What is a monotype?
Each painting is created on a gelatine plate with paints that remain wet for an extended time. When the artwork is completed, card is laid over the top and a single print is taken. The image can be made only once, unlike most printmaking which allows for multiple originals. At times a ‘ghost print’ is taken where the remaining paint is lifted from the plate, creating a lighter image. This versatile method of creating art has been used through the ages with many variations from old masters such as Degas and Rembrandt to modern-day painters.
Beside still waters 2
Framed 20 x 20cm (approx 8in)
King David (1000 BC) wrote the peace-bringing psalm 23. This phrase is from the second verse:
The Lord is my shepherd;
I shall not want.
He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.