prints, painting: the amazing jane d'arensbourg

Minutiae, 2002, Enamel Fingerprints on Glass, and Metal


Blot I, 1999, fired-on enamel paint on glass



Live and Well 2002, shellac and ink on paper. 5'x 9'

Jane D'Arensbourg's work is such a lovely, odd, uncanny fusion between the smudgy, circuitous lines of the fingerprint, and the stark and graphic lines made by pieces of coral. Wow. Stunning.

The last piece reminds me of one of my favorite prints, Galileo Galilei (Slate), 2001, by the sculptor and sometime-print-maker, Richard Serra: