Mezzotint

In recent year I have gone back to do some printmaking, which I had studied in Florence when I was eighteen. My re-entry technique was monotype, but I became frustrated with the frantic speed required and ended up choosing another technique on the opposite side of the spectrum, in terms of speed: mezzotint. 
Working on the copper plate is a beautiful and meditative counterpoint to my time at the easel, and it allows me to explore the tonal and compositional elements of the image.

Monotypes