A LITTLE ABOUT NANETTE’S MONOTYPE PROCESS:
I approach my work with an emphasis on experimentation and intuition, allowing the spontaneous nature of the monotype to guide me. My monotypes are created using crude tools like q-tips, my fingertips, and brayers to add and remove ink from a plexiglass plate. Once the image is complete it is then transferred onto a sheet of paper by pressing the plate and paper together using a printing press. The printing process yields only one unique singular print on paper. Monotypes are often referred to as “the painterly print” since only one piece/painting on paper can be created in the process
REFLECT: An ongoing body of work incorporating the figure into intimate landscapes. This body of work was inspired by experimentation with Plein Air monotypes while at Playa, an artist residency in Summer Lake Oregon, fall of 2022
LETTING GO: weightless, meditative figures, 2020-present, (selected images)
FIGURES: memories and emotional responses inspired by family or historical photos, 2017-2022 (selected)
LITTLES: a series of tiny 2x3” monotypes, 2022 (selected)
STILL LIFE: 2019-2022 (selected)
SPOOKY: originating from series called “imagined reality” 2017-2019 (selected)
RECYCLED RAIN PROJECT: 2106 & 2017: In 2016 I was asked to be a featured artist for The Recycled Rain Project. The project organizers encouraged us to use collected rain water in our artwork. As an oil painter and a printmaker that used oil based inks, I felt compelled to rise to the challenge. I decided to use water based printmaking inks, something I had never done before. It took a few months of trial and error to figure it out. Nonetheless, the outcome was outstanding! To this day I primarily use water based inks for my monotypes. I am ever grateful for the door that opened thanks to this show.