METHODOLOGY:

I WORK IN DIVERSE MEDIA OFTEN COMBINING PRINTMAKING WITH DRAWING TO CREATE LARGER INSTALLATIONS. REPETITION, VARIATION AND SEQUENCING ARE MAJOR ELEMENTS OF MY PRACTICE. IN EACH OF THE PIECES, I WORK WITH PRINTED IMAGERY AS WELL AS HAND- DRAWN ELEMENTS. BEYOND TRADITIONAL PRINTMAKING TECHNIQUES (MOSTLY INTAGLIO AND LITHOGRAPHY) I USE DISPOSABLE, READILY AVAILABLE MATERIALS AS PAINTER’S TAPE, MAGAZINES SCRAPS, AND SHARPIE MARKER WHICH EMPHASIZE THE IMMEDIACY, COMMONALITY, AND TEMPORARY NATURE OF THESE PHRASES. MY PROCESS OF MAKING EACH PLATE HOWEVER REQUIRES MANY STAGES OF ETCHING AND PROOFING. CERTAIN PASSAGES ON A GIVEN PLATE APPEAR IN MULTIPLE PIECES BUT IN DIFFERENT PERIODS OF COMPLETION. THE PROCESS OF WORKING BACK INTO THE PRINTS IS AN EXTENSION OF THIS METHOD OF WORKING. NOT ONLY AM I ADDING MORE INFORMATION TO THE RESULTING IMAGE THROUGH DIRECT DRAWING, BUT I AM ALSO WORKING REDUCTIVELY ON THE PAPER. I AM CUTTING INTO THE PRINTS AND PEELING BACK LAYERS OF PAPER AS WELL AS PHYSICALLY ERASING PARTS OF THE PRINTED AND DIRECTLY DRAWN ELEMENTS TO SERVE AS AN ANTECEDENT TO THE PLATE MAKING PROCESS. THESE GESTURES SOLIDIFY MY ASSERTION OF THE PLATE AND PRINT AS EQUAL PARTS OF MY PROCESS.

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