Weather Prints Statement:
There’s nothing more exciting to me than watching prairie storms move in. As a plein air painter I work best under this kind of pressure. Unfortunately, I often am chased out by rain and lightning so I continue the work in the studio using photos and memory to make paintings and prints. Having first-hand experience in the field embeds energy into the work that wouldn’t be there otherwise.
I approach printmaking as a painter, with a spontaneous process that makes each piece unique and part of a series though not an edition. This allows me to convey atmospheric effects and movement, a sense of time passing, and the frame-by-frame nature of photographing in the field.
My prints begin with simple wood and linoleum cuts. I lay silk tissue over them and roll with an inked brayer to pick up the images underneath, shifting the paper in a selective, collage-like approach. The best combinations of prints are mounted onto heavier mulberry paper and glued onto cradled wood panels to finish.