In the summer of 2013 I spent two weeks in Venice, Italy creating prints and watching the water along the canals and lagoons. I created the base prints for what would later become a series of works devoted to the patterns of water in 2013, and subsequent years. A quote from Katherine Anne Porter seems to describe the way water can transport our thoughts and memories to the forefront of our thoughts “…..memory drifted into my mind like a bit of weed carried in a current and caught there…”
Submerged in Golden Ripples of History and Memory
Monotype, 5 colors, 5-plate Intaglio on Rives BFK
Patterns of Water Echo Along the Canals of History and Memory
Monotype, 1 color Woodcut, 3 color 3 plate Intaglio on Rives BKF
Water Surrounds Us
Monotype, 1 color Woodcut, 3 color 3 plate Intaglio, with white pastel on Rives BFK
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Intaglio Monotype and Collage
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Intaglio Monotype and Collage
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Intaglio Monotype Collage with Graphite and Rhinestones
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Intaglio Monotype and Collage
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Intaglio Monotype Collage with Graphite
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Intaglio Monotype with Collage and Graphite Pencil
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Intaglio Monotype with Collage
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Intaglio Monotype with Collage
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Monotype with Collage
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Intaglio Monotype with Collage
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Intaglio Monotype with Collage
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Intaglio Monotype with Collage
The World and All Its’ Stars
Intaglio Monotype and Collage
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Intaglio Monotype Collage
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Intaglio Monotype Collage with Graphite
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Intaglio Monotype Collage with Graphite
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Intaglio Monotype Collage
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Intaglio Monotype Collage with Graphite
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Intaglio Monotype Collage with Graphite
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Intaglio Monotype Collage with Graphite
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Intaglio Monotype Collage with Graphite
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Intaglio Monotype Collage with Graphite
Rhonda J. Smith 