Shortening Woman

Shortening Woman 1982

56cm. X 76.5cm. 22In. X 30in.
BFK Rives
monoprint and variations

Exhibitions
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa,Ontario, 1985, travelled to Mount St.Vincent University, Halifax Nova Scotia, 1986
Kingston Public Library 1986

Collections
Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario.  Gift of Mary E. Rawlyk.
The Robert McLaughlin Gallery Oshawa, Ontario

Notes
The photo image of the opened and flattened shortening carton with a section removed, leaving a blank space, was heat transferred to the white rag BFK Rives paper. The face photograph was heat transferred into the blank space. This image was extended with two successive relief printings of a real shortening carton, the first state in blue ink and the second in added gold. The black partial background was relief printed.

This print expresses the feeling of being surrounded by the never ending baking process of the household.