I have been working on grey tones for most of the Summer. It has been a great summer and painting at the cottage, close to nature, is very inspiring.

The project Color Investigation in Intaglio is almost complete and the color references for the Graphic Chemicals’ oil inks are already displayed at the print studio at the Visual Studies Department. Hopefully, it will help students and the direct visual…

Colour Investigation in Intaglio:Later DevelopmentsDue to this project’s educational purposes I switched from making prints exploring hues individually to making swatches an displaying them on a board to be hang at the print studio. I believe that…

I am very happy to be back to Professor George Hawken’s print studio at the University of Toronto. The search for the bright saturated colours in the Intaglio prints continues with the contribution of Claro Cosco, a young artist who I deeply admire.

While the unpredictability of printmaking can provide surprising rewards, exploring a diverse range of chemical reactions and their impact on the colors is very intriguing.

How to fully document the process became a priority for the success of my Color Investigation in Intaglio. Even when I thought I was being diligent I ended up neglecting some data that I missed to reconstruct the etching stages. When working with multipl…

2:10 am and I just arrived from the print studio. They were quite good improvements and I could see progress in both plates, the ‘gesture’ and ‘bernini’s. While to be standing for more than 9 hours without any food printmaking is rewarding for me. I real…