"Swim Shadows" (6/9)
Medium: Original Hand Pulled Lithograph
Edition 9
Framed with museum glass
Dimensions: Image 9” x 13”, framed 16.25” x 20”
Artist Note: “Every day that I can swim is an opportunity to open my mind to find peace. My shadow below me swirls in the light.”
Lithography is a planographic printmaking process in which a design is drawn onto a flat stone (or prepared metal plate, usually zinc or aluminum) and affixed by means of a chemical reaction. Original, hand-pulled lithographs are first conceived by the artist as something to be printed. They are not images adapted from other media. The image is created directly on a printing plate. Traditional lithographic images are created on stone plates or metal plates.
Because the artist draws directly on the printing plate lithography allows the artist a broad range of style and experimentation. Lines can be drawn thick or thin; tones can be rich or dry.