Prints
If asked to choose which print medium best expresses my ideas, I would be hard pressed because each one has its unique feel and look and even smell. The physicality of a woodcut where the block is carefully carved and then printed by hand by rubbing the paper onto the block with the back of a wooden spoon is pure meditation. The subtleties achieved in an etching with heavy and delicate lines and shaded aquatints are remarkable. The immediacy of a screen print and the variety in textures which can be created certainly has its own appeal. A lithograph, printed from the smooth surface of a Bavarian limestone, is unequaled in the range of effects which can be created. There is a beautiful rhythm created by the repetition of hand printing an edition. And the element of surprise and "happy accidents" are always present in printmaking as you never truly know how your image will appear prior to pulling that first proof.
