My printing journey began at Montgomery College in the 1980’s and segued into a job at a women’s-only T-shirt factory. There I worked two 4-color manual printers and a 6-color automatic printer. During my experience there, I learned to create precise registration, color mixing to pantone swatches, solid color techniques, and 4-color cmyk halftone printing. Sequentially, I printed using metal mesh and dried ink via an ultraviolet light at a summer job. Lastly, while studying at the Corcoran College of Art and Design, I taught a team of classmates how to silkscreen so we could design and print a large poster for graduation.

After a long hiatus to focus on my Graphic Design degree, family, and career, I found silkscreen again through Nancy McIntyre’s class at the Art League, and haven’t missed registering for her class in 4 years.

I’m versatile and enjoy experimenting between hand drawn and digitized graphics, posterized photos, and reworking figure drawings from my fine art days in the early 80’s. When I create a design on paper, I don’t limit the number of colors since I want to explore. Once I complete the paper version of a design, I rework it so I can make a 4-color version to print on fabric as wearable art. I love challenging myself creatively and sharing the lessons I learned along the way.