Beginning to See the Light , 2024

Lithograph on paper

27 3/4 x 25 1/4 x 1 1/4 inches, framed

Fair Market Value: $1,800

Starting Bid: $1,260

Buy It Now: $2,700

EVAN COLBERT is an artist living in Longmont, Colorado who has been producing paintings and prints since 1992. His work can be found in various collections such as The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art in Eugene, Oregon, The U.S. Department of State Art Library in Washington, DC, and The CU Denver College of Arts and Media Library. His recent lithographs have been published by Shark's Ink in Lyons, Colorado, and are based on a series of monotypes produced by the artist where he attempts to create satisfying abstract visual compositions using a process much like sketching, where he repeatedly layers color fields, patterns, arrays of shapes, and found imagery onto paper, until he is satisfied with the results (or ruins the piece). Colbert has had access to a lithography printing press for the past twenty-three years, which has allowed him to produce countless editioned lithographs and monotypes a few times a year. Since 2018, he has concentrated his efforts mostly on abstract monotypes and paintings. Colbert layers color flats, grids of shapes, and patterns with abstract imagery from photolithographic plates, as well as found physical objects such as bubble-pack and perforated metal, which he rolls with ink and prints in the press or by hand-burnishing.