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I usually call myself a printmaker, one of four emphasis areas of my art degree. I have an old manual Griffin etching press (32 x 48 inch bed) for primarily doing monotype and collagraphic printmaking. But I often incorporate my own handmade paper, cyanotypes and transparencies of my photography (along with textiles, wire, thread) as collage elements; doing more a mixed media approach to art. I have no agendas in my artwork. I work best when I'm happy, and while I do a lot of black and white work. I love bright colors, plants and houses, which figure in much of my work. I work both 2D and 3D. I thoroughly enjoy teaching, and I teach these techniques at my studio and in Bay Area schools and art centers. The joy of seeing students of all ages discover how creative they can be is why classes continue at FOGBELT STUDIO, now in its tenth year. Some of my best monotypes have been created using inks left over from classes, colors I might not have thought of mixing up myself. Being surrounded by others using various mediums has given me the opportunity to experiment in many areas, many techniques. My monotypes and collagraphs are oil based (Daniel Smith or Graphic Chemical) printmakers inks, or water based (Akua Intaglio) on archival printmaking paper, or my own handmade paper (kozo, cotton linter)......many with collage elements added. All cyanotypes are on good watercolor stock. My 3D works (Dream Houses, Shred Trees) are a variety of materials (scraps of my printmaking and cyanotype work, wires, photos, threads, etc.) I feel privileged also to show my work with some wonderful Bay Area art groups; both Tangerine Arts and Sunset Artists Society (of which I am a founding member) as well as Pacific Center for the Book Arts, Berkeley Art Center, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, and Sanchez Art Center / Art Guild of Pacifica. I feel strongly about bringing art and creativity into the community, and recently opened an art gallery in the outer Sunset neighborhood of San Francisco (Art Waves Gallery). Our philosophy is affordable art for the public with no commission fee taken from the artists, truly a dream realized. Details of each piece (size, cost, framed, unframed, under glass, under plastic, shipped flat, shipped rolled, shipped in a box, etc., are available upon request.All the work shown on my site is for sale. Sizes range from 5" x 7" to 32" x 48" and prices range from $25 to $700.
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