I embark on creating my own paper cut-outs by printing one of a kind "mono-prints" on my etching press. These prints in abstract patterns and designs are created by using my etching press utilizing my inventory of cut wood blocks, stenciling or sold color painted rollups using oil based printmaking ink. I then source from this inventory of mono-prints when determining what particular shape to cut using an X-Acto knife, then collaging it onto the panel surface. All other non-collaged areas are painted in oil. My work is an abstracted reflection of a myriad of images that have captured my imagination as a youth growing up in the '60s. Think "Lava Lamp" when viewing "Atmospheric Blue"

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