Elizabeth Payton. (1st August 2013) - McGrath, Daniel John
Elizabeth Peyton's numerous etchings, aquatints, woodcuts and monotypes, samples of which were recently exhibited at the Kemper Art Museum, offer a dramatic contrast from her better known paintings, which customarily float on a smooth ground of gesso. In her printmaking work, however, paper acts as a blotter, soaking up the ink. In addition, Peyton's printmaking differs technically from conventional prints by repeatedly exploiting the "ghosts" or cognates of the prints struck earlier from the same plate.