Statement
In my work I tug at the threads of our shared humanity, addressing issues of community, life, transition, process and communication. Working in a variety of printmaking techniques, I create an evocative visual vocabulary, making images that support our wellbeing. I think of my work as metaphorically biographical. By taking the issues and concerns that confront me in my personal life as a woman, mother, artist, and citizen, I seek to give visual form that speak to the universal condition of living in these times and the issues and experiences that connect us.
Printmaking is an inherently repetitious process involving the inking of plates, placing the inked plate on the press bed, placing the paper on the plate, covering with blankets and rolling the bed through the press. With monoprint I build up layers of imagery by printing multiple times on the same paper. I often use the “ghost”, which is the ink left on the plate after printing, to create textures and veils. The transfer of imagery from plate to paper is challenging to control and requires a certain level of letting go for the imagery to emerge. Many of my images are worked into with drawing, cutting away or stitching.
