From the Artist
The image was made in much the same manner as I would usually make a hand lithograph. The major difference is using the Mylar sheets. These sheets were sprayed with enamel and drawn with crayons.
This image deals with ideas I have been using for the last few years. Flat surfaces which are interrupted by a central opening. The color in this print changed from my original concept in the proofing process.
Although the ideas or image is in keeping with previous images, the quality and surface have given me some new insights to possible future ways of making images. The delight of a surprise in mid-process and the manner in which the ink lays on the paper are two experiences which I did not expect, but yet, in the end, made for a more interesting image.
—From Brandywine Workshop and Archives records
Thomas O’Connor is an internationally collected and exhibited artist, Fulbright Scholar, retired printmaking professor at State University of New York, Albany, and race car driver.
O'Connor's experience as one of the first printers inv...