Other media: Drawing, Mixed media, Fabric, Metal
Tags : print, dynamic, narrative, abstract, symbol
West Cove A-Space/ Gallery - West Haven during open studios
Email: roxanne (dot) faber (dot) savage (at) snet (dot) net
Website: http://www.roxanneprints.com
Artist Statement
Roxanne Faber Savage Visual Artist
Artist Statement
Stream of consciousness and a rich store of personal memories are the starting place for my prints and drawings. My interest in energy and power, in the widest sense, provide a central theme through which I channel my experiences. I value the emotive power of color, and layer my work with saturated color and energy related imagery: strewn power lines, loopy crayon scribbles and scratchy surface textures. I intend my art to be seen sequentially, so that it has a cinematic narrative force, evoking subconscious memories and narratives.
My work is about exploration and the unknown territory it brings. I respond intuitively to materials and develop a series of related but varied imagery based on what's in front of me at the time. “Errors” are embraced and give cosmic meaning to the work. My intent is to communicate the joy that lies in the transformation of the familiar to the unexpected.
|  Automatic Psychedelic Beakers,Pyrex - 2010 - Oil pastel with graphite - (2 drawings stacked) single sheet 16" x 20," entire: 32" x 20" [price upon request]  Automatic Psychedelic Beakers, #1 - 2010 - Oil pastel - 16" x 20"  Automatic Pychedelic Beakers,1,2,3,4 - 2010 - Oil pastel and graphite - suite 4 drawings,#1,2,3,4 each/ 20" x 15" / total size 20" x 60" [price upon request] Automatic Psychedelic Beakers are a series of flourescent oil pastel drawings drawn in a print shop, featuring funnels,measuring cups and beakers from the etching room. Placing heavy bristol paper on top of the large etching hot plate, I drew blind contour drawings of the assorted vessels. As I drew, the heated metal surface melted the oil sticks allowing my lines to pool and glide across the paper. I drew in an "automatic" and direct manner, creating a series of fluid, caucophanous line drawings. The works can be viewed sequentially or as individual drawings.  Automatic Psychedelic Beakers,4,5,6,7 - 2010 - oil pastel and graphite - 4 prints, #s 5, 6,7, 8 each-20" x 15" total dimension 20" x 60" Please see previous description of "Automatic Psychedelic Beakers".  Automatic Psychedelic Beakers, 9,10,11,1 - 2010 - oil pastel and graphite - 4 prints, #s 9,10,11, each-20" x 15" total dimension 20" x 60" Please see previous description of this drawing series: Automatic Psychedelic Beakers.  Automatic Psychedelic Beakers,#10 - 2010 - oil pastel on photocopy - 16" x 20"  Fire Birds - 2010 - Photo etching w/spitbite - 22" x30" The "Fire Birds" image is a variant print from the photo etching "Flock." The plate was run thru the press 2x, first w. black ink, then overprinted with a flourescent ink called "rocket red."  flow bee 1 - 2011 - photo etching w/spitbite and paper lithograph - 22" x 30" The "Flow bee" image is a "variant" print from a photo etching called "Flock." The "Flock" image was printed first and paper lithographs were overprinted,layering and transforming the initial image.  Flow bee 2 - 2010 - photo etching w/spitbite and paper lithograph - 22" x 30" The Flow Bee image is a variant print from the photo etching "Flock." The "Flock" image was printed first and paper lithographs were overprinted, layering and transforming the initial work.  3 box 1 - 2010 - photo etching w/spitbite and paper lithograph - 22" x 30" The "3 box 1" print is a variant image from the photoetching "Flock," which has been overprinted with paper lithographs.  3 box 2 - 2010 - photo etching w/spitbite and paper lithograph - 22 " x 30" "3 Box 2" is a variant print from the photo etching "Flock" which has been over printed with paper lithographs.  longtwosun - 2010 - Silk aquatint monoprints - diptych, single print, 6" x 20," total size, 6" x 40" |
Artist Bio
BIO
Roxanne Faber Savage is a multidisciplinary artist, with printmaking her primary art form. She is a seasoned educator and Master Teaching Artist on the CT Commission and Tourism Teaching Artist Roster. An award winning artist, she has received recognition for her innovative and original prints on paper, plastic, and metal. Roxanne has extensive education in printmaking and drawing, studying internationally in Italy and the U.S. Her works are featured in solo and invitational exhibitions, and are held in corporate and private collections. Roxanne teaches printmaking at The Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT and Women's Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY. Roxanne earned her BFA, (drawing) from Pratt Institute and an M.S. Ed. (full scholarship) from Queens College. Visit Roxanne at: www.roxanneprints.com