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Carol H. Chisholm
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 Mesmerized (28x23 monotype w/c) |
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 Woodland Path (18x23 monotype oil) |
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 Oh What a Wonderful Web We Weave (28x24 monotype) |
 Blue Zone (31x21 watercolor) |
About the Artist:
Born in Canton, MA and now residing
in Lakeville, I have studied oil painting under the supervision of
George Papas for a number of years prior to printing with Beverly
Edwards at the Fuller Museum in Brockton and watercolor with Lee
Parsons also at the Fuller where I have continued to use the press
and experimenting with printing inks for the past 20 years.
The technique used, produces dimension and creates depth and
texture. Essentially what is being done here is I am preparing a
negative of the work before running it through the press. Using a
primary color can sometimes run from 6 months to a year
consecutively in the process of printmaking. While implementing the
palette knife and breyer, textured materials and by adding or
eliminating printing inks in certain areas on the plate thus
incorporating relief areas, resulting in lighter or darker hues.
Primarily this technique of negative value can prove to make the
overall work more unusual.
The ultimate surprise is the journey through the press is not
always what is expected. (In other words, you don't always get what
you want.) The mono-one is then created. The monotype is a unique
print, one of a kind, a transfer of ink or painted image from a
plexi-glass or metal plate to print paper. If the print needs more,
then it will undergo a series of overprints.
Many of the great artists throughout history have created monotypes.
From Rembrandt to Castiglione through Degas and the Impressionists
to the abstract impressionist and todays many creative contemporary
artists, the monotype has created new challenges and excitement.
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