Caligo safe wash relief ink on Masa paper.

2021

Since my childhood in the rural North Dakota prairies, I have had an unquenchable interest in my natural surroundings. This interest led me to a 30+ year career as a research ornithologist. Bird species are so diverse, abundance, and widespread that they are found in all environments on earth: from pole-to-pole, terrestrial and aquatic, as well as mountains and deserts. As such, birds are routinely observed by nearly every human, regardless of where they live. Even though many people can relate to birds being in their daily lives, art prints that depict unfamiliar birds, or birds in less-familiar settings, may inspire viewers to explore beyond their everyday environs. In the linocut ‘Hooded Merganser,’ multiple shades of grey and blue were used to give the water a sense of movement and depth. Blue-black was used to provide focus on this aquatic bird.

Department of Art, Studio Arts, Ceramics