Title: Dragon with two suitcases

Artist: J. Galanis

Details: 2016. Acrylic on paper. 11 x 7.5 inches.

About: When I told Dennis that I don't really like solid flat colors nor making lots of copies of the same thing---two cornerstones of screenprinting---it was almost like saying "I don't like screenprinting". He barked, "What are you doing here?!"
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He was teasing me. Ha! Dennis was known for making screenprints with a painterly feel, and had a talent for pushing the boundary between screenprint and monoprint.
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In this series, we wanted to capture the feel of light reflecting in the water. So he would print a blue, then I would strip the paint before it dried. We repeated this several times.
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The stripping spontaneously added texture, depth, and an organic feel. And because you can't control how the paint strips, all the prints in this series look a little different. See! I was in the right place.