Drawing for COGO House Collective

I just finished this commission for COGO House Collective. It is white gouache on black paper sized 30" x 22" and is entitled White Nebula #10. It will be printed in a limited edition and available online and at art fairs in London and Oslo.

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Branching Monoprints on Mirrors: Part 2

Here of some images of what these branch prints actually look like. It was difficult taking a picture of a thing on a mirror. I think when I do this for real I'm going do it on white glass or clear glass and then paint it white.

I'm not sure if these are actually monoprints. They are the plates and aren't ever printed onto anything else. I guess they are dried up potential monoprints.

These patterns are the result of simultaneous self-organization determined by the physical properties of the inks, plates and the force used to pull them apart. It's difficult to comprehend, especially since I'm used to intentional manipulation of my materials component by component, accumulating into something growing from a single point. These patterns happen everywhere all at once, as though each part knows exactly what every other part is doing and plans its position accordingly. But there is no planning, no deciding. Stuff just just does this, and it shows up everywhere in biology.

2 new prints

Lattice:

Conjunction:

Aquatint added

I used this plate to try out aquatint for the first time since 2000. I etched it longer than I wanted, making it a bit darker than I had hoped, but I was really excited at how the hard ground got pulled into the etched lines by capillary action and resisted the etch leaving white "starfish" at the major intersections. That was completely unexpected and I loved watching it happen.

I will probably keep working on the plate and printing the various changes, then display them in an animation-like progression.

block print

I made this during a print workshop at Space Gallery today. The workshop was organized by Kelly McConnell and her MECA art education students. The image is 6" x 4" on bigger paper.