Fine Art Prints I
These prints are all in limited edition and
produced entirely by Karen in her home studio with archival materials.
"Heart Monoprint"
18 x 23.25" image size on 17 x 22" Somerset Velvet Paper
with archival inks, 192.00
Story behind The Making of "Heart Monoprint"
"Joy," 9 x 12"
144.00
"Energy," 9 x 12"
144.00
"Torrent," 9 x 12"
144.00
"The Dance", 8 x 10.25" image
144.00
"Torrent 2", 8 x 11" image
144.00
"La Veta Hills," monoprint and digital media
please inquire for availability on this print
"Cubist Heart Garden," 10.5 x 13.5" image size, 192.00
"Abstract Hearts," image approx. 16 x 20"
192.00
"A Good Place to Graze," pastel and digital media
please inquire for availability on this print
All prints are signed and numbered by the artist.
When purchasing prints, see the link below. Prints are unframed and shipped in a sturdy mailing tube, usually sent
first class US mail unless expedited shipping is required.
Please contact the artist for availability
All archival quality prints are made by Karen in the home studio,
using Lysonic inks and Somerset Velvet paper.
"Many of my prints are created with the use of mixed media including the final output to my home printer.
I do not turn over my work to a giclee printing service because I want complete control over color, creativity and quality.
When I had my home town gallery, I found that many people liked my paintings but could not afford the originals and were
happy to be able to purchase more affordable prints made by me, in small editions. This makes me glad.
When I sell a very special painting I make sure I have a portfolio print to keep both as something to pass down to my children,
and as a piece I can still have in my studio, for reference and record. Selling my prints is not about trying to mass produce
my artwork. I don't make that many!" -Karen Gillis Taylor
The Making of "Heart Monoprint"
One day I started playing with making of monoprints. Since I didn't
have access to a press, I did the wooden spoon technique. The
image is
painted on a piece of glass. (I used diluted oil paint.) Then
a piece
of paper is placed over the painted surface and a flat wooden
spoon is
used as a burnishing tool to help transfer the paint to the paper.
This requires trial and error with paint consistency and paper
absorbency, not to mention "elbow grease" factor. Let
dry.
Next comes the digital part.
I scanned the dried piece.
In Photoshop I worked on the image and moved parts around by cutting
and pasting as with collage. I used the filter tools to change
the image
until satisfied with the result.I then print on the best paper
with the best inks.
I'm most pleased with Somerset Velvet Enhanced paper and lysonic inks which are archival.
I make a lot of preview
prints at small size with cropping so as to not waste paper at
the
final paper size of 17 x 22". This takes a lot of time and
patience.
I finished the piece I call Heart Monoprint and gave it to my
husband
Rob for a birthday present, just to say I love you.
He liked it, and that's what counts.
As Louis Armstrong said in
the film "High Society",
"End of Story!"
--karen gillis taylor
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