Gold Sky With Silver Ribbon - Hand-Augmented Modern Collotype Print by Patricia A. Pearce

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Gold Sky with Silver Ribbon - Hand-Augmented Modern Collotype Print

Delicate and layered collotype on heavy bond paper by Patricia … more Gold Sky with Silver Ribbon - Hand-Augmented Modern Collotype Print

Delicate and layered collotype on heavy bond paper by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). The background of this piece is a collotype. Gold leaf treated in a variety of styles makes up the upper portion, whereas the ribbon running across the middle is silver leaf. Colored pencil has been applied as well. This piece is unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of other Pearce work. No frame.

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