Matthew Monahan

Artist Bio: "In my printmaking, I apply ink to the actual body of the creature using traditional European or Japanese techniques. Nature provides the plate and I interpret by composing, inking, rubbing, and pulling a print. The monoprint is finished by wet mounting followed by subtle painting. The final rendering resurrects the subject with color and movement, immortalizing its beauty and inviting the viewer, perhaps for the first time, to see and care for the natural world. "