03/16/2026
March-April Newsletter
It’s been a cold snowy winter here in the northeast. For some unknown reason, I lost tract of time and was busy doing other things and so my painting came to a standstill. However, at the beginning of March, I discovered a new medium to work with. I’ll give the credit -or blame - to Pinterest. It’s called Gelli printing and I am temporarily obsessed with it. AI says Gelli printing is a versatile monotype printmaking technique using a soft, reusable gelatin plate to create unique, textured prints by applying acrylic paint, adding textures (stencils, plants), and pressing paper on top. It’s easy to do but there is a learning curve. My first tries were nothing but muddled messes. I was using too much paint and my paper was too thick. My next few tries I switched to copier paper and tissue paper and used less paint. The paint was easier to spread on the gel plate with the brayer but also dried much quicker. I was surprised the tissue paper didn’t tear. I made a bunch of solid and multi colored pages and then I tried printing them with a second or third layer using stencils. Not sure what I am going to do with all these printed papers and maybe some of them will wind up as cards. Anyway, it’s creative, abstract, messy, and fun. Isn’t that what art should be?
