Stu Oxley

Etching #30, 2011
Untitled #1, 2003
Untitled, 2009
Untitled, 2009
Untitled, 2006
Untitled, 2006
Untitled, 2006
Untitled, 2001
Untitled, 2000
Untitled #1, 2005
Untitled #14, 2005
Untitled #3, 2004
Untitled#11, 2005
Untitled #1, 2004
Untitled #1, 2002
Untitled #2, 2002
Untitled, 2000
Untitled (Belfast), 2010
North Shore Reflection, 2009
Reflection North Shore, 2010
Blue Reflection, 2010
Sketchbook Blue, 2010
Red Palm, 2010
North Shore 4, 2010
Blue Shore, 2010
Untitled#4, 2002

Artist Statement

Printmaking is a highly technical process of art making that evolves only with patience and practice. There are many types of methods for making prints. In his most recent work, Oxley uses both Etching and Monoprint to convey his message to the viewer. Monoprints have the closest relationship to painting out of all printmaking forms. Selecting a copper, zinc, or plexi-glass plate, the artist begins to make a series of marks, scratches, or drawings on this surface with a variety of objects in either ink or paint. By placing the plate on a printing press, the artist carefully positions a piece of rag paper on top of the plate and heavy roller slowly moves over the plate, embossing and transferring the image to paper. If at this point the artist wishes to add to the work, using Chine Colle, the artist is able to layer color, tones, marks, images, and text to his work. The Chine Colle process makes use of Japanese Rice paper that can be tinted, marked or written upon. Chine Colle is then adhered to the rag paper using archival glue, during the printing process.