I have enjoyed walking Wisconsin trails and byways since moving here in 1986. What began as an outdoor activity for our young family became my artistic inspiration. As my appreciation for the natural world grew, it became important for me to record places that were special to me and to share them, and to share the call to ensure places special to all of us will be here for future generations.
I work in a variety of intaglio printmaking techniques including etching and aquatint, mezzotint, and more recently, gelatin plate prints. Printmaking is an indirect process, and that process itself is an important part of my art making. While an accurate idea of how a plate will print can be imagined, it is never a certainty until the transferred image is revealed. It is this process of working on a plate and seeing an image develop from proof to proof that keeps me engaged.
