Hand-Pressed Series | After Summer IV jazz the rice paper was placed

the rice paper was placed on the linoleum plate

Inspiration for the contrasting red berry sprigs were from my memory of Nandina shrubs with their bursts of red berries after they flower

Collage is usually created with paper or materials

I wipe the edges of the plate clean

placing damp paper on the plate and rubbing carefully with a baren or by hand

Hand-Pressed Series | After Summer IV jazz the rice paper was placedOakleaf Hydrangea Prints & Fluid Acrylics on Paper 24" x 18 2021 The beauty of nature in the Fall with its various colors and textures is the focus of these individual hand pulled prints. A hand pulled print is any work of art produced in limited multiple iterations and created through a hand printed transfer process. Carefully selected Alice Oakleaf Hydrangea leaves were cut and brought home; each leaf was painted with Golden Fluid Acrylics on the