Ron Rumford
Screen, 1998
Linocut
Image: 14 x 23"
Paper 22-1/2 x 30"

Ron Rumford is a printmaking artist influenced by modernism and minimalism, with a unique approach to monoprint, intaglio, and relief.

Ron Rumford sees his prints as maps or tracings of abstract journeys. They can be metaphors for real, physical travels, or completely imagined. He likes the tension that develops between the line and the shapes the line makes. The irregular shapes of the printing plates further imply that time and space are distorted and are never what we think they are. He does not want to prescribe how the prints should be viewed. His best hope is that the viewer will simply think less, and therefore see more. Mr. Rumford received a B.F.A. at the University of the Arts and studied at the Tyler School of Art, Rome, Italy. He lives and works in Philadelphia, PA.