Leslie Kramer

Floating Ginkos

lkramer — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:00:27 +0000

Leaf prints on silk and muslin

Shrine

lkramer — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:31:51 +0000

Mixed media monotype mounted on board

This monotype is from the “characters” series . It was conceived as a shrine to the ancestors, and includes fish bones to suggest the fact that we all originally came from the sea. The central section is cut into the board and has an overlay of translucent rice paper.

Ancestors

lkramer — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:11:51 +0000

These are invented characters based on ancient Chinese pictographs. The central quadrant has a translucent overlay to suggest a greater distance in time from these figures.

Mixed media monotype mounted on board

Pilgrimage

lkramer — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 13:23:40 +0000

This is a mixed media monoprint which includes Japanese and Sanskrit writing as well as invented symbols. The upper portion of the print contains the image of a happi coat which was a gift from a Japanese student. This type of coat was used on a sort of pilgrimage , which I thought was a good metaphor for an artwork which involved making a creative journey.

Float

lkramer — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 22:45:54 +0000

Float

Originally uploaded by lesliekramer84

This monotype is from the “Stones” series. Click on this image to see more monotypes from this series. They were done using a torn paper reduction technique which I developed. This image reminds me of ice or wood floating in water.

Summer Song

lkramer — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:19:32 +0000

The central segment of this mixed-media print is an etching which was inspired by the spartina grasses, prevalent along the marsh edges of Cape Cod . I imagined the sound of the wind in the grasses expressed in the symbols in the lowest section of the image.

Water’s edge

lkramer — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:45:15 +0000

Water’s edge

Originally uploaded by lesliekramer84

This monotype was inspired by the interplay of blueberry branches and their shadows at the edge of Slough Pond in Brewster, MA. It was created by rolling transparent layers of color on to a plexiglas plate and then wiping away color in successive layers. I also used this composition as the subject for a small etching. Click on the image to see more images from the pond series.

Message 2

lkramer — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:17:34 +0000

Message 2Originally uploaded by lesliekramer84

This linocut is based on cunieform writing, with very old Nepalese printing blocks printed above and below. A friend found these blocks in Nepal and purchased them for me. It also includes gold paper in a process called chine-colle . Chine-colle is a collage method for adding color to a print during the printing process.

Characters

lkramer — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:59:23 +0000

charactersOriginally uploaded by lesliekramer84

These are invented characters based on chinese calligraphy. The border is a piece of rice paper printed with ancient writing. Click on the image to see more work in the “Writings” series.

Palimpsest with gold leaf

lkramer — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:04:03 +0000

A palimpsest is a manuscript, often on parchment, which has been effaced, but traces of the original text remain. This etching is composed of layers of ancient alphabets, similar to the way that one civilization is based on the foundation of those which have preceded it.

Palimpsest with gold leaf Originally uploaded by lesliekramer84