It has always been interesting to me that given the nature of printmaking I’ve never had a desire to reprint the same image multiple times. I’ve always seen it as an opportunity to print the same foundational image with changes that reflect the multifaceted nature of the subject matter. That is the nature of a mother’s love right? Definitely multicolored and multifaceted. This image is based on a photograph that I took in a fetish market in Togo. Amongst all of the crazy over stimulation of that place was a mother holding her child. I was mesmerized. One of the best photos I’ve taken. I printed the image several times on different papers. This is a plate lithograph. So instead of being printed on a heavy stone the image was printed on a very thin plate which means that I get to keep the plate. Which is an interesting perspective to have now. Any of the stone lithograph prints I created are long gone. Children I won’t see again so to speak I guess.
