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About the prints
These linocut prints were done for the Extinction Rebellion Day of performances and lectures at the Natural History Museum, Oxford in 2019. They were printed on coloured fabric for flags of which there were 20-30 endangered animals represented.
About Roberta
I began drawing and painting with my father at a young age and was recommended by my art teacher for free Saturday art classes with Joseph Fitzpatrick at the Carnegie Art and Natural History Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennnsylvania – a wonderful place to spend Saturday afternoons (Andy Warhol started here). After high school, I studied Fine Arts at Pennsylvania State University where I graduated with a B.F.A having focussed on drawing, painting and lithography. While at Penn State, I was strongly influenced by a visiting, New York artist named Angelo Savelli who did only all-white pieces and was a true inspiration for both art and life. I was also inspired by my printmaking lecturers Sue Hettmansberger and Diane Pepe who did their training at Tamarind Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexcio – the mecca of stone lithography in the United States. Following that, I began a M.F.A. in Fine Arts at Columbia University in New York City, but became disallusioned after 1 year and turned to Computer Science eventually doing an M.Sc. at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM where I fell in love with the dessert light and colours. In 1993, I moved to Sheffield where I worked as a researcher in the Computer Science dept doing Natural Language Processing. While in Sheffield, I joined the University of Sheffield Drama Society doing set design which I continued to do for 8 years – 3 sets/year. I moved to Oxford in 2004 and did more set design with the Oxford Theatre Guild. I currently work for Oxford University Press on electronic dictionaries.
I joined the Oxford Printmakers in 2014 and have re-found an old love. I particularly enjoy the community spirit of the workshop which allows for the sharing of ideas, techniques, jokes and a ‘bit of cake’. Printmaking is a methodical process which has a nurturing quality for many who are attracted to it and provides a basis for sharing artefacts which I believe is an intrinsic human need. On top of that, it supports the continuation of a long tradition which would be very sad to lose.
““Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.” – Andy Warhol