My monotypes (one-of-a-kind prints on paper) focus on nature and my fascination with it. I start with an idea or feeling, which is expressed in textures and colors using natural and found objects. I am a tactile person, always touching things and feeling their texture. I see an item’s potential by how it might appear after color and pressure have been applied.

After pulling the original print, one can either use the ”ghosted” plate and pull another print, or one can remove the objects and use that “ghosted” image. Also as the plate is being prepared, one can use what is on the roller and roll that on a plate, or use the reverse side of an object that was already printed. It is the unlimited possibilities and uncertainty of what exactly will appear, in addition to the image being the reverse of what one worked on, that makes the monotype process so exciting. Each print is unique and the result of an adventure.

My goal is to transmit my enthusiasm for the printmaking process and its creativeness to others – to have people see things in a textured and colorful way.