mon·o·type

noun

A single print taken from a design created in oil paint or printing ink on glass or metal.

ARTISTS STATEMENT
I have turned to more personal creative work.

It’s possible that monotype printmaking is the perfect medium for me. The first time I laid eyes on one of these unique prints I knew I had to find out how the process worked. I signed up for a class the next day. I will say it’s not an easy process, especially for an award-winning art director. I have given up on the idea that you can control the final product, and now embrace whatever I peel off the plate.

I believe making a monotype is a lot like making a great meal. I carefully choose and prepare my ingredients, then start cooking. My work is a mix of color and content, the predictable and the unpredictable, and the result is a unique piece of art. The recipes are endless.

Perfectly imperfect. That is the essence of each monotype.

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Betsy Young is an artist and printmaker who divides her time between Santa Rosa Beach, Florida and Chevy Chase, Maryland. She is from Savannah, Georgia where she spent her memorable formative years. Betsy has been creating art of all kinds since she could hold a pencil.

Betsy received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from the University of Florida. After a successful decades long career as an award-winning advertising art director, she has returned to her passion for fine arts.

Today Betsy works out of her Santa Rosa Beach studio. She prefers mixing inks, rolling with a brayer and creating prints of endless themes and subjects. Her printing process combines the predictability of format and color with the unpredictability of her monotype press. Betsy applies Charbonnel inks onto a sheet of plexiglass using multiple brayers and brushes to create her images. She then carefully places the plexiglass plate onto a sheet of Arches 88 paper and rolls these through her press. The result is a final unique print. Betsy often includes layers of curated transferred images, which is her signature process. Surprise, the nature of the monotype, makes each of Betsy’s prints unique.

You can see her work online at betsyyoung.com.