~ Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies ~ // silkscreen artist’s prints // Summer 2021

  1. Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies - plexi and vellum

  2. Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies - kitakata green

  3. Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies - kitakata tan

  4. Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies - Rives BFK tan

This series was created during a residency in Florence, MA at Zea Mays Printmaking Studio. The work uses the architecture of Japanese sliding doors, ‘fusuma’, as a framework to study various cloud motifs used in Japanese textiles.

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‘Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies’

silkscreen print on plexi [ front facing ]

24 in x 30 in

Summer 2021

‘Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies’silkscreen print on plexi [back side of frame]24 in x 30 inSummer 2021

‘Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies’

silkscreen print on plexi [back side of frame]

24 in x 30 in

Summer 2021

‘Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies’silkscreen print on green Kitakata17 in x 21inSummer 2021

‘Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies’

silkscreen print on green Kitakata

17 in x 21in

Summer 2021

‘Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies’silkscreen print on tan Kitakata17 in x 21inSummer 2021

‘Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies’

silkscreen print on tan Kitakata

17 in x 21in

Summer 2021

‘Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies’silkscreen print on tan Rives BFK15 in x 22 inSummer 2021

‘Temporary Highs in the Violet Skies’

silkscreen print on tan Rives BFK

15 in x 22 in

Summer 2021