Psych. 101, 1997

Soapground and sugarlift aquatints with hardground and chine colle. Somerset white paper

Image size 15" x 15"

Paper size 23.75" x 22.5"

Edition of 30

framed

Well-established as a printmaker, Carnwath brought a decided mastery to her first project with Paulson Press. These new prints record her working processes of observing, absorbing and expressing, in playful and seductive terms, the intricacies of human experience. This, combined with the improvisation of printmaking, resulted in an exciting group of prints that bring familiar content to different resolutions.

In Psych 101 the pattern is printed in a sage green and covers most of the image area. Underneath this rich field, a wide apricot-colored border surrounds a central off-white square of gampi paper adhered by chine colle. Inside the square are two figures, a boy and a girl, taken from a reproduction of an original 1950s drawing of Dick and Jane that she discovered in a newspaper. Carnwath's recognizable hand-written words reveal them as "sister" and "brother." Other details such as text asking "What is your birth order?" further animate the lively dialogue about sibling relationships.

Courtesy of Paulson Fontaine Press

Framing courtesy of Sterling Fine Art Services