Catherine Hess, Artist
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Outer Cape Monotypes

​Known as the “painterly print”, and favored by such masters as Edgar Degas, a monotype is a single, unique print. Using a photo as reference, and recalling the feeling of the scene, I paint on plexiglass with small brayers, or rollers. I often layer colors of the oil-based inks, which tends to create some translucency in the final works. I also make shapes and marks with the rollers and their edges. Given the difference in my tools and methods, my monotypes tend to be looser and more abstract in style than my watercolors and oils. From the painting on plexiglass, and using a printing press, I make one image on paper. What emerges is to some extent a surprise, as some colors blend and some marks are reshaped. The layers of ink and the sweeping as well as choppy marks of the rollers evoke shifting clouds and sands, and hint at the depths and constant movement in the skies and seas. These works on paper are evocative of the scenes that inspired them – fleeting views of the Outer Cape’s distinct and beautiful landscape.
Cape of Many Colors
Cape Dunes
Yellow Day
Pathway
Fog and Sun
Cove View
Sunset on the Harbor
High and Low
Low Tide
Fort Hill Vista
Washing Ashore
Cove Marsh
High Head Path
Partly Cloudy
Breezy Day
Reaching for the Sky
Growing Dune
Duck Creek Evening
Reflecting Clouds
Rolling Into Grey
Great Island View
Cape Sunset
Duck Creek
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  • Outer Cape Landscapes
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  • Traveling and Painting
  • Inside and Out
  • People Paintings