Artist's Statement

I have been a relief printmaker and book artist for over 20 years, and work primarily with woodblock and mixed media printmaking techniques. My print shop, ABRAZOS PRESS, (www.abrazospress.com) is a teaching facility as well as a professional print shop for printmaking projects and studio work. In this digital age I still revere hand work ,and  the pleasure of carving wood, taking the time it takes and feeling connected to carvers and printers down through the ages makes me proud of my craft. My imagery is often quirky, colorful, and has been exhibited nationally and internationally,most recently in Havana , Cuba, Venice , Italy ,Holland, Japan and Worcester, Framingham, and Northampton,MA.  In print media , my work has recently  been  published in THE HAND MAGAZINE, and PRESSING MATTERS magazine. I was featured in issues 25  and 30 of the British printmaking magazine  PRESSING MATTERS,with an article I wrote about the Paper Boat Flotilla, a collaborative printmaking project with printmakers in Havana, that I was part of in the Fall of 2023., and one about  the 25th anniversary of Zea Mays Print studio in Florence, MA, an international research facility for "green printmaking" among many other inky things.

My current prints are mostly botanical in nature(ha ha ha!!) and seem to be getting larger. I have been working with woodcut, tetra pak, and oil board as materails to make plates and stencils.  The studio had an 18th birthday December and there was a lot of cake from Lyndell's.

After so many years working in this medium I still find it endlessly fascinating.

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