about Angela Saxon …
Angela Saxon lives and works in beautiful northern Michigan near Traverse City — surrounded by the spectacular Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. She received a BFA in painting from Indiana University. Recent painting residencies have included Rome and the Sabina region, Italy; Tuscany and Chianti regions, Italy; Umbria, Italy; Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico; Palm Springs, California; Glen Arbor, Michigan. Her paintings are shown in galleries throughout the US and her work is held in both private and public collections; she also undertakes commissions..
The visual language of landscape is one that we most fundamentally share. Sky, trees, water: these are some of the most basic visual concepts that structure our perception of reality. But for all the commonality in these concrete objects, for each of us the experience of seeing is slightly different, being inevitably inflected by the perception of the observer.
Angela's monotypes are made by painting ink directly on a thin plate. She manipulates the ink in much the same way as paint on her canvases. She uses brayers, brushes and a variety of cloths to apply and manipulate the ink. Her prints are created with multiple layers of these plates, creating a rich surface depth. By the nature of this process, each print is a unique, one of a kind image very much like a painting on paper. No multiple images are possible.
