| About the Artist: |
My introduction to lithography at the San Francisco Art Institute in the early 1960's began a love-affair with the challenging process of making original prints on centuries-old lithographic limestones. In 1969 I purchased a lithography press and in 1974, founded/directed "Artist's Proof Graphics Workshop," with two presses and 140 stones, open to artists on a membership basis. I also printed limited editions for artists and held classes in stone-lithography. My skills were refined at the Tamarind Institute of Lithography (Albuquerque, N.M.) where I trained as a professional printer, concentrating on aluminum-plate lithography.
I find something magical still in this 200-year-old process that holds a delicate pencil line, a vast range of washes, or a bold flat, protects them through successive chemical baths, shelters them through proofing, and yields them to the crushing kiss of the press, where the ink, the paper and the idea come together to reveal the print - a centuries-old tradition in the service of a contemporary print.
My work frequently criss-crosses between personal, social and political themes, using the human figure to address issues that intrigue me. My recent "Poor Man's . . . " series centers on the pervasive phenomenon of celebrity surrounding 'blue-chip artists,' resulting in art as a commodity unaffordable by the common man. Currently, my use of the figure expands to include political concerns, suggesting the need for reflection as, perhaps, our only recourse to peace in a world beyond our personal control. |
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