PRINTMAKING
Printmaking reminds me what it means to be a community artist. My work over the years has involved a variety of media and consistent relationship with various forms of printmaking including etching and serigraph. I have great appreciation for the collaboration, time, and complexity involved in the art of printmaking. I have especially enjoyed introducing the art of serigraph to my 5th grade students in Culver City and community art classes through Mujeres de Maiz.
2018 4 plate aquatint etching with paper picado chine collé , Ed. 30 13.75 x 13.75" - image size 22 x 30" - paper size
2013 etching with photo transfered chine collé 7 x 7 in.
2013 etching with photo transfered chine collé 7 x 7 in.
2013 etching with photo transfered chine collé 7 x 7 in.
2011 Linoleum Embossed Print 11 x 14 in.
2011 Linoleum Print 11 x 14 in.
2009 photo etching 9 x 12 in. a/p I believe tattoo can represent ceremony and prayer because it involves pain and bloodletting. After 7 years of careful thought and planning, the design for my tattoo emerged in 2001. This piece is a representation of my transformation and sacrifice- to honor the hope and love in my heart and give thanks to the four elements of nature: Wind, Water, Land and Fire. The design that is being tattooed in the photographs was a collaboration betw
2015 two layer monoprint 12 x 8 in.
2009 aquatint etching with photo transfered chine collé 5 x 7 in. a/p This represents the healing powers of art, and sweat lodge...
2009 aquatint etching with photo transfered chine collé 5 x 7 in. a/p This represents the healing powers of art, community and sweat lodge.
2009 Intaglio: aquatint etching, 4 plate top roll 9 x 12 in.
2009 aquatint etching 9 x 12 in. a/p This is my most favorite silhouette... "Mother that glows in the dark, help me rid this weird energy of mine until your luminous, magnetic heart transforms me into love. For I truly want to love. Truly."~Elena Avila
2001 aquatint etching with collage and gold leaf 7 x 7 in.
untitled female, 2009 etching with gold leaf and photo transfered chine collé 6 x 6 in.
untitled male, 2009 etching with gold leaf and photo transfered chine collé 6 x 6 in.
2004 double plate emboss print with chine-collé etching on burnt amatl 20 x 18 in.
2004 (close up) double plate emboss print with chine-collé etching on burnt amatl 20 x 18 in.
(Goddess of the Americas) 1997 aquatint etching 15 x 16 in.
1996 aquatint etching