About Us
KATAMA monotype 24" x 18" (sold)
I am a printmaker specializing in Monotype prints, living and working in New Haven, Connecticut. I have a studio in an artists’ enclave called Erector Square. I am a full-time artist, working in my studio most days, with a few days a month set aside to explore and get new ideas and inspiration by going to museums, lectures, seminars and talks by other artists. I am happiest when I am working in my studio. I exhibit in various venues: galleries, cafés, community centers and museums, in the US and overseas. My studio is a working space, but I welcome visitors by appointment or during the Erector Square weekend of City-Wide Open Studios, hosted by Art Space New Haven, in October.
What is Monotype? A monotype is a print made by painting or drawing with ink on a plate of smooth material, such as copper, zinc or plexiglass. Special printmaking paper is placed on the plate, and the two are passed through a printing press, transferring the image onto the paper. The print produced is one-of-a-kind (monotype), although sometimes a faint “ghost-print” can be made from any ink remaining on the plate. Inks are oil-based or water-based. Different materials can be placed between plate and paper, or paper and press to emboss and embellish the monotype.
My recent series of prints, titled Catalan, is an homage to the Spanish masters, in particular Antoni Gaudí. In these prints I am trying to capture the sensuality of Barcelona and its environs, and the light that suffuses its citizens as they work and recreate. The prints vary in size from 30” x 22” to 1” x 4.” There are multiple layers of colors, shapes/form and textures.
In a print call “Las Ramblas” (30” x 22”), I printed several layers to pull the viewer into the work. A midnight blue wash with blocking of shapes creates the background, evoking the harbor’s influence on this famous promenade. I added texture for depth and hand printed vibrant geometric forms to imply the strolling and commerce that is ever-present. What I am after here is a good balance between tranquility and outburst.
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CURRENT EXHIBITION
February 14 - May 6, 2022 - Zahn Gallery, Middlesex, CT
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
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January 12- February 5, 2022 -
Art Essex Gallery, Westport, CT
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November 2021 - January 2022 - BACA Gallery, Branford, CT
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October 2021 - Open Source Art Festival, New Haven, CT
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September 2021 - City Gallery, New Haven, CT
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May 2021 - Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT
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April 2021 - The Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
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April 2021 -Art Essex Gallery - Westport, CT
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December 2020 - Six Summit Gallery, Westbrook, CT
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September 2020 - Sill House Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
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November 1, 2019 - January 2020 “Truth and Imagination” Earth &Fire Gallery
Essex, Ct
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September 21,2019 - January 5, 2020 “ Dreamscaping” Whitney Center,
Hamden, CT
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October 2019- Affordable Art Fair, Stockholm Sweden
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October 2019- City Wide Open Studio, NH, CT
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September 2019- Selected member exhibition NHPC, CT
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July 2019- The Hampton art fair, Long Island New York
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June 2019 - San Francisco art fair, SFO, CA
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
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The Department of Micro-Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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Swedish IRS department, Stockholm, Sweden
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Saint Thomas More Catholic Center at Yale, New Haven, CT
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The Department of Urology, Yale Medical School, New Haven, CT
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Fauziah Museum and Gallery at The University Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia
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Park Street Clinical Labs- Smilow Cancer Center, Yale New Haven, Hospital
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Haskins Laboratory International Conference Room, Yale University, New Haven, CT
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New Haven Paint and Clay Club, New Haven, CT
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Clinical Practice Suite, Yale Medical School, New Haven, CT
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Yale Physicians’ Building Lobby, New Haven, CT
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Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation, Philadelphia PA
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New Haven Reads, New Haven, CT
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Private Collectors: US, Europe and Asia
AWARDS
2019 - Purchase Award, New Haven Paint & Clay Club
2018 – The Adele K. Paper Prize, New Haven Paint and Clay Club, New Haven, CT
2016 – Best in Show, Guilford Art League, Guilford, CT
2011 – The Roger Van Damme “The 110th Annual Juried Art Exhibition” New Haven
Paint & Clay Club, New Haven, CT
(Juror: Tom Yost, artist and painting conservator)
2010 – Purchase Award – New Haven Paint & Clay Club – Permanent Collection
2007 – Merit Award – New Haven Paint & Clay Club
2003 -The Weiss Sisters Prize for a Print, “The 102nd Annual Juried Art Exhibition” New Haven Paint & Clay Club, New Haven, CT
(Jurors: David G. Woods, Dean of the School of Fine Arts University of Connecticut at Storrs
and Deborah Muirhead, Professor of Art, University of Connecticut.)
AFFILIATIONS
Creative Arts Workshop
New Haven Paint & Clay Club
The Arts Council of Greater New Haven
ArtSpace New Haven
Guilford Art League
International Print Center New York
Branford Arts and Cultural Alliance