MIXED MEDIA PRINT COLLAGES
This series of mixed media print collages consists of twenty works. The objective was to create unique works of art that employ printmaking processes to explore ideas rather than to create editioned prints. I made twenty unique collages and carved four woodcut blocks. The woodcuts include four abstracted images or themes: a checkerboard; a globe; window blinds; and a map. Each collage was created for a particular block to be printed on top of it with different colors of translucent ink. Together, they incorporate images reflecting an antiquated understanding of science, nature, and technology combined with an adventuresome exploration of imagery, media, and subjects.
The collages and 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
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