Artist Statement
I am a fine art printmaker who has been making art and living in Brooklyn all my life. Most of my imagery is inspired by this place of constant growth – the juxtaposition of hard-edged buildings escalating ever taller with the trees and plants growing in parks, along streets, and in sidewalk cracks despite all odds.
I revel in this city’s unpredictable creative collaboration, including its challenges. My work too isn’t all planned out. Rather I take one step after another to build a complexity of overlapping chaos and boundaries in a composition that works from all angles. A former layout artist before digital publishing, I draw with a blade – cutting across the surfaces of wood, metal, plexiglass or matboard to express the mysterious rhythms of this place and my own inner knowing. Found objects – flowers, leaves, foil, mesh, milk cartons – give the plate added texture.
Working hand-in-hand with a skilled master printer, the plate is inked using relief or intaglio techniques. Then there is the final moment of pulling the print off the press – one-and-done, each a unique surprise.
Every work is a one-of-a-kind fine art hand-pulled image signed by the artist and stamped by the master printmaker. The varied-size images are printed on BFK Rives archival paper – most of which is 22 x 30 inches in total size.
Artist Bio
Carol Morrison has been a fine art printmaker for over 20 years – working with leading master printermakers Kathy Caraccio, Marina Ancona, Sheila Goloborotko and the late Sheila Marbain. Her artworks are held in private collections, have been exhibited at galleries in New York City, and have received awards in international juried shows.
Carol holds an arts degree from New York University where she studied with the late Robert Kaupelis. In addition to being an artist, she is the director of a social services agency. She resides in Brooklyn with her wife.
To purchase art or for more information contact: (718) 930-6543 carolmorrison@mindspring.com