, woodcut with Chine collé and cut-and-pasted printed paper (unique), 16 x 17 7/8 inches
Zodiacal Copernicus and the Angel, from the Marginalia Series, 1999, woodcut with Chine collé and cut-and-pasted
printed paper (unique), 16 x 17 7/8 inches.
Private Collection, New York
Big House, from the Parlor Series, 1999, woodcut, woodcut with Chine collé and cut-and-pasted printed paper (unique), 29 x 23 inches
Driver, from the Topography Series, 1999, woodcut with Chine collé and cut-and-pasted printed paper (unique),
21 1/2 x 16 7/8 inches
Propeller, from the Topography Series, 1999, woodcut with Chine collé and cut-and-pasted printed paper (unique), 21 1/2 x 16 7/8 inches