Jane McNichol

Blue Celadon

2005

"Bouquet (peony, yellow, jade)" is a unique collagraph print from a series published by Manneken Press in 2019. In collagraph printmaking the artist adds to the plate to create the image rather than carving into it, as in relief printing, or etching into it, as in intaglio printing. Howe painted the image of a bouquet of flowers in a vase with sweeping, fluid brushstrokes strokes, directly onto the plate, using a thick gel medium. Carborundum grit was added to create the texture necessary to hold the ink. Different colors were used for each impression printed from the plate, creating a series of unique but related prints. Like all of Howe's works, her monotypes have a strong, vibrant, spontaneous energy and a sensuous sensibility. Referencing her personal garden located in the Hudson Valley, flowers dissolve into abstract flurries of brush marks and fields of commingled colors. The artist balances abstraction with representation in gestural prints which are process-based while retaining an affinity with the observed subject matter. Catherine Howe is widely admired for her painterly works that reference both the baroque and nature. Drawing from nature, Howe’s paintings is influenced by New York School abstraction, as well as rococo and 17th century Dutch still life paintings. Catherine Howe received an MFA from SUNY Buffalo in 1983. Her paintings have been exhibited extensively in New York, and the United States, including solo exhibitions at New York Academy of Art, Winston Wächter...

This unique monotype print by Jane McNichol was made during the artist's second visit to Manneken Press in 2005. The monotype was made using oil-based inks and printed on Somerset Sa...

This unique monotype print by Jane McNichol was made during the artist's second visit to Manneken Press in 2005. The monotype was made using oil-based inks and printed on Somerset Sa...

This unique monotype print by Jane McNichol was made during the artist's second visit to Manneken Press in 2005. The monotype was made using oil-based inks and printed on Somerset Sa...

This unique monotype print by Jane McNichol was made during the artist's second visit to Manneken Press in 2005. McNichol, a New York City-based painter, works en plein aire, from sk...

This unique monotype print by Jane McNichol was made during the artist's second visit to Manneken Press in 2005. The monotype was made using oil-based inks and printed on Somerset Sa...

Color monotype.

Color monotype with collage.

Monotype EV edition variée 5/7, with heavy hand coloring using mixed media / colored pencils, The original monotype features a young woman wearing tube socks and feathered gloves. Im...

Monotype ev edition 5/6 with hand coloring. the overall paper size is 23 1/2 x 23 inches. Kim Frohsin spend 12 years making monotype ev's, and works from this series are included in ...

Monotype ev edition 2/4 with hand coloring. the plate is 12 x 12 inches and the overall paper size is 21 x 20 inches. Kim Frohsin spend 12 years working on monotype ev's, and works f...

Architectural rendering in blue, white red and black, features a Bay Area building with blue sky in this Monotype ev edition 2/4 with hand coloring. the plate is 12 1/2 x 21 inches a...