WOODBLOCK AND RELIEF PRINTS
In the past year, my woodblock prints have evolved from illustrative, dramatic figures to more abstracted forms, focusing on line, energy and movement. Working as an illustrator has influenced my prints, but now the focus has become not what I depict but the process in which I create this energy. Instead of illustrating a dramatic figure, the drama of the image is a result of the expressive way in which the block is treated and the various ways in which it can be printed. My goal is to engage the viewer within an emotional and unexpected set of circumstances born from the powerful language of mark-making the woodcut medium offers.
PHILADELPHIA MARK:REMARQUE
Print Exchange being shown at :
The Philadelphia Free Library
1901 Vine Street, First Floor
March 19 - June 18 2010
Eternal Combustion, 2010, woodcut on mulberry paper, 55" x 34"
In the past year, my woodblock prints have evolved from illustrative, dramatic figures to more abstracted forms, focusing on line, energy and movement. Working as an illustrator has influenced my prints, but now the focus has become not what I depict but the process in which I create this energy. Instead of illustrating a dramatic figure, the drama of the image is a result of the expressive way in which the block is treated and the various ways in which it can be printed. My goal is to engage the viewer within an emotional and unexpected set of circumstances born from the powerful language of mark-making the woodcut medium offers.
PHILADELPHIA MARK:REMARQUE
Print Exchange being shown at :
The Philadelphia Free Library
1901 Vine Street, First Floor
March 19 - June 18 2010
Eternal Combustion, 2010, woodcut on mulberry paper, 55" x 34"
