Matter of Fact - Shelley Thorstensen
Matter of Fact, Shelley Thorstensen

Matter of Fact

Medium

Offset Lithograph

Date

2006

Dimensions

18 x 15 1/2 inches

Edition Size

10 prints in this edition

Printer

Robert "Bob" Franklin

Provenance

Brandywine Workshop and Archives

Location

Philadelphia, PA

About the Work

From the Artist

Sometimes when I work, things are sure-footed, sometimes less so.  Always, forms evolve. They turn and I rely on a sense for which I cannot find a proper name to hesitate the turning, to coalesce a given form. Sometimes this is founded upon observed natural forms, artifacts. Sometimes the form feels invented. Sometimes it jumps, for example, at metaphors for light or color, natural and unnatural, or a host of other associations.

In the medium of the hand-pulled print, color and form can be separate investigations into meaning, effect, response. I am very comfortable with that fluid hierarchy: form and color are unlinked and either can assume a dominant role which is not determined until I call the print done. This arena gives me the best ability to get at meaning, and it is complicated enough to serve the purpose of entrancing my attention. The way I work, is also how I ultimately make my way in this world.
—From Brandywine Workshop and Archives records

About the Artist

Shelley Thorstensen

Born in Oklahoma, Shelley Thorstensen has an undergraduate degree in experimental studies from Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts, New York, and a graduate degree in printmaking from Tyler School of Art and Architecture at...

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