January 2012: Printmaking!

The saturation of color I was using in the Biking in Berlin drawings inspired me to take another look at silkscreen. I took a short course in Silkscreen at Spike Print Studio just across the hall from my studio. It felt lightening fast - just 5 weeks long - but I learned alot and got a great orientation to the silkscreen studio. I focused the first few prints on enlarged details of the Berlin drawings just focusing on the tight meeting of simple blocks of color. Then for the final print I did a small edition of an enlargement of one of the Notebook Drawings, How can it sustain itself? Love the luscious ink and brilliant colors and the physicality of the process. Curious to see what will come next!

In a recent trip to London, I saw these striking woodcuts by Brazilian artist Lygia Pape at the Serpentine Gallery. I love the simplicity and physicality of the marks. Maybe woodcuts should be my next investigation...