I am a Contemporary Printmaker working primarily with several forms of Lithography as well as Screen printing. Once I finish a printing a piece I hand work it in a variety of ways (hand coloring, stitching, sewing on foreign materials such as bones or beads). I stop once I feel that piece has finished its story.

I create my imagery by several different means. First is finding what I want to print. These items can include anything from found flora and fauna from my local environment to whatever eclectic stuff I can find in large quantities for cheap online. Then I expose it on either a photolitho plate or a silk screen depending on size and if it is likely to destroy the screen. Once I have several of these made I compare them side by side and consider things like color and opacity to orientation and how they will fit together formally. Next I will consider the paper I’m printing on. Will this mental image look good on this map, this dyed paper, how about if I add it to this old print?

After this is all printed I let the print tell me what it needs. Is there too much movement or chaos? Do you need an implied boarder on a bleed print. What information is necessary to keep and what can I partially cover up.