I’m using monoprints to assist me in idea generation of the new work. To say the third year of art school is roaring back to me is an understatement – in fact – I’m even more energized by this. I was tired of this approach as it was forced on me in school and of course I rebelled. As for the basic nuts and bolts of the process here’s the basic shot of it. I’m painting (oils) directly on glass, dropping a piece of BFK Reeves paper on top and burnishing it for 5 – 10 minutes. what comes back is not what was painted per se, but what was released by the plate depending on medium and pigment. This approach is opening new doors as opposed to closing doors behind me as I make new images. To date I’ve made something like 70 monoprints (2 weeks) and though some of these share the same structural form (the tangram) none of them approach the image the same way.
I’ll talk more on this later this week.