Studio Walkthrough: A video by Rhonda Smith
Intaglio monotype, woodcut, collage A three panel triptych each panel measures 30” H x 22” W (mounted on archival board ready to hang) $1,000.00
Monotype, woodcut, gold pigment A three panel triptych each panel measures 44” H x 30” W (mounted on archival board ready to hang) $2,550.00
"I left home to find home in the memories we shared around a lace tablecloth on the dining room table." 44” w x 60” h monoprint intaglio with collage and gold leaf $900.00
"Patterns of water echo along the canals of history and memory" Monotype, 1 color woodcut, 3 color 3 plate intaglio on Rives BKF 30” h x 44” w $850.00
Intaglio monotype, collage 22” H x 30” W (mounted on archival board ready to hang) $350.00
"Submerged in golden ripples of history and memory" Monotype, 5 colors, 5-plate intaglio on Rives BFK 30” h x 44” w $850.00
"Making an impression and guiding by the stars" Intaglio monotype with collage on Rives BFK 44” H x 30” W (mounted on archival board ready to hang)
60” w x 44” h (a diptych) monotype, collage, gold leaf $850.00
"A beacon of love, hope, life and art just across the river." Intaglio monotype on Rives BFK 30” H x 44” W (mounted on archival board ready to hang) $850.00
"Dawn came quietly through the wood" Intaglio monotype on Rives BFK 44” H x 30” W (mounted on archival board ready to hang) $850.00
"The journey ends where it began" Monotype and collage 30” w x 90” h $1,200.00
Intaglio with graphite collage 6” x 6” original unmounted: $100.00
Rhonda Smith
Printmaking
Rhonda J. Smith is a practicing artist and retired professor of Art. She uses a non-traditional approach of mounting her prints on archival boards. Smith served as Chair of the Department of Contemporary Art and Theater at Shepherd University for over 25 years and acted as Coordinator of the BFA Painting Program for 5 years before becoming Coordinator of the BFA Printmaking Program for 24 years. She recently retired from Shepherd University after 30 years. Smith received her BFA from Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky and her MFA from the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas.
The themes of her prints, collages and multimedia work involve excursions that occur both within the process of creating and in the physical encounters with places and cultures.
Travels in West Africa led Smith to consider her work as a form of talisman or amulet, which contain the power of knowledge attainable only through personal commitment. Art is a similar investment that requires both the maker and the viewer to seek a understanding in order to fully appreciate the power within the object. Each print, each collage Smith creates is a talisman, a prayer and a wish to share with the viewer.
Talking Through the Process
Video by Rhonda Smith