"Red"

Collagraph monoprint, 8 x 22". I worked a great deal with color as I made most of these collagraph prints. In some cases I focused so much on color that the prints were as much color studies as they were finished prints. I sold one print that I titled "Orange" at a print sale before I photographed it, so I won't be able to share that image with you. I posted earlier (below) a print I titled "Violet." Here is one I titled "Red." In each case, I focused on one color. As I did, however, I brought in other colors in profound and subtle ways which I felt enhanced the main color. In the case of "Orange," I used various shades of red, burgundy and violet to help the orange pop forward visually. In the case of "Violet," I played around with value changes and with small amounts of ink residue (especially green) to make the print more interesting and to play with the idea of "pure" color. In the case of "Red," I used one plate inked in red with subtle orange and blue hues. As you look closer at any of these prints you can see that they are polychromatic, even if subtly. I made this print in May, 2010.