Process
The Aegean Sea Monotypes were inspired by September 2006 and May 2008 one-month residencies at the Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, a nonprofit printmaking workshop on the island of Skopelos, Greece. The Foundation sits on the top of a mountain and the daily walk to town was down a winding mountain path near the cliffs with spectacular views of the Aegean Sea below.
In Greece, the size of my suitcase dictated the size of the monotypes that I painted at the Foundation. I wanted them bigger so I did them in two or four sections. I intentionally did not want them to match exactly where they intersect. I wanted the viewer to be aware that this is a print, an impression of the sea and not an attempt at an exact replication. These monotypes strive to place the viewer in the experience of the sea—the smell, the movement, the translucency and fluidity of the water, and the feeling that one could be overpowered and swallowed up by nature.
The monotypes are printed on white Rives BFK paper which is a 100% rag paper. The pastel drawing is drawn on Rives BFK coated with Gesso and Marble Dust. To see more Aegean Sea images please visit Lynn Manos at rogallery.com.
