Mary Brodbeck

Mary Brodbeck

mary@marybrodbeck.com

Website: http://www.marybrodbeck.com

   610 W. Willard, Kalamazoo, MI, 49007

"Mary Brodbeck’s Japanese woodblock prints reveal ethereal, quietly structured landscapes…. The final effect is one of contemplation, an exploration of a single instant, and all of the mysteries it holds." ~ Art Martin, Senior Curator, Muskegon Museum of Art

I learned the traditional methods of Japanese woodblock printmaking in Tokyo under the auspices of a five-month-long Japanese government sponsored fellowship in 1998 and have never looked back.

Woodblock prints are impressions on paper made from carved and inked woodblocks. Multi-color prints require separate woodblocks for all the different colors. My prints are made the traditional Japanese way, using water-color pigments and pressing by hand.

Many have said that my woodblock prints have a message of calm and contemplation. Though for me, it's hard to separate the medium from the message. Would my art convey the same message if I were to switch to a new medium? Maybe. But the nearly twenty years of studio practice cannot erase the artist that I have become. My medium has not only shaped my message, it has helped to inform me and how to see the world–in its essential shapes, colors and textures.

Thanks so much for your interest in my work!

 

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