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 several times on top of each other creates this unique work. The use of white keeps the work fresh. Because of the use of red and blue, this print reminds me of the Dutch flag. Hence the title: red white blue grows for you. The flowers and plants were all picked wild in the roadsides and parks near me.
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…