Artist's Journal

design studies with black and white triangles on the work desk, by Bill Brookover

Designs for the top layer of my latest constructed collage series. The smaller version at the top is the first version I did last year. It sat around the studio for a while, eventually emerging as the larger, more precise design.

new work: rotating triangles

Friday, August 7, 2015 - 11:33

I'm pushing myself to work a bit bigger with my constructed collages. I'm aiming for a quarter sheet of printmaking paper, or 11" x 15". My new top layer is a grid of triangles that rotate as they move across the page. This creates a distictive geometric pattern. I've cut the design out of a sheet of mylar, which I'm using to make pressure prints with my proofing press. These are the first trial proofs.

Next I'll cut the triangles out of the prints, leaving a grid of triangular openings; then I'll decide what goes on the lower layer to be seen through the triangles.

Bill Brookover with his print Yellow Window #1 at Surface and Tension Print Exhibition

Bill Brookover with his print Yellow Window #1 at the artists' reception for Surface and Tension Print Exhibition at Orchard Artworks

New work on view with Star Wheel Printers at Orchard Artworks

Wednesday, April 8, 2015 - 17:21

Orchard Artworks in partnership with Star Wheel Printers is pleased to present Surface and Tension: A Print Show, featuring a diverse range of prints that are connected through the artists' intense investigations and explorations of their materials. Whether connecting to the physical world or displaying an interest in abstraction, each artist exhibits a unique and exciting use of print media.

And you're officially invited to the Artists' Reception. Here are all the details:

When: Sunday, April 12, 1 - 4 pm (the show will continue through April 26, 2015)

Where: Orchard Artworks, 520 Tomlinson Road, Bryn Athyn, PA, 19006. Map & Directions