THE PASSION

Pursuit of PURE expression.

My head gets out of the way

of my chattering

designer trained mind.

Applying layers

of intense translucent COLOR fields

to create a poetic narrative

as my visual diary.

I layer to represent the totality of life.

I include the dark times and messy places

as a CELEBRATION of it all.

THE PLATE

Monotypes have one chance.

Could be inhibiting but

I don’t let it.

Paper is large and white.

Could make me hesitate but

I don’t.

Loose and FEARLESS

I work the inks on the plate.

I roll ink.

I scape off ink.

I rub ink.

THE PRESS

Then a 1,500 pound

steel roller MASHES the ink

into the dense paper.

This is when the

MAGIC happens.

Paper and ink become

one.

THE PRINT

No matter how many prints I’ve pulled

there is always a bit of SURPRISE.

That is the beauty.

The process REFLECTS

how life is.

Layered and unexpected

at times.