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       Artist Statement

My latest series of work was created while studying monotype printing with Linda Goodman of California at Il Bisonte International School of Graphics in Florence, Italy. Working within the Renaissance ambience of Florence at the studios at Il Bisonte, and being surrounded by the ghosts and works of former artists who printed there, including Pablo Picasso, Henry Moore, and Giorgio de Chirico, I felt strangely infused with the magic of monotype printmaking. Although I have worked in the monotype medium for several years, aspects of the monotype printmaking process became much clearer to me during my studies in Florence.

My time at Il Bisonte allowed me a month of study in which to explore the medium using waterbased and oil based inks, and also using chine-colle'. In the process of monotype printing an image is painted on a metal or plexiglass plate using waterbased or oil based ink. For this reason monotype printing is considered to be the most "painterly" type of printing. The completed plate is placed with a dampened piece of paper onto a roller press. When they are run through the press, the image is transferred from the non-porous surface (i.e. the plate) onto the porous surface (i.e. the paper) and the result is a single unique print.

In the process of chine-colle' an additional aspect is added. In the chine-colle' technique, as the plate and paper are run through the press, a lightweight glued paper, or glued image on paper, is simultaneously glued and printed upon. The result is a print with added color, texture and dimension.

An important aspect and appeal of the monotype process is what I like to refer to as the magical/spiritual nature of the medium. Where many forms of printmaking require tedious and fastidious control, monotype printing involves letting go. When the plate and paper run through the press, the final print is rarely exactly as it was envisioned. That is the magic of monotypes. At its best the image of a monotype flows from my hand onto the plate and is transformed when it runs through the press into something beyond what I originally conceived. Some consider it to be chance, I believe it is both magical and spiritual. That letting go of what I desire and envision is for me an important and humbling life lesson I am reminded of every time I go to my studio to work on a monotype print.

       Artist Statement

Qualifications, Traits & Skills
  Monotype Artist, Metalsmith/Beaded Jewelry Design and Fabrication

Education

  Suffolk University, Boston, MA - B.A., Humanities / Art History, 2001 Summa Cum Laude

  Additional Studies

• School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA Metals, Printmaking (1989-1990, 1993-1995, 2006)
• Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA (1995)
• Master Print Program, Metropolitan Retreat
• Il Bisonte International School of Graphic Arts, Florence, Italy, Monotype (June 2006)

Exhibitions

• 2006 Duxbury Art Association, Duxbury, MA - Juried Exhibition
• 2003 Duxbury Art Association, Duxbury, MA
            Monotype Guild of New England – Juried Exhibition
• 2001 Duxbury Art Association, Duxbury, MA
            Monotype Guild of New England – Juried Exhibition
• 1999 Newport Museum, Newport, RI, Newprints at Newport
            Duxbury Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA, Duxbury Art Association
            Winter Juried Show, Second Place – Print Category
• 1995 School of the MFA, Boston, MA, Grossman Gallery and Weems Center Student Exhibition
• 1994 On My Own Time ’94, Boston, MA, Regional Art Exhibit
• 1993 On My Own Time ’93, Boston, MA, Regional Art Exhibit

Affiliations

  Monotype Guild of New England (former Board Member and Officer)

       Contact Information

E-mail:      paintbrushes@comcast.net
Address:   217 Presidents Lane
                   Quincy, MA 02169