Discovering Monoprints

I started my art career studying painting at the Museum School of Fine Arts in Boston. I moved to Vermont in the late ’80s and spent a large part of my early career painting landscape in oils.

After having children, I developed a sensitivity to the oil solvents. Although unfortunate, it led me to try printmaking.

Water-based printmaking inks were starting to be developed at this time. I loved using the new inks and was fascinated by the infinite possibilities of layering color using monoprinting techniques. 

Monoprints are one-of-a-kind prints done on a plexiglass sheet. These “plates” are rolled with color and run through a press multiple times with the various colors building up an almost infinite range of tones.

Monoprints are a painterly print and leave much to chance.