This botanical monotype or monoprint is made with a gelliplate and acrylic paint. A unique handmade and one-off piece, only 1 print can be made of your design. The graphic printing technique and the paper used create all kinds of textures and effects. For this work I picked flowers, plants, leaves and grasses and printed them into the paint. Printing over each other several times creates this unique work. Because of the white, the work keeps its freshness. The background features leaves and herbs in an orange hue. Also the foreground turquoise weeds. The circle suggests the moon. A mysterious little landscape in a mysterious garden.
My name is Lida Bruinen, I was born in 1962. After years of drawing mandalas with colored pencil I was ready for more intense materials. In the past I worked with watercolors, but now I mainly choose to paint with acrylics, often in combination with collage. However,.. Read more…