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I was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay
Area, growing up in Redwood City. I still live in the
Bay Area, and love it a lot. As far back as I can
remember I've had a strong creative impulse - wanting
to build things, and to draw. I made additions to my
childhood books, then created various pictorial
adventures with my brother Rory. Got in trouble a few
times in elementary school for drawing when I "should
have been" doing my schoolwork.
Later, I took some art classes in Junior College,
getting an AA degree, but never pursued art any
formal sense.
As an adult I continued drawing - mostly charcoal,
conte' crayon, pastels, pen and ink. Did some
painting as well - airbrush, watercolors, acrylics,
oils - but for the most part, drawing was my medium.
Somewhat over three years ago, a friend talked me
into taking a printmaking class at City College Of San
Francisco. I was hooked by printmaking, to say the
least, and have thrown myself into it wholeheartedly.
At this point, I do most of my printmaking at the
printmaking studios at Fort Mason.
At first, etching and aquatint were my primary
printing techniques, and I still enjoy them - as well
as drypoint and monoprint. When I discovered
collagraphs, however, I found something that I really
love to do. At present, I'm combining various
techniques in multiple-plate prints.
I still continue to draw and paint, of course.
My usual subjects are people, of a sort,
interacting - or dreamscapes, landscapes of another
"here". What exactly my characters represent, or what
they are doing, is not for me to say - I don't ask
them. Sometimes, though, they seem simply to be
posing for a portrait, and so I oblige them.
Collagraphs
A collagaph is made from a textured plate which is
inked and run through an etching press. I use
matboard, usually, which I'll coat with gesso, then
create textures with glue, fabric, sand, and so on.
Objects, such as gaskets, string, small children, or
whatever can be impressed in gesso or modeling paste
on the surface as well, and intaglio lines can be
scratched or cut into the plate. Collagraphs are very
versatile and, when used in multiples, can create an
endless variety of textures and design. My
multiple-plate prints may also include etched or
drypoint metal plates, monoprints or even linocuts in
conjunction with the collgraphic plates.
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