Printmaking: Intaglio
This series comprises five drypoint intaglio prints—four in monochrome and one accented with watercolor. A fantastical tree trunk anchors each composition, layered with symbolic elements drawn from Native American fables: body parts, natural organisms, and imagined creatures. Rooted in oral tradition, these stories have evolved and branched out. Here, they converge as a surreal, composite tree—an emblem of fragmented memory, echoing the enduring presence of ancestral storytelling.
Original print prototype
Process of print #2 acetate sheet with red ink of the image
print #1 Drypoint intaglio print on paper with watercolor
print #2 Drypoint intaglio print on paper
print #3 Drypoint intaglio print on paper
print #4 Drypoint intaglio print on paper
print #5 Drypoint intaglio print on paper