Monotypes
In addition to her work as a sculptor, Molly Mason is a printmaker specializing in monotypes. Monotypes, often called monoprints, are one-of-a-kind, original prints; there are no multiples. Each work, therefore, is similar to a painting in its uniqueness. As a Fulbright Research Professor, Mason studied the celebrated gardens of Kyoto, Japan. She often incorporates long-studied architectural and landscape imagery from many cultures into the monotypes. In the words of critic Stephen Paul Miller, Cover Arts New York,
These works—with vibrant colors and quasi-pointillist brushwork—evoke the stately architecture of temple gardens imaginatively reconfigured and cohesively collaged. Within the dominant patterns are images recalling a Japanese garden’s raked sand, stone basins, stepping stones—and also Indian temple walls. Some works resemble aerial views of temple garden complexes. The handsome interlocking of rectangular and circular patterns offers Western perspective’s solidity and Japanese art’s more atmospheric perspective. In other monotypes, biomorphic and abstract imagery prevail. Some feature forms conjuring the dynamic confluence of life-forms beneath the ocean’s surface… Mason expands the potential of her medium with verve, sharp aesthetic intelligence, and inventiveness. The work is suffused with brilliant color and the excitement of encountering a potently developed language and vision.
Mason’s monotypes are in numerous collections in the U.S. and abroad. All works are 100% archival and beautifully matted and neutrally framed in ash. The larger works are all 25” x 33” frame size. (Numbers 28-31 vary in size; see the individual texts.)
These works are available as individual, one-of-a-kind monotypes, or as expertly created giclée print editions, also 100% archival.
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