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Monotype prints inspired by my daily walks in my neighborhood
Red Nature
Soirée d’été
Soirée d’été (Summer Evening) is inspired by my daily walks in my neighborhood during the Covid-19 lockdown since March 2020.
The works are monochrome monotypes that use the plants I collected during these walks, which I then passed under my etching press, giving life to a composition, with each work being unique. I use a deep blue ink and print on rice paper which brings lightness and finesse to the printed work. One could think they are cyanotypes but in fact it is print work - which allows a certain freedom and a new discovery with each time the work goes through the printing press. The plant then supports the creation of the work, guiding the composition. It is often transformed, keeping only the essence of the plant, stem, flower, leaves. I bring my personal touch, sometimes superimposing the prints, and playing on the positive and negative side of the impression.
These collected plants are not rare species but rather plants that grow in isolated places, and urban places, the undergrowth, sown by the wind, the supposedly undesirable ones that “stain” our gardens – but which are beautiful. This series asks us to see what we sometimes forget to look at closely. It makes us think that everything is unique, that everything is more than the result of chance and must be cherished and preserved.
Here's what one art critic said "This series is poetic...strong, bold, vulnerable, refined and proud all in one. You captured the essence of life and the cycle of living..."
Watch the process behind the monotype process.
