Colorado’s Lost Grizzly, screenprint
After studying graphic design at UW-Stout, I moved to Minneapolis and constructed a barebones screenprinting studio in a laundry room. The space was tiny, but it was everything an aspiring artist needed to create screenprinted shirts, posters, and art. I named this humble space Motelprint Studios. After fifteen years of screenprinting next to a washer and dryer, I felt it was time to leave the restricted space of the laundry studio and find a new studio to call home. Enthusiastically, I found the Highpoint community.
My work often references animals and nature. I enjoy the varying abstract relationships I can create within the drawing using line, engaging color schemes, negative space, and scale. Although much of my design aesthetic was influenced at a young age obsessing over 1990’s cutting-edge skateboard designs, the experience that most shaped my current aesthetic was exploring graphic design and screen printing techniques during my time abroad in college. While in Germany, I discovered that my art relied on graphic design elements. By blending the two methods, I have achieved a visual connection to the subject matter. By arranging each element purposefully, I breathe new life into my subjects through vibrant, alluring color arrangements and charismatic contour lines.
What I found at Highpoint is professional equipment and a staff that offers an extraordinary studio experience for printmakers. Also, it is wonderful to be surrounded by inspiring artists of all ages and backgrounds. These factors have contributed to a resurgence of productivity. I am looking forward to all the new enjoyable art arrangements and prints to come generated at Highpoint Center for Printmaking.
