About The Artist:
Joan Melnick
Born in New York in 1942, Joan began painting at an early age. She studied Interior Design at the Fashion Institute of Technology and then went on to study printmaking and painting at New Paltz State University where she recieved her Masters in Art. It was the Adirondak Mountains and their unique rock formations as well as a deep love for the Impressionist's that was most influential to her work. Upon the completion of her studies and several...
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About The Medium:
Screenprint
A stencil process employing a frame on which silk or synthetic fabric is stretched. Stencils are hand-drawn or hand-cut and placed on the stretched fabric and act as a block out when the ink passes through the screen by means of a squeegee onto the paper, the non-stencil areas create the image. Also known as silkscreen or serigraph.