They have a spontaneous feeling and luminous quality to them that cannot be achieved with any other medium. Monotyping is a printing technique that combines painting and drawing to produce one of a kind prints as opposed to editions.
The image on the plate is transferred onto slightly damp100% cotton rag paper using an etching press. Another layer of paper and a felt blanket are laid over the plate and paper, then the roller, set to a certain pressure, passes over the layers once going one way, then again going back.
Woman Reading by Edgar Degas
Degas was a notable practitioner of the technique, pushing the medium further than any artist before him. He took advantage of the spontaneity of the medium and achieved some glowing gestural images.
Siesta by Henri Matisse
Matisse, too, did a few monotypes in a completely different style which highlighted his "economy of line".Light on Tree Cluster by Rosemary Luckett
Rosemary's lush, sensual prints hold their own next to the work of these great artists. House on Hill I by Rosemary Luckett
And now all my blathering on about Etsy has gotten to her, and she has opened an Etsy shop called Second River Studio where a selection of her monotypes is available for sale! They are not scans of originals, reprinted. They are the real deal, 1 of 1 signed prints. Junipers on a Hill by Rosemary Luckett
The full series of Rosemary Luckett's monotypes inspired by the Virginia countryside can be viewed on her web site, along with her paintings, collages, drawings and sculptures.Go check them out...Happy New Year!
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