"Mask 1" Collotype by Patricia A. Pearce

Description

Bold lithograph of an abstracted mask by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). Numbered, titled, and signed ("5/9 Mask Patricia … more Bold lithograph of an abstracted mask by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). Numbered, titled, and signed ("5/9 Mask Patricia Pearce") in pencil along the bottom edge. Presented "floating" in a black mat with a black background. Image size: 17"H x 22"W

Patricia Pearce (American, b. 1948) is a California artist who attended San Francisco State and UC Irvine and is the adjunct Professor of Fine Art at the College of San Mateo. Her early work on paper explored images of garments using various printmaking techniques. Later, she began to work mainly in collagraph and monotype prints creating singular images of kimonos and ribbons in her subtle shifting, subdued pieces are constructed in a three-step process. Awards include Grade Prize, 3rd Biennial Exhibition of Prints, Wakayama Japan; Grant, Peninsula Community Foundation. Collections: Nieman Marcus, San Francisco; Wells Fargo, San Francisco Exhibitions: Montalvo, California Center for the Arts; Pacific Prints, Palo Alto. less