INTERIOR Landscapes EXTERIOR IRENE NELSON
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uring my current Artist Residency at Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, California, I have specialized in two kinds of ‘landscapes’ in my printmaking work. Earlier landscapes are photogravure etchings where ‘domestic landscapes’ are drawn from photographs taken in my own home. Digital images are abstracted through framing and printing to obtain the look of a landscape with shapes, light and shadow, coming to resemble the forms of natural terrain: a ‘typography’. More recent prints evoke ‘internal’ landscapes I draw up from within without external referents. Using black ink on a plate I employ a subtractive wiping method using tarlatan cloths, sharp tools, dry brushes, etc. to brush ink away. Finally, I use collaging techniques to add color back selectively. Often, I use materials I’ve made myself (hand made paper, etc.). The results of these layerings are dark brooding unspecific black and white landscapes, with interior ‘windows’ that open onto other, smaller receding landscapes of color and light.
IRENE NELSON
Interior Landscape #3, 2014 Monotype mixed media, 21.75” x 14.75”
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Interior Landscape #2, 2014 Monotype mixed media, 21.75” x 14.75”
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Interior Landscape #4, 2014 Monotype mixed media, 21.75” x 14.75”
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Interior Landscape #5, 2014 Monotype mixed media, 21.75” x 14.75”
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Interior Landscape #7, 2014 Monotype mixed media, 21.75” x 14.75”
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Interior Landscape #9, 2014 Monotype mixed media, 21.75” x 14.75”
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Interior Landscape #6, 2014 Monotype mixed media, 21.75” x 14.75”
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Interior Landscape #10, 2014 Monotype mixed media, 21.75” x 14.75”
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Interior Landscape #11, 2014 Monotype mixed media, 21.75” x 14.75”
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Interior Landscape #13, 2014 Monotype mixed media, 21.75” x 14.75”
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TV Light, 2012 Photopolymer Gravure 16”x 11”
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Sunday, 2013 Photopolymer Gravure 16”x 11”
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Flowers, 2013 Photopolymer Gravure 16”x 11”
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Window, 2013 Photopolymer Gravure 16”x 11”
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Dishes, 2013 Photopolymer Gravure 16”x 11”
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New York, just like I pictured it, 2013 Photopolymer Gravure 16�x 11�
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Flowers Two, 2013 Photopolymer Gravure 16”x 11”
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Shade, 2012 Photopolymer Gravure 16”x 11”
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Copyright Š 2014 by Irene Nelson irene@irenenelson.com