Patrick Simon
About the Artist
"It is the dimensional quality of the carved linoleum block, the vibrant color of the inks and the tactile nature of the prints that interest me about the printing process."
My prints are original, handmade and feature aquatic subjects and still-life themes. Each image is printed on 100% archival paper. Like with any kind of print, when kept dry and not displayed in direct sunlight, they will last for generations.
I developed my techniques, studying, primarily with master printers at the Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon. I love linoleum printmaking and have found the carved surface produces an image with unique clarity that distinguishes it from other mediums.
Growing up on the great plains, 7000 feet above present sea level, I developed a fascination with an imagined environment and an actual fossilized ocean floor from the age of the Dinosaurs. I was fortunate to receive my early education in Laramie, Wyoming. The University and its Natural History Museum were beneficiaries of the coal mining industry. Great sheets of shale were stripped away, often exposing prehistoric fossils from an ancient sea. Much of my inspiration for the oceanic images in my work are influenced by the print-like quality of fossilized life forms found in shale and skeletal museum reconstructions of both land and sea creatures.
The Studio
Where the blocks are carved and the plates are worked.
Studio Tools
A selection of scrapers, burnishers, and carving tools used in the process.
Training
- Southern Oregon State College, Printmaking, Ashland OR
- MAS Museum Art School, later known as Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA), Portland, OR
- Sylvania College, Machining
- Lane Community College, Manufacturing, Eugene, OR
- OMSI Science Display Manufacture, Portland, OR
Editions
100% archival paper · Notice of Care
Roots
Laramie, Wyoming — fossil shale and the Great Plains