Flatlife Friday: Melanie Dorson
Friday, May 8 – 15, 20204912 N. Western Ave
Chicago, IL 60625
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"I usually print my work on a Sturges etching press at Graphic Arts Workshop, a San Francisco cooperative printmaking studio. I often describe my prints as little worlds on paper that tell non-linear stories influenced by my love of illustrated children's literature. My most recent prints and artist's books chart the course of explorers encountering a new world that seems upside-down and pursuing that which is hidden, enigmatic and just out of reach." - Melanie Dorson
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Top Image: Night Patrol, etching & aquatint, 3 x 3 inches, $40