The medium I use to express the beauty I see in the mountains is screen printing, also known as serigraphy. First I hike, daydream, read, look at photos and sketch my design, then simplify it into flat areas of color.
For
each color in my design I make a stencil by hand cutting a special film and
attaching it to a fine mesh fabric stretched over a metal frame. Alternately
I can paint directly onto the mesh with screen filler, leaving open the
areas through which I want a color to be printed.
After the stencils (from 3 to 15) are attached I place paper beneath the
screen, carefully registering it with the stencil. I push ink across the
screen through the stencil opening and onto the paper below. I print one
color, let the ink dry, clean up my screen and repeat this process for each
color in my design. After printing the entire edition of 200 or less I
dispose of the stencils, then sign and number each print.
To see how the layers of colors are applied to create "Within the Shelter of the Family Tree" click on the right arrow under the image at the left. Enjoy!