Avondale Preserve I

Nancy Friese, artist

born 1948

Avondale Preserve I, 2007

Where object was made: Lawrence, Kansas, United States

Material/technique: monotype

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 474 x 605 mm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 18 11/16 x 23 13/16 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 630 x 763 mm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 24 13/16 x 30 1/16 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 30 x 36 in

Credit line: Gift of the KU Department of Visual Art, Printmaking Area

Accession number: 2010.0122

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Brosseau Center for Learning: Six Degrees of Separation: Prints from KU and Beyond

Nancy Friese’s artistic practice is largely informed by the close observation of nature and landscape. Natural elements are synthesized in her work to create a composite of things the artist has seen, and of the experience of seeing. Friese states, “I tie the visual observations to experience. A unified surface is created by incremental decisions representing the outward world.” Avondale Preserve I is the result of monotype printing, wherein an artist creates a composition in ink or paint directly on a plate to produce a single, unique image.

Brosseau Center for Learning: Six Degrees of Separation: Prints from KU and Beyond

Monotype is a printmaking process that usually only produces one good impression from each plate. To create a monotype, the artist draws on a smooth plate made of glass, metal, or stone with a greasy ink or oil paint. Once the drawing is complete, the artist presses a sheet of paper against the plate. The ink or paint transfers to the paper, and what is left behind is usually insufficient to make another print. While the artist could reapply ink or paint to the same plate, the variations would create a different, unique monotype.

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