Deborah Paris

Pines

 

drypoint 4th state

 

6 x 4.5

Deborah Paris is an American artist who specializes in painting landscapes mostly with pastels. Her work is full of meticulous detail and imagination that only exemplifies her intense connection and close obervation of the natural world around her. She has been featured in a few books such as "Landscapes of New Mexico" and "Texas Traditions"; and she has also been represented in "The Pastel Journal" and "Southwest Art".
This chosen piece of hers was one of her drypoint efforts particularly done in order to experiment the effects of the ink transfer onto her paper. I really admire the effects on the ink on the plate that was left unscratched. To me it seems as though the swaying motions of the ink left on the plate gives the artwork a realistic touch as if I were merely looking through a cabin window.
I also found myself drawn to her work because recently in my print-making class I have been struggling with inking my drypoint plate and transferring the print onto my paper. As soon I saw my fellow students art, I realized that I was not quite catching the lines onto the paper as much as I would have liked. Of course I got a bit frustrated and I experimented with a couple of drypoint projects adding more detail to the next until I finally decided to ink. I decided to play around with the ink, adding a touch of color here and there as well; not only did I focus so much on the lines ,but also on the ink on the unscratched surfaces.


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