Michael Mazur

Swirls of blue, punctured by light shining through a break in the clouds, form an enormous stormy sky. This tumult is reflected into the waters of Wakeby Pond, located in

Mashpee, Massachusetts.

Here artist Michael Mazur leveraged the strengths of monotype, a printmaking technique. After inking the image on a plate, he transferred it to paper by running it through a printing press under high pressure. He then returned to the sheet with pastel to add more detail. Mazur’s expressive marks became heightened and blurred during the printing process, giving this landscape a psychological interiority.

–Conor Moynihan, associate curator of prints, drawings, and photographs