printmaking
My interest in shaped composition carries over into printmaking.
I love the intricate process of copper and solar plate intaglio, I enjoy the painterly aspects of monotype, and I really like the simpler, more-rough-hewn mark-making of a carved relief plate.
In each of these printmaking processes, I have figured out how to make a shaped plate that presses a shaped image onto a sheet of paper.
Often that paper stays rectangular, and acts like a wall hosting a shaped image. I have also experimented with shaping the paper itself. In either scenario, the empty space and the delicate physicality of the white paper have a powerful interaction with the image.

underscape
Shaped Solar Plate Intaglio
2017, Limited Edition
6" X 8" (plate dimensions) 14.25" X 15" (paper dimensions)
birthplace
Shaped Solar Plate Intaglio
2017, Limited Edition
6" X 8" (plate dimensions) 10" X 11" (paper dimensions)
cut
Shaped Solar Plate Intaglio
2017, Limited Edition
5.25" X 9" (plate dimensions) 9.75" X 14" (paper dimensions)
tapped landscape
Shaped Solar Plate Intaglio
2017, Limited Edition
4" X 5" (plate dimensions) 9" X 11.5" (paper dimensions)
windblown
Shaped Copper Plate Intaglio
2016, Limited Edition
4" X 6" (plate dimensions) 15" X 20" (paper dimensions)
white margin sample containment
Shaped Copper Plate Intaglio
2016, Limited Edition
4" X 6" (plate dimensions) 15" X 22.5" (paper dimensions)
pinball heaven
Shaped Solar Plate Intaglio
2015, Limited Edition
5" X 7" (plate dimensions) 22.5" X 30" (paper dimensions)
peel
Copper Plate Intaglio
2015, Limited Edition
7.5" X 10.5" (plate dimensions) 22.5" X 30" (paper dimensions)
incursion
Shaped Solar Plate Intaglio
2015, Limited Edition
5" X 4" (plate dimensions) 15" X 21.5" (shaped paper dimensions)
incursion
Shaped Solar Plate Intaglio
2015, Limited Edition
4.25" X 3.5" (plate dimensions) 15" X 21.5" (shaped paper dimensions)