David Collins

Silk and Stone VII, Medium Square Abstract Geometric Blue Yellow Red Print

2016

David Collins' 'Silk and Stone 19' is a square monotype, a unique print with no other editions. This geometric abstract print on delicate Asian paper layers blue, teal green, and red...

This is a monotype print meaning that it is a unique print with no other editions. This geometric abstract monotype on Asian paper layers shapes in cobalt blue, maroon, red, black, g...

This square woodcut print on paper is composed of a central, circular, metallic silver shape spreading outward into an abstract pattern over a bright turquoise blue background that c...

This vertical abstract monotype layers asymmetrical shapes against a soft, gradient background. Shades of dark brown and bright red complement lighter coral and a sky blue hue that t...

This is a unique woodcut print of a forest and stream in dark eggplant purple offset by a light blue and pale grayish lilac background. The monotype brings to mind the tradition of J...

This is a unique woodcut print of a forest and stream in dark eggplant purple offset by a minty light teal greenish blue and pale yellow background. The monotype brings to mind the t...

Statement-The emphasis in the work is on color ,motion and emotion. I make paintings that are inspired by aspects of life thus transforming color and movement into their own visual ...

Statement-The emphasis in the work is on color ,motion and emotion. I make paintings that are inspired by aspects of life thus transforming color and movement into their own visual ...

Title -Green Light Go Year- 2011 MonoType / Embossment =They are made by drawing on a plate or glass with a substance such as printer"s ink or oil paint. An impression is infused i...

Monotype Charbonnel Ink Archival paper

Abstract monotype in blue, brown and black on paper by Wilma Fiori (1929-2019). Print is presented in a custom frame with all archival materials measuring 20 1⁄2 x 19 1⁄4 x 1 inches....

There is a natural and raw understanding in Mukesh Sharma’s prints that both depict, and are influenced by, the Rajastani communities of his home town in rural India. In these Limited Edition fine-art prints, made over a period of twenty years, we are offered the colours of India’s ancient land, the textures, light and the patterns that are everywhere. In the patterns of the arable fields to the jali's (carved screens) in the architecture. This work is however not romantic nor nostalgic but shows a deeper rooted need to offer a visual heritage of place, of where the artist is from and the journey that he is taking. The results are both compelling and honest. Mukesh Sharma, Frenzy M3, Lino-cut chin-coll’e on German Ivory paper Edition: 3 of 5, 2005 Image size: 50 x 33 cm / Sheet size: 79 x 55 cm Unframed 'In this work in particular I feel that a true work of art is the creation of an experience from the interaction between the human self and the outside world' Mukesh Sharma's work: It is often in childhood that paths are set for what we will become. Mukesh Sharma hails from a rural, agricultural village in Rajasthan, India. His Father is a craftsman who fixed and mended farm machinery and understood the working parts in the processes. Sharma followed in his Father’s footsteps, as is often the case in Indian families, but his was not the machines of the fields but the presses of the printing studio. Like his Father, Mukesh Sharma is fascinated with understanding how things work and how he can manipulate the metal in his hands. It is not surprising then that his medium of choice is printing. One of the most physically challenging of all the practices, it can often be physically challenging as well as technical and detailed. In his youth, Sharma would draw with stones on walls and floors. He was lucky his family encouraged this and he is grateful for his early art-training at the Jaipur School of Art but it was at the Baroda Art Department that he was introduced to the great printing traditions of Jyoti Bhatt...