This series of lithographs, “Invisible Cities” by Italo Calvino  A source of inspiration, is the first time I have worked from drawings. Prints in the previous centuries were used to reproduce other works of art in order to spread ideas.

In the beginning, I thought this series would be easy; I had the content in front of me. But, not only were there problems related to the significant change in scale (the lithos are smaller) but the change in medium from soft charcoal tones to high contrast prints and textures created many more decisions.

After ten minutes of working on the first print, I put the drawing away. Capturing the essence of the drawings was my intention, not reproduction. The dark margin around the prints refers to the 19th century commercial prints when this was common. The words under the prints are paraphrased descriptions of the various cities.