nature of things 1

woodcut, linocut, E-Z-Cut prints on mulberry paper, collaged onto Rives BFK

34″ x 29.5″

2024

nature of things 2

woodcut, linocut, E-Z-Cut prints on Japanese paper

33.5″ x 25.5″

2024

nature of things 3

woodcut, linocut, E-Z-Cut prints on Rives BFK paper

20″ x 20″

2024

nature of things 4

woodcut, linocut, E-Z-Cut prints on Rives BFK paper

26″ x 20″

2024

nature of things 5

woodcut, linocut, E-Z-Cut prints on Japanese paper

38″ x 26″

2024

nature of things 6

woodcut, linocut, E-Z-Cut prints on mulberry paper, collages on Japanese paper

40″ x 50″

2024

nature of things forms 1-7, totem

woodcut, linocut, E-Z-Cut prints on heavyweight Speedball printmaking paper

41″ x 17″ x 14″

2024

nature of things 8

woodcut, linocut, E-Z-Cut prints on mulberry paper, collaged on Japanese paper, mounted on wood panel

20″ diameter

2024

Lisa Barthelson

aii 18, art in isolation, family debris

monoprint with mixed media: printed collage and thread on BFK Rives paper with grommets

22″ x 22”

2021

As I made art during the Covid 19 ‘stay at home order’ and the restrictive period that followed, I focused on using family debris monoprint remnants to create small comforting handheld work. As the pandemic continued, my work grew, increasing in size and breaking out of the confines of the square form, a creative metaphor? ‘aii 18, art in isolation, family debris’ is part of the transition to larger sized, irregularly shaped abstract 2d and 3d mixed media pieces. Creating during the pandemic moved my heart, eye and hand forward, ever appreciative of the liberation and hope art making embodies.

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Lisa Barthelson

you are what you eat, plastic! eating the rainbow? family debris

Inspired by: Matt Siber, McDonalds Henry George Todd, Study of Strawberries Justin Walker, Daddy Bruce

found object assemblage, repurposed plastic family debris and thread

16″ x 16″ x 7″

2024

Todd’s Study of Strawberries, Siber’s McDonald’s and Walker’s Daddy Bruce all speak to the warning that what you eat may not be food you imagined! Fraught with meaning from life spans, to consumerism and its byproducts, including everlasting plastic, to the health we pursue when seeking nourishment. In a warming and toxic world, what are we eating, the healthful rainbow? All the plastic ever made still exists, breaking down into smaller particles over time. Some scientists have estimated that the average person may eat 5 grams of microplastics in a week, about the weight of a credit card, bon appetite!

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Lisa Barthelson

aii form 3, art in isolation, family debris

family debris monoprints as sculpture: Rives BFK paper, printed collage and thread

28″ x 28″ x 24”

2022

During the Covid 19 ‘stay at home’ order, I worked small, using material that I had on hand, including family debris monoprints, created by layering inked plates with mundane family cast offs. The intimate scale offered meditative comfort in the making. After completing a series of ‘art in isolation’ mixed media prints, I moved on to larger quilt-like work created by piecing together monoprints & incorporating collage & stitching. And then 3D, using double sided prints for components, I built forms: folded paper vessels stitched together to create sculptures that continue to push the limits of paper, ink and thread.

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