Artwork description:

When I see the dragonfly land in the waterlily pond, then it is easy to believe in nature as being the source of all beauty.

An etching is a copperplate where with the help of acid I have incised my drawing, I then add aquatint to get the deep tones of ink, with the help of rosin that gets heated onto the plate, all a bit complicated but fun, and us printmakers, we love to complicate things! You can see me make and print an etching if you go to "me at work"
Every time I print the copperplate, I have to ink it up with special etching inks, and then put it on my etching press, place the printmaking paper on top and pull it through, this of course does make for small differences from print to print, which I hope you will appreciate as a sign of the direct involvement by the artist in each print.
When the ink and paper has dried, I sign and number each print, please note I can't guarantee you get the number in the photo.

The size of Beauty is, paper: 12" x 19" ( 30 x 48 cm )
with the actual printed copperplate: 12" x 8" ( 30 cm x 20 cm)

I ship "Beauty" to you from my studio in the south of Denmark, I live on a wonderful island surrounded by all the nature that gives me inspiration. I have many years experience in packing my art so it arrives safely, see my many happy reviews.

Thanks for looking, come back soon, Mariann

Materials used:

copper plate, aquatint, etching inks, printmaking paper, etching press, artists skill and imagination

Tags:

#landscape #nature #pond #etching #green #dragonfly #rectangle #natural world #weeping willow #vertical print #waterlily #damsel fly #insect world #inspired monet #waterlily leaf