About My WorK: These are handpulled serigraphs, the silk screen process of printmaking. My personal way of working is spontaneous, perhaps primitive to technical idealists of the medium, but it has served to establish my artistic style. In a one screen 'reduction' process, I apply glue directly to the screen to form the 'stencil'. Paint, specially formulated for silk screen printing, is then pressed through the open areas of the screen onto paper which has been placed under the screen. Thus, each sheet of paper in the edition is 'printed' one color at a time. The stenciling and printing is repeated for every color of the image. It is a laborious process that creates multiples of the image rather than one original, as in painting, therefore, the prints themselves are the originals. My editions number from 10 to 75 handpulled prints.
I invite you to
visit my studio/gallery anytime you are in the beautiful Lake of the
Ozarks area of central Missouri. My studio is located 1 mile from US
Hwy 54 on State Road KK, 1/4 mile from Tan-Tar-A Resort. It is open
daily, year 'round, by chance or appointment. Call: 573/348-3879.
If you visit you will also see paintings by my husband, painter Joseph
Orr Visit his web site at:
Rita Orr, Orr Studios:
1405 Hwy KK
Osage Beach, Missouri 65065
Phone: 573/348-3879
Rita Orr ©2008
This page updated 5/11/11