Some monoprints
Monkeys! I am fascinated by them, although I've never met one in "person."
The year after my plein air painting partner Bradley died, I decided to take a break from plein air and work on something different, monoprints. AVAILABLE
I also began my studies in Mindfulness Meditation with teacher Shinzen Young that year. I began to explore "flow" in a graphic way through printmaking. The technique I used lent itself well to my experiences of flow, with repetitive imagery, slightly changing with every appearance, speeding up and slowing down, things appearing and disappearing, with a pleasant sensation of motion. I used frogs, and monkeys as a baseline visual representation.
Baboon Family Dynamics. AVAILABLE
Getting away from all the monkeys for a bit, I also explored cats and chickens at certain points in my monoprint "flow" journey!
Kittens sleeping. AVAILABLE
Marcie Vallette