Prints

Drypoints

I have been drawing from my imagination for many years. Most of the imagery comes from my love of plants and I often use actual organic material as inspiration. I recently decided to develop these drawings into a series of drypoints but became intrigued with creating imagery that played against the drawings. Using Photoshop, I modified images that were scanned from a monoprint, watercolor, drawing or photograph, often combining several images, until I was inspired by the play of the image against the original drawing. For the final image, I combined printing processes, printing the drypoint on the press over the background inkjet print.

Mixed Media Prints

I've been experimenting with various types of printmaking for several years and love the element of surprise as the print comes off the press. As with my other works, I am drawn to organic imagery. I often use actual plant material to make a collagraph or, when creating a monoprint, press a plant to the plate to make an impression. I combine techniques, using monoprint to modify a collagraph, and usually bring the image to the computer for further modifications.