Alison Sawazky
I am a graduate of the Dundas Valley School of Art, Foundations Programme and have also taken courses through Sir Stanford Fleming College. I taught art at the elementary school level, and was an instructor at the Dundas Valley School of Art. I have been exhibiting my work professionally since 1996 in studio tours, juried group exhibitions, and solo shows. I moved to the Perth area in May 2021.
My current focus is on printmaking, specifically watercolour monotypes.
Watercolour monotype printmaking is a fascinating process. It requires painstaking attention to the process of preparing a plate and pulling the image, yet one has to be prepared to "let go" and see what happens when the actual image appears. This is both liberating and joyous. I love that each image is one-of-a-kind. Many of my monotypes reflect my interest in nature by incorporating natural objects such as leaves and feathers into the printmaking process. Others are more abstract and focus on shapes and textures, I also enjoy revisiting prints, and adding in lines and shapes using archival pen in order to further develop the image. Regardless of the image I create, my work focuses on line, shape, texture and colour. Creating monotype allows me to explore a wide variety of images and ideas, all unified by the printmaking process.
website: alisonsawatzky.com
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My current focus is on printmaking, specifically watercolour monotypes.
Watercolour monotype printmaking is a fascinating process. It requires painstaking attention to the process of preparing a plate and pulling the image, yet one has to be prepared to "let go" and see what happens when the actual image appears. This is both liberating and joyous. I love that each image is one-of-a-kind. Many of my monotypes reflect my interest in nature by incorporating natural objects such as leaves and feathers into the printmaking process. Others are more abstract and focus on shapes and textures, I also enjoy revisiting prints, and adding in lines and shapes using archival pen in order to further develop the image. Regardless of the image I create, my work focuses on line, shape, texture and colour. Creating monotype allows me to explore a wide variety of images and ideas, all unified by the printmaking process.
website: alisonsawatzky.com
Click on photo for full view.