Reclining Woman – Figurative Abstract Series (Set of 4) by Patricia A. Pearce

Set of four prints depicting each layer of the printing process (Collotype), as well as a final print by Patricia Pearce (American, b. 1948). Each piece is individually matted. Two of the pieces have inscriptions indicating the plates used in the print (“State 3 – Black” and “State 3 – Black Cyan Yellow Plates”). These are unsigned, but were acquired with a collection of other pieces by Pearce. Image size: 11″H x 9.25″W (each)

Patricia Pearce (American, b. 1948) is a California artist who attended San Francisco State and UC Irvine and is the adjunct Professor of Fine Art at the College of San Mateo. Her early work on paper explored images of garments using various printmaking techniques. Later, she began to work mainly in collagraph and monotype prints creating singular images of kimonos and ribbons in her subtle shifting; subdued pieces are constructed in a three-step process. Awards include Grade Prize, 3rd Biennial Exhibition of Prints, Wakayama Japan; Grant, Peninsula Community Foundation. Collections: Nieman Marcus, San Francisco; Wells Fargo, San Francisco Exhibitions: Montalvo, California Center for the Arts; Pacific Prints, Palo Alto.