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This image was drawn on paper that was treated with Yarka Sauce, which was used for centuries in Russia as a unique drawing material with a luxurious consistency between a soft pastel and a Conte crayon. After treating the paper, I was able to remove color with an eraser (the "noise") and draw on top of that.

I am both a painter and a printmaker -- these two disciplines provide balance to my creative process and I freely move between the representational subjects in my paintings and the abstract imagery in my printmaking. My monoprints combine diverse inspirational sources (tapestries, Japanese wood-blocks and ceramics) with vibrant colors, patterns and textures to create compelling semi-abstractions. Painting "en Plein Air" has given me an appreciation for the hidden beauty in the city and surrounding environs where I live. Strong influences in my work are Classicism, Impressionism, Aestheticism, Fauvism, the Arts and Crafts Movement and the Nabis of the 19th Century. I hope you enjoy viewing my art as much as I enjoy creating it, and...