Linoleum Cut Prints

Artists Describing Their Art:

Theo Radic - Everyone experiences drawing and painting as children. I was perhaps one year old therefore when I was first initiated into the painter's craft. I continued these universal beginnings throughout my school years and sporadic courses in college (which gave me few insights into this art). [...] I had only myself as a teacher in the art of painting. My evolution as a painter paralleled that of art history in general, beginning with my prehistoric period as a one-year-old-clutcher-of-crayolas, groping through Egyptian and Greek periods; a Renaissance period; and then neo-classicism, romanticism and naturalism; impressionism and fauvism; cubism and abstract expressionism. At nineteen I went to Europe, thirsty for scope and depth in Art which America lacks. Having established myself in the south of France, I absorbed the emanations of the modern masters who had lived and painted there. I was profoundly moved by the bizarre snow storm over La Cote d'Azur on the night of Picasso's death. No such storm had ever been seen before in April, as old-timers in Nice told me. [...] Fully acknowledging my debt to 'abstract expressionism', I nonetheless do not consider my art'abstract' - a word ...

Joan Colbert - While recurring themes and motifs are ever present in both my print work and painting, they are central to the series block prints completed over the last several years. The poet, Wallace Stevens, has been a consistent source of inspiration, but in 2006 the music of Moussorgsky became my muse. The following statement and accompanying images are from this most current series. Pictures at an Exhibition: the print series Pictures at an Exhibition. . . the title says it all. . . and disregarding that, even the most casual exposure to the music of Moussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition can evoke an assortment of moods and images. For years I assumed that somewhere there existed the definitive collection of artwork that was Moussorgsky's inspiration. In reality, only six pieces of Victor Hartmann's work, consisting of architectural drawing and costume design and sketches and watercolors from his travels, can be positively identified. I found the subject matter intriguing, and just a bit odd. This series began as a way for me to visualize and interpret Moussorgsky's music through Hartmann's subject matter, but became an homage to the story itself: the musician and the artist and the artwork that lives on ...

Jack Mccarthy - I am basically a story-teller who uses prints as my vocabulary. My approach to printmaking is eclectic. On one hand, I use traditional relief printing methods either a baren or a 1947 Vandercook Press, named Ursula. On the other hand, I experiment using brayers, stencils, natural and found objects, anything that has texture. My work is influenced by life experience and, most importantly, my constant amazement of what human beings believe in and how they choose to live their lives! Many of my prints are allegorical in nature and almost all are visual stories. I am presently working on a variety of projects: One is a series of relief prints based on medieval stories, both secular and religious. One edition is comprised of prints depicting religious beliefs and stories of 8th to 14th century Europe, what is normally but erroneously called "The Dark Ages" and/or the Gothic Period. The stories are delightful and, at times, gruesome. Many are Christian stories based on non-Christian (pagan) myths. The second project is a small edition of handmade books with original prints based on the Old Testament. The third is a book which will be a pictorial depiction of the life ...

Hilary Pollock - When contemplating creativity, I admit to being impressed by the draftsmanship of Gustav Klimt,the audacity and creativity of Picasso and the fortitude of Artemisia Gentileschi and many other female artists. The "Lady and the Unicorn" tapestries in Paris move me greatly for their colour and their detail in particular. I have my own style and language which has developed over the years from experimentation with a variety of mediums and different approaches to my subject matter. Some things become favourites, contributing to a personal language and the sheer pleasure of creating. The process is the important thing. Creativity for the visual artist is all about struggle,excitement and energy....

Peter Lembrechts - As You may have noticed by looking at the examples of my work on the right, I like drawing and painting in a realistic way, but most of my paintings have that surreal touch to it (maybe that's some kind of a "Belgian gene" ?) I was born in 1960, and studied Latin, Mechanics and finally ended up in Art School, because drawing and dreaming was the main thing I was always doing during my school years... (hope my daughters never read this!) Since I do love machines also, I started to work in a garage as a panelbeater after leaving school, doing a lot of sculptural work... Having seen a lot of rusty oldtimers, I wanted to paint those beautiful colours that make a carwreck unattractive to most people. You can find some examples of these on my website (

Alice Chang - I was from Taipei, Taiwan. I graduated from the Department of Editorial Design in Tokyo Designer Gakuin College. After my graduation, I came to New York and went to School of Visual Arts for getting some credits. I graduated from Adelphi University and received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in graphic design in 2001. I have designed over hundreds of books and periodicals, as well as organizing and supervising many of Asian Culture and Art Programs of Tao's Culture, Inc. (nonprofit incorporation) also as a graphic designer in Zen Palate vegetarian restaurant in New York. ...

Pilar Martinez Pimart - Working with memories has been my way to embrace my Dominican identity while living in the United States as I continue to canalize, through mixed media, the convergence of cultures and recollected experiences. These recollections about childhood, family, relationships, food, melodies and transitions are the ones that have shaped my artistic sensibility and are constantly informing my work and its process. This artistic process is spontaneous and intuitive, yet deliberate with a sense of improvisation. The concept "Nothing is wasted, everything is transformed," was instilled in me by my father since my early years and it is a concept in which my art practice is still enveloped. This merging of the new with the old is present in the artwork in the way I collage fragments of scrap paint from my palette, as well as using old records and elements that I collect through the years. Re-using these elements that have a connection to the past, is also for me a way of returning, of going back. Fragmentation becomes an experience of reuniting different memories and elements on the same surface, in a choreographed composition where there's always going to be a suggestion of a continuation or a ...

Pilar Martinez Pimart - Andre Nod - Born 1962 in Alma-Ata now aEUR" Almaty, Kazakhstan, graduated in 1988 from the Alma-Ata State Theatrical and Artistic Institute in 1988 BMF MFA. Over the course of 30 years of active creative work has authored thousands of works of art, including paintings, sculpture, drawings, etchings, photographs, ceramics and contemporary art. Has participated in more than 200 group exhibitions and held more than 30 solo shows. Has published poetry in periodicals, participated in literary seminars and also acted in films. His works have been shown at such major international forums as ArtExpo New York International, AFA Rosemalen, Art Manege Moscow, Accessible de Arte Brussels, Asia Art Tashkent, Art Market Budapest, Art Expo SPb International, Saint. aEUR"Petersburg, Art Shanghai, at Kolner Liste Discovery Art Faire, Cologne, Germany, at the Central ArtistsaEURtm House in Moscow, at UNESCO, Paris, France and also at Sothebys and Christies. His works can be seen in permanent exhibitions at the Kasteyev State Museum of Fine Arts in Almaty, Kazakhstan, at the Museum of Modern Art in Astana, Kazakhstan, at the Museum of Art in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, at the Nevzorov Art Museum in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, at the Pavlodar Art Museum, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan, at the Regional Museum of Art ...