Silkscreens, Lithographs and Mixed Media

Printmaking 

As an expressionistic print maker I compose with digital technology and merge the resulting designs into traditional printing making.  I create prints in a variety of techniques that includes hand colored etchings, lithography and silkscreen. In my creative process I use distortion and exaggeration for emotional effect. I apply vivid and dynamic color, overlapping transparent color over opaque color.  I combine flat space with cubical space. My work interweaves, juxtaposes and superimposes images from American and Mexican popular cultures that include icons, symbols, art history and the contemporary world to foster opportunities for the bending of meaning. 

Slide show of hand colored etchings, silkscreens and lithographs below:

The artist retains copyright to the images displayed on this Web site. They may be used for non-commercial purposes if credit is given to the artist. For commercial purposes, please contact Tony Ortega for permission to reproduce, publicly display, copy, distribute or otherwise use such images.