Selected Edition Prints / Monotypes 1992
The artworks on this page are monotypes, made in 1992 over a period of several days at the Experimental Workshop in San Francisco. Monotyping is a type of printmaking made by drawing or painting on a smooth, non-absorbent surface. The surface, or matrix, was historically a copper etching plate, but in contemporary work it can vary from zinc or glass to acrylic glass. In this case, I used oil-based etching inks, solvents, and dry pigments on Plexi-glass to produce the transparent, aqueous effects. Each monotype print has a base design, on top of which I created (and printed) four to seven separate and unique layers - hence, the term "monotype" - to make the finished piece. The mindset and approach in this case were similar to watercolor, only with an additional "transfer" technique via printing press.
         Crystal Arms I, 19.5 x 15.5 in.
         Fables and Seas I, 19.5 x 15.5 in.
      Reflections Stirred I, 25.5 x 15.5 in.
         Crystal Arms II, 19.5 x 15.5 in.
       Fables and Seas II, 19.5 x 15.5 in.
     Reflections Stirred II, 25.5 x 15.5 in.
        Crystal Arms III, 19.5 x 15.5 in.
Boundaries of the Hearth I, 19.5 x 15.5 in.
​     Reflections Stirred III, 25.5 x 15.5 in.
        Crystal Arms IV, 19.5 x 15.5 in.
Boundaries of the Hearth II, 19.5 x 15.5 in.
​     Reflections Stirred IV, 25.5 x 15.5 in.
​Experimental Workshop began in 1972 as the Institute of Experimental Printmaking or IEP, founded by Garner ​and Ann Tullis in Santa Cruz, California. Its name became Experimental Workshop in 1976 when it was relocated to San Francisco. In 1982 Garner Tullis left Experimental Printmaking and opened the Garner Tullis Workshop in Emeryville, CA. The shop is owned by and continued under the direction of Ann McLaughlin (formerly Tullis).
 While I was at the Workshop, Bay Area artist and fellow UC Berkeley alum, Deborah Oropallo, was working on an
  edition print (combining color woodcut, screen printing, and soft ground aquatint) entitled "Red" (center right).
                   Experimental Workshop is located at the very industrially picturesque Pier 46B (Door 13) in San Francisco.