Monotypes

My inspiration for this medium comes from the great monotypes of Giovanni Benedetto Castiglioni (the inventor of the technique), Degas and William Merrit Chase. Like them, I use a basically subtractive method, meaning that the plate is rolled up with printer's ink and the design wiped and scraped out with rags, sticks, fingers, whatever. These were done on linoleum (instead of the usual copper or plexiglass) and printed on my etching press.

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Therapy II: The Yellow Veil, 9/11/00, monotype, image 8 x 10½, sheet 10 x 14 inches

Sleep Reading, 8/22/12, monotype, image
8 x 10½ inches

Roadkill, 2011, monotype with pastel, image 11 x 15 inches

The Shadow, 2011, monotype, image 11 x 15 inches

Black Stockings XXI, 2011, monotype on buff paper, image 7 x 5 inches

Double Indemnity, 2000, monotype, image
10½ x 8 inches

For Vina, 2000, monotype, image 10½ x 8 inches

Orion, 2000, monotype,
image 10½ x 8 inches

Double Indemnity, 2000, monotype with pastel,
image 10½ x 8 inches

Don Giovanni Impenitente, 9/7/00, monotype, image
10½ x 8 inches

Simone Goes Out the Window, 9/16/00,
monotype with colored pencil,
image 8 x 10½ inches

Don Giovanni Impenitente, 9/8/00, monotype ghost with
colored pencil,
image 10½ x 8 in.

West Pathway Road, Late Afternoon, 8/20/00, monotype, image 5 x 7 inches

Portrait of the Artist Making This Monotype, 9/1/00, monotype, image 7 x 5 inches

Therapy II: The Yellow Veil, 9/11/00, monotype with pastel, image 8 x 10½ inches

Dawson Road, Sunset, 8/22/00, monotype,
image 5 x 7 inches

Working on a self-portrait, 2016

The two monotypes to the right represent a kind of transitional stage between my linocut technique (q.v.) and the other monotypes on this page. They are done like the linocuts (white ink over dark) except that the design is not cut but only drawn and wiped out of the white ink, letting the black areas show through when it's printed. The highlights are heightened with oil paint.
Black Stockings XII: The Blue Angel, 7/31/00, monotype,
image 7 x 5 inches
Black Stockings XIII, 8/31/00, monotype,
image 7 x 5 inches