Hard to believe it is 2010. I celebrated a wonderful holiday season surrounded by family and friends enjoying the wintry sparkle of white - the first major snow came early to New England!
Snug and warm in my studio, I continue to craft more floral mixed media prints as well as work on a new series of unique artist books for a 3-person show scheduled for this June at the Providence Art Club. I am letting my imagination run wild in form, materials, and content of these new books. Keep checking my web site, as I will start posting images in the next few months. I am surprising even myself!
With much fanfare “Travel” – the Printmakers Network of Southern New England (PNSNE) 3-book collection of original prints and poems was completed this fall. Working on this project with 14 other printmakers and 3 poets over the last 3 years has been a wonderful experience for me. The project debuted at Fairfield University in October with a 2-day symposium exploring the components of collaboration. Fairfield University, the Dodd Center Special Collections, University of Connecticut, and Wheaton College in Massachusetts have purchased the Travel Collection. There are still a few collections available for purchase priced at $3000 - if interested go to: www.printmakersnetwork.org.

Copy of Parkside National Show invitation “Silver Lily Series: #91 Mixed Media Intaglio, image 7x7 inches)

I am pleased to report my first mixed media print inspired by lotus flowers won the Giulia Palermo Memorial Award in Graphics at the Audubon Artists Inc. Annual Exhibition, Salmagundi Club in New York City. “Every Petal,” my first concertina star book was accepted in the 2010 Newport Art Museum Juried Annual and will be on exhibit through May 24, 2010. With more in production, I am hoping to have at least 15 new floral prints ready for “The Ties That Bind” exhibit at the Providence Art Club, 11 Thomas St., Providence, Rhode Island, June13 – July 2, 2010. We are having a special evening reception free to the public on Friday, June 18th from 6-8 pm in the Maxwell Mays Gallery.

I also have work heading for an exhibit outside the states again this year - my whimsical print “Walkabout” will be at FyreGallery in Australia in the 77th Juried Members’ Exhibition “Bridge: SAGA Goes Down Under” from March 26 – May 10, 2010. Another of my solar plate prints, “Dog Day Afternoon,” will be on exhibit in thINK, a Boston Printmakers Members’ Exhibit that will travel to different venues over the next few years. For more information on the thINK Exhibit check for postings on the Boston Printmakers website.

Also look for my prints and book art in 100 New England Artists complied by Ashley E. Rooney - scheduled for a 2010 release by Schiffer Publishing.

Stay safe and come again…I always enjoy hearing from visitors to my site. – Carol