Wonderlandscapes The Prints of Beverly Hallam Using Monotype with Silk Screen Stenciling

Beverly Hallam is an American artist who does most of her artwork in the area of printmaking.

Egg Maze, 1969, 10" x 15", Monotype on paper

Red Snow Fences and Three Markers, 1968, oil collage Hallam’s images are abstract not naturalistic, but many of her prints suggest landscapes. She uses irregular, natural shapes and strong color.

Island Tide, 2006, oil monotype The images that she creates are often done using a monotype process, which produces only one print.

Rock Vibration, 2006, oil monotype You can use as many or as few colors as you wish in the monotype process.

The Search, 1969, monotype In the monotype process, the image is painted onto a smooth hard surface like glass or metal, paper is laid on the wet ink and pressed down with a roller or the back of a wooden spoon. When the paper is removed, the image is the reverse of what was painted on the glass.

Another printing process called serigraphy or silk screen printing also can be used to create prints with many colors.

Stencils are made to block out parts of the picture space and colors are printed one at a time.

Ink is forced through a fine-mesh screen onto the paper. There is a separate stencil for each color.