This botanical monotype or monoprint is made with a gel plate and acrylic paint. A unique handmade and one-off work, only 1 print can be made of your design. The graphic printing technique and the paper used create all kinds of textures and effects. In this work I picked flowers, plants, leaves and grasses and printed them in the paint. By printing several times on top of each other and using a template of a vase, this unique work is created. Because white has been cut out, the work keeps its freshness. The background has warm shades of green and brown, the vase is bright in color with blue and turquoise.
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…