A published writer and graduate of the Iowa Writer's Workshop, Pat Stevens expanded her creative world when she discovered the art of printmaking well into her middle age. Working as a freelancer, she had the flexibility to build her own unique art education by taking classes at Multnomah Art Center, Portland State University, Marylhurst University, Sitka Center, Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts, and Penland School of Crafts.

Stevens started her printmaking career by making collagraphs and then developing skills in several other processes including aquatint, woodcut, reduction linocut, monotype, and solar plate etching. Most of her work in recent years has focused on multicolor reduction linocuts and layered monotypes. She often uses her own photographs, vintage to recent, as inspirations for her linocuts, which has resulted in her creating a unique visual memoir of past experiences.

She has shown and sold her work at Bite Studio, Crow's Shadow, MAC Gallery, Mt Tabor Art Walk, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Alberta Street Gallery, and Ford Gallery.

"My work is often influenced by landscapes that have drawn me into their mystery and wonder. Though some of these works include human figures, they are small in relation to the expansive environment surrounding them. When observers interpret my prints, I hope they will bring their own experience to the viewing.

As a printmaker, I work in several processes, but my primary focus has been monotypes and linocuts. Although the methods are different, with monotypes being more spontaneous, both allow me to lose myself in the process of creating. With multicolor reduction linocuts, I start with an original photo and then begin "translating and editing" the image into one I can draw on the block and carve. I use a single block and carve more away after printing each color. Once the final print is complete, the block is unusable. Making reduction linocuts involves precision (fail proof registration is essential) and some improvisation. Printing five colors of ink on top of each other can bring unforeseen results. I like experimenting with which colors should be applied in which order and determining which inks should be more transparent and which need to be more opaque."

Media: Printmaking

Studio Number: 80

Address: Bite Studio, 2000 SE 7th Ave Portland OR 97214

Community: SE Portland

Accessibility: Not Wheelchair accessible (One short step up to the doorway a grab bar for anyone who needs to use it)

Email: pstevens1013@comcast.net

Pat Stevens

Pat Stevens

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