Shelley Thorstensen American, b. 1953
Still Life with Rose, 2010
intaglio, screenprint & linocut with chine colle
image: 34 1/8 x 21 7/8"
sheet: 41 x 29 5/8"
sheet: 41 x 29 5/8"
signed & titled recto
Layers, upon layers, visible and barely visible, multiplication of printmaking techniques so subtle as to be mysterious, characterize these works. They encompass the life history of the artist while resonating...
Layers, upon layers, visible and barely visible, multiplication of printmaking techniques so subtle as to be mysterious, characterize these works. They encompass the life history of the artist while resonating differently to everyone. Understanding the complex creation of each image is not always possible - nonetheless the genuine human message of each emerges from the layers.
