The Vision of Printmaking

Dennis Schmalstig

Julie Villanueva

Artist Statement

Growing up in the rural South, I was surrounded by the smells and forms of nature. Because of this, I am especially drawn to the variety of animal shapes as seen in my body of work.

To create these images, I employ the use of the collagraph printmaking process along with monoprinting. Hopefully, my prints translate those earlier childhood observations 给观众.

琳达魏仁芳

Artist Statement

Throughout my life, I have spent many hours outside working with plants, hiking in 国家 forests, and exploring foreign cities. I observed there is much beauty and detail within the phys- ical world we pass by every day and never notice. The incredible patterns, lines, 形状和 textures defining our environment have become a primary basis for my prints, which 经常画 attention to parallels between natural and man-made objects. Items found on the beach 如 seashells, upon closer inspection, have similar lines and structures to staircases. A conical shell follows the same vortex curve of spiral steps.

Incorporating field notes and photographs together with imagination, layering, and 不寻常的 combinations, my work highlights less obvious relationships into a seamless composition 强迫 a visual comparison. Manipulating visual information from my life experiences and 研究 nature is the starting point. Then each layer of an image becomes more abstract focusing 在网上, shape, and texture to make a cohesive visual contrast.

Through printing, and book arts, I create a window into the similarities often overlooked. The process of drawing and tracing the images over and over allows my eye to focus on the connections between the natural and man-made objects. Through the progression of re-drawing I simplify and compare attributes 如 leaves and boats, both of which have bilateral symmetry and strong rib structures. In the sequence of printing layers of colors the man-made 和自然 objects begin to converge illuminating the comparison.

Whitney Broadaway

Artist Statement

Whitney Broadaway grew up playing in the woods of Central Florida. Her passion was, and always will be, to hold and cuddle every living creature she encounters. 她的父亲 carved wooden sculptures and her mother was a poet, so it is no surprise that she combined these two skills into carving woodcuts and composing artist books. Broadaway graduated with a BFA in Drawing and Printmaking from the University of Central Florida in 2010. After graduation, she spent four years as the Conservator for UCF's Special 集合 & University Archives before becoming the 集合 Manager at the Orange County Regional 历史 Center in downtown Orlando. There, she uses her background in conservation and art to care for the historic collection and assist with the development of award winning exhibitions. Broadaway has exhibited 国家ly and inter国家ly, and strives to capture the whimsy of the local fauna she grew up with.