This botanical monotype or monoprint is made with a gel plate and acrylic paint. A unique handmade and one-off work, only 1 print can be made of your design. The graphic printing technique and the paper used create all kinds of textures and effects. In this work I picked flowers, plants, leaves and grasses and printed them in the paint. By printing several times on top of each other and using a stencil of a can, this unique work is created. It is a modern work of art but because of the color gradient and lighting it also reminds me of an old still life.
My name is Lida Bruinen, I was born in 1962. After years of drawing mandalas with colored pencil I was ready for more intense materials. In the past I worked with watercolors, but now I mainly choose to paint with acrylics, often in combination with collage. However,.. Read more…