Beyond the Veil, 71cm x 70cm

No two of my monotypes are alike; each is a spontaneous and unique artwork. The ones with dappled light start with a screenprinted area to create the dappled effect. I then start by laying out primary coloured inks onto a palette. I use the large surface area of the palette to mix and spread the inks, adding different amounts of many pigments until I'm satisfied with the colour. Working with three different sized rollers of thick dense rubber, I create my images by rolling very thin layers of ink on a sheet of aluminium the size of the finished print. The inks are made from a transparent base or medium. I tend to mix a lot of this to dilute the colour decreasing their opacity. When I'm happy with the colour I've laid on the metal sheet I run it through the press. This creates a mirror image of what I laid down. By going back and forth from the palette to the press I eventually build up the surface I want, by trial and error. It takes a long time before the image achieves the painterly quality that I'm after.