Join Seattle Print Arts for a series of online visits with artists whose work was chosen by juror Thea Quiray Tagle to be in the August 6-31, 2020 Contemporary Northwest Print Invitational at Davidson Galleries.
Get to know the artists and click on the their names to see their work in CNPI2020.
By day I write software, though I have a BFA in design. I’ve always found myself happy in the intersection between logic and art, and etching is that sweet spot for me. It allows a high level of detail and technical skill, while being temperamental enough to force you into happy accidents (most times) and expression. I love experimenting with the medium, and currently work with a hacked home setup for electro-etching and less-toxic processes. I constantly experiment with paper and technique in an effort that entails both scientific method and creativity.
I was trained as a painter but I'm largely self-taught as a printmaker. I fell in love with the monotype process when I lived in Taos, New Mexico. Something happened when I started making monotypes that opened up a different part of me. I felt genuinely free to experiment and fail, trusting myself to follow the process anywhere it led.
Image: Cara McKinley, “Tardigrades in the Field,” Intaglio