Karen Hunter McLaughlin
September 7-26, 2021
Cheltenham Center for the Arts
439 Ashbourne Road, Cheltenham, PA 19012
Opening Reception Friday, September 10, 2021 6-9pm
Over Understory, 18″ x 24″, monotype
a solo collection of work created during the 2021 Cheltenham Center for the Arts print residency
Ripples, 22″ x 30″ multilayer monoprint on Rives BFK.
Multilayer Monoprinting
Using a library of symbols that mimic the movement of nature; flutter of leaf, ripple of water, scatter of seed– their ebb and flow, the artist invites viewers on a journey. Time is a central objective. Ambient layers are a spirtual meditation on a life lived in one place.
Ripples, 22″ x 30″ multilayer monoprint on Rives BFK.
PRINTMAKING
PAINTING
DRAWING
WIREWORK
…The passage of time is an elemental concept in my newer work that is represented by movement through dark layers that obscure previously hidden marks…