February 1 - March 31:
“All Things Great and Small” by Elizabeth Busey
The Gallery at Hotel Indigo
400 Brown Street • Columbus, Indiana
The public is invited to learn more about relief printmaking at a special “Meet the Artist” reception on Thursday, February 9 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m.
The Columbus Museum of Art and Design features an exhibit entitled “All Things Great and Small” by Bloomington printmaker Elizabeth Busey from February 1 through March 31 at The Gallery at Hotel Indigo.
Busey’s works on paper are linoleum relief prints. She uses the reduction method of relief printmaking, which means she carves only one block and then removes sections for each new color. “I print with oil-based lithography inks in a style similar to watercolor, where a succession of subtle transparent layers yields unusual colors and textures,” she says. This combination of many layers of color and intricate textures allows her to create the illusion of depth in a two dimensional work. She uses thick, western-style cotton paper to support the layers and produces images using an etching press that her husband built out of recycled steel.
“Printmaking is a combination of technique and serendipity,” she says. “When creating each new print, I prefer to start with only a basic framework or idea sketch and make decisions all the way through the printing process regarding both design and color. The reduction technique allows me to make each day in my studio one more of creation and less of production, where each new color layer is an adventure.”
