When I began experimenting with printmaking, I did a few self-portraits. The self-portrait is my answer to the artist's perennial question: how can I make something totally original? Oneself is already the original. And yet we are all mirrors of each other, enough that an artist's self-portrait can speak to her audience of themselves.
This is "In the Moonlight", a 4x6 linotype print made with acrylic paints. I have about 15 more, all in different colors on different papers, some of which are "found" papers. This self-portrait is about my own motherhood and my child, not my own babyhood. It is my left arm that wraps around the baby.
Because this is an unlimited print series, each one is a steal at $15.
This one is titled, "What the Heck." I think it speaks for itself! 8x10 ink linotype. $50.
This is simply, "Self Portrait." It's a watercolored print made from carved modeling paste. With the white margins, it's 8x10. $50.
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