Felicia Touhey
My passion for printmaking began in my junior year of college. The rich black lines, textures and tactile responses of the printmaking process had an immediate impact on my creative thinking and way of working. I found that I could experiment, playing with the materials and challenging myself in ways that other art mediums did not offer me.
My work is greatly influenced by my instinctual responses to my art materials and chosen printmaking process. The resulting imagery is created through the development of many layers in an additive and subtractive way. I love the often-unexpected outcomes in printmaking and working them into the final image.
I am inspired by nature – its organic lines, shapes, forms, movements and textures. Atmospheric changes in color and light, the resulting patterns and shadows they create are a rich source of subject matter for me.