http://www.maryclairebecker.com/box daily 0.75 2015-12-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1448844639433-X9TIX39UY1AAJTMNTHLF/image-asset.jpeg Mementos - Unconscious Decision: Blankets After Sleep Silkscreen. 15" x 11" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1451347070929-E06DYK7GHA90RIN2O114/_MG_2301-Edit.jpg Mementos - Home 1990 - 2015 (Front) Handmade Box, Photolithography, Silkscreen. 3.5" x 4.5" x 0.75" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1451347069897-S6GRUNE8SU25AW8UKLKM/_MG_2320-Edit.jpg Mementos - Home 1990 - 2015 (Back) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1451347224034-YWOON8J7P8BQFZQ03503/beckermary8.jpg Mementos - Ships in the Night Letterpress, Reinforced Perfect Binding. 3" x 6" x 1" "Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing: Only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1448845730971-QTXU8TWQ8LA2LQ8QVD5N/becker_ifitsyours_stillsmall.jpg Mementos - If It's Yours, It Will Come Back Letterpress (Pressure Print). 11" x 15.5" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1451347273315-5PSWQ7UMP9YNCTZQGO57/mcb7.jpg Mementos - If It Is Important, It Will Stay There Woodcut, Letterpress, Stab Binding, Handmade Box. 4.75" x 3.5" x 0.75" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1451351890038-2OTDUY3E4IYVG594JQRP/image-asset.jpeg Mementos - Hold On Letterpress, matte board, handmade brass rivets. 9" x 28" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1448844899706-1VZ52S0GFAVPJVQATMYD/becker_spiderhouse.jpg Mementos - Spider House Silkscreen. 15" x 11" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1451597070111-KDPL5KDF40WYXVLQN5EJ/mementos.jpg Mementos http://www.maryclairebecker.com/printmaking daily 0.75 2013-08-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1451357252059-1N6CNBQ9RH7IWLZQX72N/beckermary2.jpg Printmaking http://www.maryclairebecker.com/recent daily 0.75 2026-01-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698798407810-XV0QNSDG4GOMYCCKYSE2/Becker03+2.jpg Assorted Prints https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1743469066313-QP3WQIA00IFQE2Y3X3RZ/Becker+Yellowstone+Interpolation+I.JPG Assorted Prints - Yellowstone Interpolation I Silkscreen, 14” x 11”, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1769542284767-757ZG92D1LPWP7NQOKY1/2025+Becker+Yellowstone+Interpolation+II+copy.jpg Assorted Prints - Yellowstone Interpolation III Silkscreen, 11”x14”, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1743469021528-4K98EE9O9BZDMAS5MQRD/ChatGPT+Grand+Canyon+of+the+Yellowstone.jpg Assorted Prints - Text to Image: Grand Canyon Of The Yellowstone Photopolymer Intaglio and Relief, 14” x 11”, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698798407810-XV0QNSDG4GOMYCCKYSE2/Becker03+2.jpg Assorted Prints - Mirage (After Thomas Moran) Stone Lithograph with Photolithography color layers, 11” x 14”, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1769542225787-IJGCXROJKSFKTSJDDF0C/image-asset.jpeg Assorted Prints - Text to Image: Tower Falls and Sulfur Mountain Photopolymer Intaglio and Relief, 14” x 11”, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1743469042068-6064W90CHVNCK4XY0Y8L/YellowstoneInterpolation2.jpg Assorted Prints - Yellowstone Interpolation II Silkscreen, 14” x 11”, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1743469036644-ZDAHGCQQD5S3G3OOBO6D/YellowstoneConfabulation1.jpg Assorted Prints - Yellowstone Confabulation I Lithography, 11” x 14”, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1769541647332-C8G9GY12RIE12GU5SXTX/ChatGPT%2BGrand%2BCanyon%2Bof%2Bthe%2BYellowstone.jpg Assorted Prints - Text to Image: Mammoth Hot Springs Terraces Photopolymer Intaglio and Relief, 14” x 11”, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1743469745750-PSI1641ZXOB80CUQ2JR3/S17.jpg Assorted Prints - Chimerical Yellowstone, Starter Travel Kit Photolithography and book arts , each card 3” x 5”, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1743469755997-3HQK9WG1NSMP1092MEIN/S18.jpg Assorted Prints - Chimerical Yellowstone, Starter Travel Kit Photolithography and book arts , each card 3” x 5”, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1769541263993-2E8ZQTSX4049OOCRROXQ/image-asset.jpg Assorted Prints - Text to Image: Lower Yellowstone Range Photopolymer Intaglio and Relief, 14” x 11”, 2025 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698798456769-LLD7H2I79AYU5SMGGAUD/MaryClaireBecker_72.jpg Assorted Prints - Great Falls of the Yellowstone (After W.H. Jackson, 1871 Geological Survey) Image drawn on stone by Mary Claire Becker and master printed by Gregory Santos for the Mixed Grit Portfolio Exchange, Stone Lithography, 12” x 9”, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1743469757798-J15S3H2KYJKIQQQYSN1A/stereoscope+1.jpg Assorted Prints - Through The Stereoscope Letterpress Accordion Book, 5” x 20”, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1743469600065-7FBAKZM5HU0LD91H4PBK/stereoscope+2.jpg Assorted Prints - Through The Stereoscope Letterpress Accordion Book, 5” x 20”, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698798173935-57OTD2H1AYOHSTCU05FB/APC_0554.jpg Assorted Prints - Data Transfer Photolithography, Laser Cut Paper, Plotter Cut Holographic Decals 10.5” x 10.5”, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698798173285-W7VVLE8KMFBN7G1RTQUR/APC_0555.jpg Assorted Prints - Data Transfer Photolithography, Laser Cut Paper, Plotter Cut Holographic Decals 10.5” x 10.5”, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698798226768-O7ZE9LKJHQHEWJPAF57I/becker+mutualists+and+enemies.png Assorted Prints - Mutualists and Enemies Stone Lithograph with Photolithography Color Layers, 22” x 15”, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698798674988-BIJSE7U7N6CLH366HQU8/Becker03.jpg Assorted Prints - Endangered Plants of Iowa Silkscreen and Linocut, 11” x 14”, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1482187934969-LH8V3WLC0VCGH1R8FS79/courthousefalls.jpg Assorted Prints - Courthouse Falls Stone Lithograph, 15" x 11" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1482187939690-K3OVSB32135080I9Y6QV/rattlesnakemaster+1.jpg Assorted Prints - Rattlesnake Master Photolithography, embossment, and cut paper details. 14" x 11" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1482187941299-FGHZU6VNWD1053JW6NDM/rhododendron.jpg Assorted Prints Intaglio, 11" x 19" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521338654142-F8D2UJJ3TDBIPAHJ4DON/becker_5.jpg Assorted Prints https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1451346657414-9KDC7S6WDK0GI6JZ44M7/_MG_2294-Edit.jpg Assorted Prints - Graveyard Fields Lithograph, Silkscreen, Entomology Pins. 40" x 30" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1451593524295-LZPBCB8GZ40PZ3F5VCXB/beckermary2.jpg Assorted Prints - Graveyard Fields (Detail) Lithograph, Silkscreen, Entomology Pins. 40" x 30" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1451595079400-2OLAIFBDU6PJW13QMXZ3/image-asset.jpeg Assorted Prints - Spirits Intaglio. 20" x 12" http://www.maryclairebecker.com/sanctuariumnaturalis daily 0.75 2018-03-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1448847623262-U8EARDUDV2CL8GVSBMGY/becker_16_web.jpg Sanctuarium Naturalis - Bloom Lithograph, Entomology Pins, Vertebrae. 30" x 22" x 3" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1448847638081-6V3EQK5656I68LJLKJT6/becker_13_web.jpg Sanctuarium Naturalis - Reliquary Mandorla of St. Veera's Claw Lithograph, Entomology Pins. 22" x 30" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1448847606651-GM02KD0M49JVYU9LAXDB/becker_aviary_web.jpg Sanctuarium Naturalis - Aviary Lithograph, Chicken Feet, Plexiglas. 30" x 22" x 3" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1448847588059-4KL1QD5WRIVYIGHHBJMU/becker_4_web.jpg Sanctuarium Naturalis - Homage to Howard's Knob Lithograph, Entomology Pins. 30" x 22" x 3" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1448847613376-BYIYNDJFX2IW9K05ZY1B/becker_11_web.jpg Sanctuarium Naturalis - Morph Lithograph, Monotype, Found Specimens. 40" x 30" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1448847700399-LIC0W1Z7GEP5FOXEVWOG/becker_10_web.jpg Sanctuarium Naturalis - Molt Lithograph, Monotype, Found Specimens. 40" x 30" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1448848806370-IIG8BKSE1ZJXCPM6Y7LN/image-asset.jpeg Sanctuarium Naturalis - Migrate Lithograph, Monotype, Found Specimens. 40" x 30" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1448847688606-0SAQ27441DLR0D6AAZ3T/becker_12_web.jpg Sanctuarium Naturalis - Turkey Tails (Trametes versicolor) Lithograph, Plexiglas. 20" x 18" x 4" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1448847679873-43X5CLKMTYQAQA9IPSJ0/becker_6_web.jpg Sanctuarium Naturalis - Old Man’s Beard (Usnea longissima) Lithograph, Plexiglas. 20" x 18" x 4" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1448847671862-4WZGJGX0JQGBI4Y52X7T/becker_7_web.jpg Sanctuarium Naturalis - Appalachian Polypody (Polypodium appalachanium) Lithograph, Plexiglas. 20" x 18" x 4" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1448847693286-NACBNB1AQEPNJYD508CX/becker_5_web.jpg Sanctuarium Naturalis - Perforated Ruffle Lichen (Parmotrema perforatum) Lithograph, Plexiglas. 20" x 18" x 4" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1451597043703-Z02GFQ98COIDC8PL568Z/sanctuarium.jpg Sanctuarium Naturalis http://www.maryclairebecker.com/animations daily 0.75 2019-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559263305072-15PANWVV0GERTJCQAYUU/image-asset.jpeg Animations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547165801360-LDEMVQCVI5BJE1338JJE/slide18.jpg Animations - This Land https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1451349278588-KOXHG9M6S9AFC42SLKU4/image-asset.jpeg Animations - if it's yours it will come back https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1451348761460-814OOE1U9HVBO445NZ8R/image-asset.jpeg Animations - Ships in the Night https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1451349538996-3LKZ7M8SAMRFHKXN769Z/image-asset.jpeg Animations - hold on https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1451350013963-HSMKQYX9NWEJ0QSJOK1P/image-asset.jpeg Animations - Thaumatropes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1451597026653-02Q2IKYU1UDQ1O0TGQSQ/animations.jpg Animations http://www.maryclairebecker.com/when-the-real-is-no-longer-what-it-used-to-be daily 0.75 2019-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521336801471-JUX9B37RF6EP04IJEOM2/Panorama+LR.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521336801471-JUX9B37RF6EP04IJEOM2/Panorama+LR.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521332744725-7IAQP1L7Q7CSWPND63O6/MAT8615+LR+brighter.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be - Parlour Bramble (Pigeon Year) 2018. Linocut, 11' x 30' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521331805809-VQV5FSMY7HOVC165S3P8/MAT8603+LR.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be - Parlour Bramble (Pigeon Year) 2018. Linocut, 11' x 30' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1501515261543-XWGVUAFJ2LLMIN0OYXFD/IMG_4853.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be - Parlour Bramble (Pigeon Year) 2018. Linocut. Single print 19” x 24” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521332976338-00CQBZSESJ6AC444KBQ8/MAT8621+LR+brighter.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be - Parlour Bramble (Pigeon Year) 2018. Linocut, 11' x 30' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521335985940-B2YN72YDQBKBZF8ZKD1T/wallpaperdetail5.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be - One of Two Vases 2018. Stoneware with sgraffito, china paint, and gold luster. 12” x 8” x 8” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521335986272-CHUPA20YWQ4PB9LAKOC2/wallpaperdetail6.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be - One of Two Vases 2018. Stoneware with sgraffito, china paint, and gold luster. 12” x 8” x 8” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521336005604-1EN31M1NRUL0QSMCWCM2/wallpaperdetail11.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be - Parlour Bramble (Pigeon Year) 2018. Linocut, detail of 11' x 30' installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521332443206-A7YYT82B9RMI0N62TY1J/wallpaperdetail1.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be - Parlour Bramble (Pigeon Year) 2018. Linocut, detail of 11' x 30' installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521335118442-CBD47B24K0P95W3V58DE/MAT8730+LR.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be - Parlour Bramble (Pigeon Year) 2018. Linocut, detail of 11' x 30' installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521335426324-SYSGZ7M7M98JP7GGUAQY/MAT8694+LR+brighter.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be - Parlour Bramble (Pigeon Year) 2018. Linocut, detail of 11' x 30' installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521335410909-40QCD76S5SL9HF27G611/MAT8687+LR+brighter.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be - Parlour Bramble (Pigeon Year) 2018. Linocut, detail of 11' x 30' installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521335031230-1KZJ2K3AHYDNMZO76VOB/MAT8638+LR.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be - Garland 2018. Plotter-cut lithograph and silkscreen prints, slipcast porcelain, 4’ x 20’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521335099341-4JCU5IGXBUEM5TPVUCL8/MAT8675+LR.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be - Two Vases 2018. Stoneware with sgraffito, china paint, and gold luster. 12” x 8” x 8” each https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521334891666-54L31BLQHWRXS1P92SLC/MAT8633+LR.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be - Garland 2018. Plotter-cut lithograph and silkscreen prints, slipcast porcelain, 4’ x 20’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521335031189-JW5V442R7BD9ZZM4VAIC/MAT8635+LR.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be - Garland 2018. Plotter-cut lithograph and silkscreen prints, slipcast porcelain, 4’ x 20’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521335862826-TLM0JA8O7JDY3NADGA70/garland24.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521335863683-4MCUBT91FH01GBN3O11C/garland23.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be - Garland 2018. Plotter-cut lithograph and silkscreen prints, slipcast porcelain, 4’ x 20’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521335747003-BAV77LYGPJZO9FZITP7I/garland21.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521335502124-S6C4QSWA7B9YPIXX1OXB/garland2_1.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521335498384-4K3VCVUBL4O9BZFLMRJC/garland1_1.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be - Garland 2018. Plotter-cut lithograph and silkscreen prints, slipcast porcelain, 4’ x 20’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521335666413-FVA0OOZ03WDMC0A0S2YZ/garland13.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be - Garland 2018. Plotter-cut lithograph and silkscreen prints, slipcast porcelain, 4’ x 20’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521335631352-Z44JPZ3R3FQKE32RWEIM/garland11.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be - Garland 2018. Plotter-cut lithograph and silkscreen prints, slipcast porcelain, 4’ x 20’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521335506294-CFWLLNPWA8UUYLOD8HVQ/garland3_1.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be - Garland 2018. Plotter-cut lithograph and silkscreen prints, slipcast porcelain, 4’ x 20’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521335589481-NJ35260TMHKATU65WAHE/garland6.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be - Garland 2018. Plotter-cut lithograph and silkscreen prints, slipcast porcelain, 4’ x 20’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521335708854-3TGQ4KDTJZK6MSUGNU7W/garland18.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be - Garland 2018. Plotter-cut lithograph and silkscreen prints, slipcast porcelain, 4’ x 20’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521335690384-1EX8L055YB41M0C1491U/garland16.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be - Garland 2018. Plotter-cut lithograph and silkscreen prints, slipcast porcelain, 4’ x 20’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521335599374-MKLDEM1XHOO6MCDFJMTV/garland7.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be - Garland 2018. Plotter-cut lithograph and silkscreen prints, slipcast porcelain, 4’ x 20’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521335877382-MBJJ880TAVDX290YBJ86/garland25.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be - Garland 2018. Plotter-cut lithograph and silkscreen prints, slipcast porcelain, 4’ x 20’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521335904825-RHDJL871TJSVWFB2GT9Z/garland28.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be - Garland 2018. Plotter-cut lithograph and silkscreen prints, slipcast porcelain, 4’ x 20’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521334981072-C0BNBAGRGT9GBVGM3GDF/MAT8763+LR.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be - This Land 2018, stop-motion animation created using letterpress prints, 30” x 40” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1521334980919-GLR9VRCFRXRIW6GA0R2W/MAT8765+LR.jpg When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be - This Land 2018, stop-motion animation created using letterpress prints, 30” x 40” http://www.maryclairebecker.com/personal-work daily 0.75 2019-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577412388437-3GTXKH9ZP7K446XFJLA8/image-asset.jpeg Selected Works The Scenic Unreal, 2019, Gallery Installation View Lithography, digital pigment print, mixed-media sculpture, video animation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577412388437-3GTXKH9ZP7K446XFJLA8/image-asset.jpeg Selected Works The Scenic Unreal, 2019, Gallery Installation View Lithography, digital pigment print, mixed-media sculpture, video animation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577422882892-PHKNSC0RUWX8ADR836TU/Becker02.jpg Selected Works The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, After Thomas Moran, 2019, 50” x 10” x 10” Slip-cast porcelain, papier-mache, acrylic paint, globe, wood, digital pigment print, LED lights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547161828106-BEV6PNT04QZP1TLR374O/slide1.jpg Selected Works When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be (Gallery Installation View), 2018. Letterpress-printed Linocut, Lithography, Silkscreen, Ceramics, Stop-Motion Animation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577412696458-5HSTAJNZ6LW25HGE8MDI/image-asset.jpeg Selected Works The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, After Thomas Moran, 2019, Detail of 50” x 10” x 10” sculpture Slip-cast porcelain, papier-mache, acrylic paint, globe, wood, digital pigment print, LED lights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577479956347-IGTZ61LRS61WDRKLHTCK/image-asset.jpeg Selected Works HyperNature, 2019, 16:9 aspect ratio; dimensions variable Video animation incorporating imagery from digitally-scanned silkscreen and lithograph prints https://vimeo.com/328881830 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577422895069-M1NYVV8IYBAWAAR5EMM1/Becker05.jpg Selected Works Experience the Great Outdoors, 2019, 28” x 22” Stone lithography and photolithography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547163860443-4JA4ZPWB85PSKZ9QWO3T/slide10.jpg Selected Works Wallpaper for Digital Botanists, 2019, Detail of 6’ x 8’ x 8’ installation Linocut digitally-scanned, distorted in Photoshop, and output as digital pigment print https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577479980626-EK5YEGAXAQS5LRWWJ651/image-asset.jpeg Selected Works The Scenic Unreal (Video Walkthrough), 2019, Gallery Installation View Lithography, digital pigment print, mixed-media sculpture, video animation https://vimeo.com/381603849 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577422949015-BV8JVRVXXF1GK03O2N0G/Becker08.jpg Selected Works Mosaic Virus I (After Hans Bollongier), 2019, 30”x22” Handcarved linocut with laser-cut woodblock halftone color layers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577422954458-T4877LLJVFAGRRUTZA5I/Becker09.jpg Selected Works Mosaic Virus II (After Ambrosius Bosschaert), 2019, 30”x22” Handcarved linocut with laser-cut woodblock halftone color layers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577422953333-JEILGMW8WDZUZ0QRYD40/Becker10.jpg Selected Works Mosaic Virus II (After Ambrosius Bosschaert), 2019, detail of 30”x22” print Handcarved linocut with laser-cut woodblock halftone color layers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577422954944-DYOR9SNXDV31HSN2QOUO/Becker11.jpg Selected Works When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be, 2018, Gallery Installation View Letterpress-printed linocut, lithography, silkscreen, ceramics, stop-motion animation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547163705480-VS6QMSJNXFCCKAAI1VQN/slide3.jpg Selected Works Garland, 2018, detail of 6’ x 12’ installation Plotter-cut lithograph and silkscreen prints, slip-cast porcelain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547163698802-Q7J07DH1UHTERBOJ6613/slide2.jpg Selected Works Garland, 2018, 6’ x 12’ Plotter-cut lithograph and silkscreen prints, slip-cast porcelain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547163710116-UO0LD9UT4XUN5EWB0M05/slide4.jpg Selected Works Two Vases, 2018, 12” x 8” x 8” Stoneware with sgraffito, china paint, and gold luster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547162109695-A5YNLNVXLXLUXUGRL852/slide5.jpg Selected Works Parlour Bramble (Pigeon Year), 2018, Detail of 11’ x 26’ Installation Letterpress-printed reduction linocut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577480010960-EFL99L0CSZP2GHSLVWSV/slide18.jpg Selected Works This Land, 2017, Flipbook dimensions 3” x 8.5” x 1” Stop-Motion animation made from letterpress-printed hand-bound flipbook https://vimeo.com/302624920 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547163898104-M3014BZZ4UTEYMS3E6BS/slide12.jpg Selected Works The Gardener and The Gardened, 2017, 5’ x 8’ Laser-cut paper, woodcut and silkscreen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547163903324-6V1IAG1HJFGEBP7KMBIL/slide13.jpg Selected Works The Gardener and The Gardened, 2017, Detail of 5’ x 8’ installation Laser-cut paper, woodcut and silkscreen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547163918152-R7IR7M8XO84FW7YXHHVD/slide15.jpg Selected Works Courthouse Falls, 2016, 20” x 15” Stone lithography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547163935155-M1HM6OCH4CP56EOU2UWX/slide16.jpg Selected Works Graveyard Fields, 201, 40” x 30” x 4” Stone lithography, photolithography, silkscreen http://www.maryclairebecker.com/the-scenic-unreal daily 0.75 2021-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559250380654-B6G1JPRCS8N7YELNC7RM/MAT5667-2.jpg The Scenic Un•Real https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559250380654-B6G1JPRCS8N7YELNC7RM/MAT5667-2.jpg The Scenic Un•Real https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559250382529-LOD3Q8ISMRGVFSKBQJE4/MAT5679-2.jpg The Scenic Un•Real https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559250383673-O85OHJO1RLU23I00J6FD/MAT5744Pan-2.jpg The Scenic Un•Real https://static1.squarespace.com/static/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/5ceddcfff9619a24f3ab36cd/5cf03fffc80d4f0001cb3b27/1559248895857/ The Scenic Un•Real https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559253008321-X9GDWGKKYSZL2MZ6PUQS/ScenicUnReal_20190328_116-2.jpg The Scenic Un•Real - View Master Series: Rolling Hills, Babbling Brook, and Majestic Mountains 2018, silkscreen and porcelain, each sculpture 4" x 6" x 4" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559250349251-6CT9RA25JFV5ICDDAFBZ/ScenicUnReal_20190328_112-2.jpg The Scenic Un•Real https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559250347236-9FSFZID3ESXMM3S0PXVU/ScenicUnReal_20190328_118-2.jpg The Scenic Un•Real https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559250351389-4UHLI0OS0H1DFB0EYS6Y/ScenicUnReal_20190328_110-2.jpg The Scenic Un•Real - View From Mount Holyoke, After Thomas Cole 2019, porcelain, globe, papier-mâché, acrylic paint. 8” x 6” x 6” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559250372897-O14YB9K6I7O12CTJZ1E4/MAT5765-2.jpg The Scenic Un•Real - Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, After Thomas Moran 2019, porcelain, globe, papier-mâché, acrylic paint, inkjet print, wood. 50” x 10” x 10” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559250344346-NC11MPP7HK7WNMNTEU6I/ScenicUnReal_20190329_146-2.jpg The Scenic Un•Real - HyperNature 2019. Video projection. 8’ x 28’ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559250356026-X8LMDKAVSDV7DQQPL11M/ScenicUnReal_20190328_099-2.jpg The Scenic Un•Real - HyperNature (Detail) 2019. Video projection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559250342335-GL0QFIY4C2X6ET9NNWZA/ScenicUnReal_20190329_147-2.jpg The Scenic Un•Real - Wallpaper for Digital Botanists 2019. Linocut, inkjet print, wood, and drywall. Exterior view of 6' x 8' x 8' installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559250381333-6HEXV9R3T5SSBOWDQZX8/MAT5701-2.jpg The Scenic Un•Real - Wallpaper for Digital Botanists 2019. Linocut, inkjet print, wood, and drywall, 6' x 8' x 8' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559263407935-BZBB1RG2OZ63ED4GYAYB/DigitalBotanistGif.gif The Scenic Un•Real - Wallpaper For Digital Botanists 2019. Linocut and inkjet prints, detail of 8’ x 6’ x 6’ installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559250357503-17UDCL7DLW9RY9RRSDFF/ScenicUnReal_20190328_032-2.jpg The Scenic Un•Real - Wallpaper for Digital Botanists 2019. Linocut and inkjet print, detail of 6' x 8' x 8' installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559250354657-J28VIUPW3JXHJ9F8L2S5/ScenicUnReal_20190328_033-2.jpg The Scenic Un•Real - Wallpaper for Digital Botanists 2019. Linocut and inkjet print, detail of 6' x 8' x 8' installation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559250368757-ITS8ESZ3EMGZS6JCR3EY/MAT5805-2.jpg The Scenic Un•Real - Mount Corcoran, After Albert Bierstadt 2019. Porcelain, globe, papier-mâché, acrylic paint, inkjet print, wood. 50” x 10” x 10”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559250370659-9640ZLERLBVZNPGPYGQJ/MAT5777-2.jpg The Scenic Un•Real - Mount Corcoran, After Albert Bierstadt 2019. Porcelain, globe, papier-mâché, acrylic paint. 8” x 6” x 6” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559249075982-ATC24L4JZ81GI9NVDQE0/MAT5667.jpg The Scenic Un•Real https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559250365892-CFM8QDHX3IFM3JS2VIPO/MAT5814-2.jpg The Scenic Un•Real - View From Mount Holyoke, After Thomas Cole 2019. Porcelain, globe, papier-mâché, acrylic paint, inkjet print, wood. 50” x 10” x 10”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559250374217-P49KZEG2S60YF61B0EFK/MAT5774-2.jpg The Scenic Un•Real - View From Mount Holyoke, After Thomas Cole 2019. Porcelain, globe, papier-mâché, acrylic paint. 8” x 6” x 6” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559250364500-KJE0SREN0S0R8U09W1HD/MAT5811-2.jpg The Scenic Un•Real - Virginia Natural Bridge, After David Johnson 2019. Porcelain, globe, papier-mâché, acrylic paint, inkjet print, wood. 50” x 10” x 10”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559250370746-QJAVOAE56PQPWYBF3QHN/MAT5786-2.jpg The Scenic Un•Real - Virginia Natural Bridge, After David Johnson 2019. Porcelain, globe, papier-mâché, acrylic paint. 8” x 6” x 6” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559250360209-WCHRYLRCT6OTARTGWYI3/MAT5827-2.jpg The Scenic Un•Real - Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, After Thomas Moran 2019. Porcelain, globe, papier-mâché, acrylic paint, inkjet print, wood. 50” x 10” x 10” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559250376913-M67DUQZBIO7HTZSWQZYJ/MAT5771-2.jpg The Scenic Un•Real - Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, After Thomas Moran 2019. porcelain, globe, papier-mâché, acrylic paint. 8” x 6” x 6” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559250362634-561A6YJRRWICZP9970WZ/ScenicUnReal_20190328_002-2.jpg The Scenic Un•Real - Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, After Thomas Moran 2019. porcelain, globe, papier-mâché, acrylic paint. 8” x 6” x 6” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559250378781-SCK5QUIT8DNNVPOSGE4U/MAT5747-2.jpg The Scenic Un•Real https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559250376363-TVTKLAEK6SR1IJIM0DQP/MAT5759-2.jpg The Scenic Un•Real - Experience the Great Outdoors 2019, lithograph, 30” x 22” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559250345055-625HL0BJ75PBF7E6KV90/ExperienceTheGreatOutdoors-2.jpg The Scenic Un•Real - Experience the Great Outdoors 2019, lithograph, 30”x22” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559250366583-W7OAFXHOGKV6C6TBP0QE/MAT5795-2.jpg The Scenic Un•Real - View Master Series: Rolling Hills, Babbling Brook, and Majestic Mountains 2018, silkscreen and porcelain, each sculpture 4" x 6" x 4" http://www.maryclairebecker.com/student-work daily 0.75 2019-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424024068-KNR1XDVAVP0KP1YJRGOM/Becker_Student_01.jpg Student Work Technique: Charcoal, india ink, cut paper Each composition 12”x9”, 2019 Prompt: Choose three distinct shapes and duplicate them at various sizes, alternating between black, grey, and white. Collage together to create three compositions that demonstrate the Gestalt Principles as well as the Elements and Principles of Design. For each composition, write a paragraph describing how you used at least one Gestalt Principle, Element of Design, and Principle of Design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424024068-KNR1XDVAVP0KP1YJRGOM/Becker_Student_01.jpg Student Work Technique: Charcoal, india ink, cut paper Each composition 12”x9”, 2019 Prompt: Choose three distinct shapes and duplicate them at various sizes, alternating between black, grey, and white. Collage together to create three compositions that demonstrate the Gestalt Principles as well as the Elements and Principles of Design. For each composition, write a paragraph describing how you used at least one Gestalt Principle, Element of Design, and Principle of Design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577425843961-4LADJSMPYTTBWEAPRTBW/image-asset.jpeg Student Work Technique: Letraset, laser-cut paper, letterpress pressure printing, letterpress typesetting Each print 12"x9", 2019 Objectives: Work with letterforms to create abstract compositions, establish a relationship between foreground text and background image, and blend analog and digital processes. Prompt: First, create abstract compositions using Letraset dry transfers. Then, scan your compositions, vector trace, and use the laser cutter to cut out of different thicknesses of paper. These paper stencils will be placed behind your printing paper on the letterpress to create pressure prints. Lastly, set type for a phrase that reflects the mood of your compositions and print over top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577425803489-UYB9NAMY4CP7SHOO9ZYF/image-asset.jpeg Student Work Technique: Reductive three-layer monoprint (Ink is rolled onto plexiglass with a brayer and wiped away with q-tips and rags. Colors are then printed in overlapping layers on the same sheet of paper. ) 9”x12”, 2018 Prompt: Using a drawing as reference, design and print three color layers (yellow, magenta, and cyan) that are registered correctly to mimic your drawing and overlap to create six colors total. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424030601-MF09A1ETELRS89MZUJ53/Becker_Student_04.jpg Student Work Technique: monoprint using paper stencils, paintbrushes, and brayers on Plexiglas plate Each print 15”x11”, 2018 Prompt: Utilize Elements and Principles of Design and try at least three different monoprint techniques. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424032325-9LRYNE7ZA2E8469LMPVE/Becker_Student_05.JPG Student Work Technique: Graphite Pencil 19"x24", 2019 Prompt: Choose a composition using your viewfinder. Use sighting techniques to place objects on the page. Pay attention to proportion and spatial relationships between objects. Map out each object using expressive contour line. Use line variation to hint at tonal shifts and to describe the weight, mass, and form of the object. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424039649-A2J511NJ05CHG5SD95KW/Becker_Student_06.jpg Student Work Technique: Graphite Pencil 2019, 19"x24" Prompt: Draw (from life) a still life of 5 objects with curved surfaces. Make thoughtful decisions about dominant and secondary shapes and positive/negative space. Use cross contour line to depict each object volumetrically. The lines should follow the curvature of the form to depict a 3D object. Use sighting techniques to depict spatial relationships accurately. Use line variation / sensitive line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424044332-OW3EK4ND20WHE7OY5RZN/Becker_Student_07.JPG Student Work Technique: Graphite & Charcoal 24"x19", 2019 Value scales: Two rows of 1" x 5" value scales with 1" between each scale. Each scale divided into 1/2" increments. One row of scales should use tonal (smooth) shading. Do one scale for each of the following: 8b, 6b, 4b, hb, graphite stick, vine charcoal, compressed charcoal. The second row will include the same materials, but will use crosshatching instead of tonal shading Geometric Solids: Grid of six 4.5" x 4.5" squares. 1/2" of space between each square. Draw from life (models are set up in the studio). Use lamp for directional light. Row 1: Compressed charcoal with tonal shading. Draw a sphere in the first square, cube in the second, cylinder in the third. Include a horizon line for each. Row 2: Graphite with tonal shading. Square, cube, cylinder; horizon line for each. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424045505-XFK68KXULM9EG5WMOU5J/Becker_Student_08.jpg Student Work Technique: Ballpoint Pen 12”x18”, 2019 Prompt: Draw the same object from six different angles. Keep drawing until your pen runs out of ink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424047335-3WP6ZVN23NOWPMRRVX1D/Becker_Student_09.JPG Student Work Technique: Charcoal 18"x24", 2019 Prompt: Choose a composition using your viewfinder. Use sighting techniques to place objects on the page. Pay attention to proportion and spatial relationships between objects. When building value, consider the composition as a whole using a general-to-specific approach. Consider highlights, shadows, reflected light, and cast shadows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424050192-AQFC0ZZWCGHKAO34ROKO/Becker_Student_10.JPG Student Work Technique: Graphite 24”x19”, 2019 Prompt: Create a hybrid animal based on studies of taxidermy specimens drawn from life at the Natural History Museum and invent a landscape for your creature to live in. This assignment teaches students to combine imagery from multiple references and also helps them practice working with value and texture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424049141-9EHWMNGPCTF30LLD3ZLB/Becker_Student_11.JPG Student Work Technique: Charcoal, combining additive and reductive drawing methods 24”x19”, 2019 Prompt: Self-portrait with exaggerated facial expression. Your other decisions for the image (background, clothing/costume, stylistic decisions) should complement and support the emotion that is the theme of your drawing. Make sure your drawing demonstrates fully-developed tonal shading and correct sighting and proportions for portraiture, using the strategies we’ve practiced in class. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424071456-JJTOG22YKDWAC0ZFLBOQ/Becker_Student_12.jpg Student Work Technique: Graphite 24"x19", 2016 Prompt: Use the life drawing techniques we learned in class to draw from an image of a figure in motion. Pay attention to proportions, distribution of weight, and direction of axis lines to create a believable depiction of gravity and movement. Use a combination of line variation and tonal shading. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424052305-ZF46827JWY01BLG9YROK/Becker_Student_13.JPG Student Work Technique: charcoal and white chalk on oversize kraft paper. 4 foot x 6 foot, 2019 Prompt: Work in groups of 3 to build a 2-point perspective structure from your imagination. Decide as a group whether you want to construct an interior space (like a room), an exterior space (like a cityscape), or an abstract composition of geometric solids (3D shapes.) Once you have mapped out the forms, decide on an imagined light source and shade the whole composition using a full tonal range. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424055252-OMED51FM2IGFHUNLYDO1/Becker_Student_14.jpg Student Work Technique: Silkscreen Installation size: each wallpaper at least 36 square feet, 2019 Prompt: Students will explore the basics of silkscreen printing while designing repeating patterns. Their wallpaper patterns will come together in a collaborative large-scale installation. The workshop will take inspiration from contemporary artists like Virgil Marti and Renee Green whose use of pattern goes beyond the decorative and creates a viewer experience that is not only immersive but that also contains elements of narrative. We will also discuss the usefulness of the multiple in creating large-scale artworks. (The opening reception was attended by over 150 visitors. For many of the students, this was their first time discussing their work with viewers at an art opening.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424057209-TT1ORT4AYQJ5A13MPAMT/Becker_Student_15.jpg Student Work Technique: Linocut 24’x2’ installation, 2018 Prompt: Each student will design, carve, and print one building and one other object that might be found in a city. We will each print an edition of 5, and then cut out and collage our prints to create an imaginary skyline. We will work as a team to create a successful composition for the final skyline that takes both negative and positive space into consideration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424059187-HPJ1OOLT7T60M6T5YSGS/Becker_Student_16.jpg Student Work Technique: Linocut Detail of 24’x2’ installation, 2017 Prompt: Each student will design, carve, and print one building and one other object that might be found in a city. We will each print an edition of 5, and then cut out and collage our prints to create an imaginary skyline. We will work as a team to create a successful composition for the final skyline that takes both negative and positive space into consideration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424063429-7S84Y7LSFKPAHRB0HNG8/Becker_Student_17.jpg Student Work Technique: polyester lithography plate with laser-printed halftone, ballpoint pen, and sharpie. Hand-colored. 7”x10”, 2018 Prompt: Combine digital and hand-drawn imagery to create a narrative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424066087-TGEHDDGIVWT26H5VWLFI/Becker_Student_18.jpg Student Work Technique: Aluminum plate lithography with silkscreen color layers 22”x15”, 2018 Prompt: Research and respond to a theme in contemporary art. Students were provided with a list of themes and related resources and asked to fill out a worksheet that functioned as a precursor to an artist statement. As an ideation exercise, they answered questions under headings of, "previous work, personal experience, research & reference, contemporary & historical context, artistic influence, and personal goals." This student’s chosen theme was “The Body.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424069767-5ACNQK9YBB9N7G42QQOG/Becker_Student_19.jpg Student Work Technique: Seven-Layer Reductive Woodcut 15” x 11”, 2018 Prompt: This project is a woodcut image based on a song lyric, with colors chosen to reflect the mood of the song. The song this student referenced was You’re So Vain by Carly Simon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424072025-228ML81YRZ2R4D2V0R2L/Becker_Student_20.jpg Student Work Technique: 3D collage using cardboard, paper, acrylic paint, and Mod Podge. 12”x12”x5”, 2019 Prompt: Research an artist, present to the class, and create an artwork inspired by your research. The finished work should reference the artist without being a direct master copy. (This student chose Vincent Van Gogh and used a familiar image from art history to explore ways of blurring the lines between 2D and 3D media) http://www.maryclairebecker.com/selected-student-work daily 0.75 2020-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1578446395616-36QOQNKQAQI10FBE17PY/image-asset.jpeg Selected Student Work Silkscreen, 22”x15”, 2019 This print was made while the BFA student was reading Gaston Bachelard’s The Poetics of Space per my recommendation. She is interested in the memories contained within structures, the nostalgia of decay, and the relationship between environment and architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1578446395616-36QOQNKQAQI10FBE17PY/image-asset.jpeg Selected Student Work Silkscreen, 22”x15”, 2019 This print was made while the BFA student was reading Gaston Bachelard’s The Poetics of Space per my recommendation. She is interested in the memories contained within structures, the nostalgia of decay, and the relationship between environment and architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1578444439068-9S915EGM0JMFP6W8HHCO/Becker_Student_01.jpg Selected Student Work iPhone Photography, Digital Pigment Print, 25”x25”, 2019 This BFA student was interested in text as image, highlighting the strangeness of the mundane, and documenting patterns and textures from everyday objects. She was also interested in combinations of digital and analog. She made this piece after a one-on-one critique in which we discussed Marshall McLuhan, Fluxus, and Stephen Shore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1582492363213-Z0UUUR4ZATAXO4CHM80L/Becker_Student_03.jpg Selected Student Work Silkscreen and Acrylic Paint, Each Print 25”x22”, 2019 Diptych of screenprints based on digital drawing and combined with acrylic paint applied using artist-made brush. Brushes for the series were made from found materials (this one was metal chain). Drawings represent an imagined mapping of natural systems and pathways. This BFA student was interested in combinations of organic and industrial source imagery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1582490307953-CKJERQXNNRSP2DOMOZDD/image-asset.jpeg Selected Student Work Linocut and Monoprint, Detail of 12’ x 4’ Installation, 2020 Students responded to the following prompt: The year is 2500 and the Earth as we once knew it is completely changed. Humanity’s well-being is stable, but we have survived by living in a sterile, manmade, artificially-oxygenated environment. No currently living human has ever seen a flower, only images of them from the past. You are a collective of “worlds designers” tasked to design the new flowers for a virtual reality experience that will simulate Earth as humans from the past loved it best. Your task is to create something that fills the aesthetic void of the flowers’ absence. Each student carved one linocut flower. The class worked as a group to create monoprints and compose their wall installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424066087-TGEHDDGIVWT26H5VWLFI/Becker_Student_18.jpg Selected Student Work Aluminum Plate Lithography with Silkscreen Color Layers, 22”x15”, 2018 Prompt: Research and respond to a theme in contemporary art. Students were provided with a list of themes and related resources and asked to fill out a worksheet that functioned as a precursor to an artist statement. As an ideation exercise, they answered questions under headings of, "previous work, personal experience, research & reference, contemporary & historical context, artistic influence, and personal goals." This student’s chosen theme was “The Body.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1578444497431-79NA3Y5RP765NKXSH4WH/image-asset.jpeg Selected Student Work Intaglio (hardground, softground, aquatint, and à la poupée), 12”x9”, 2018 Prompt: Research and respond to a theme in contemporary art. Students were provided with a list of themes and related resources and asked to fill out a worksheet that functioned as a precursor to an artist statement. As an ideation exercise, they answered questions under headings of, "previous work, personal experience, research & reference, contemporary & historical context, artistic influence, and personal goals.” This student chose to explore the theme “Gender Identity.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424063429-7S84Y7LSFKPAHRB0HNG8/Becker_Student_17.jpg Selected Student Work Polyester lithography plate with laser-printed halftone, ballpoint pen, and sharpie, Hand-colored, 7”x10”, 2018 Prompt: Combine digital and hand-drawn imagery to create a narrative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424055252-OMED51FM2IGFHUNLYDO1/Becker_Student_14.jpg Selected Student Work Silkscreen, Each wallpaper at least 36 square feet, 2019 Prompt: Students will explore the basics of silkscreen printing while designing repeating patterns. Their wallpaper patterns will come together in a collaborative large-scale installation. The workshop will take inspiration from contemporary artists like Virgil Marti and Renee Green whose use of pattern goes beyond the decorative and creates a viewer experience that is not only immersive but that also contains elements of narrative. We will also discuss the usefulness of the multiple in creating large-scale artworks. (The opening reception was attended by over 150 visitors. For many of the students, this was their first time discussing their work with viewers at an art opening.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1578446537084-7PXVMDH29S6OOHYF3HE0/Becker_Student_08.jpg Selected Student Work Silkscreen, detail of 5' x 8' wallpaper, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1578446538368-U4C98XI63P0A2PGJPTAW/Becker_Student_09.jpg Selected Student Work Silkscreen using custom hand-mixed iridescent inks 6' x 10', 2018 Prompt: Explore the basics of silkscreen printing while designing repeating patterns. Discuss the usefulness of the multiple in creating large-scale artworks and the relevance of craft influence in contemporary art contexts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577425843961-4LADJSMPYTTBWEAPRTBW/image-asset.jpeg Selected Student Work Letraset, Laser-cut Paper, Letterpress Pressure Printing, Letterpress Typesetting, Each print 12"x9", 2019 Objectives: Work with letterforms to create abstract compositions, establish a relationship between foreground text and background image, and blend analog and digital processes. Prompt: First, create abstract compositions using Letraset dry transfers. Then, scan your compositions, vector trace, and use the laser cutter to cut out of different thicknesses of paper. These paper stencils will be placed behind your printing paper on the letterpress to create pressure prints. Lastly, set type for a phrase that reflects the mood of your compositions and print over top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424057209-TT1ORT4AYQJ5A13MPAMT/Becker_Student_15.jpg Selected Student Work Linocut, 24’x2’ installation, 2018 Prompt: Each student will design, carve, and print one building and one other object that might be found in a city. We will each print an edition of 5, and then cut out and collage our prints to create an imaginary skyline. We will work as a team to create a successful composition for the final skyline that takes both negative and positive space into consideration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424059187-HPJ1OOLT7T60M6T5YSGS/Becker_Student_16.jpg Selected Student Work Linocut, Detail of 24’x2’ installation, 2017 Prompt: Each student will design, carve, and print one building and one other object that might be found in a city. We will each print an edition of 5, and then cut out and collage our prints to create an imaginary skyline. We will work as a team to create a successful composition for the final skyline that takes both negative and positive space into consideration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424069767-5ACNQK9YBB9N7G42QQOG/Becker_Student_19.jpg Selected Student Work Seven-Layer Reductive Woodcut, 15” x 11”, 2018 Prompt: This project is a woodcut image based on a song lyric, with colors chosen to reflect the mood of the song. The song this student referenced was You’re So Vain by Carly Simon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1578446551829-DDRBC0JWW8QJY4WM3S62/Becker_Student_13.jpg Selected Student Work Experimental monotype using paper stencils, paintbrushes, and brayers on Plexiglas plate. Each print 15”x11”, 2018 Prompt: Create a diptych of two abstract compositions in conversation with each other. Utilize the elements and principles of design and try at least three different monoprint techniques. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1578446552871-O5H11AYGDRAHC5TK40VV/Becker_Student_14.jpg Selected Student Work Woodcut and Monoprint, 12"x9", 2018 Prompt: Use monoprinting techniques to plan color layers that register correctly with a woodblock key image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577425803489-UYB9NAMY4CP7SHOO9ZYF/image-asset.jpeg Selected Student Work Reductive three-layer monoprint (Ink is rolled onto plexiglass with a brayer and wiped away with q-tips and rags. Colors are then printed in overlapping layers on the same sheet of paper. ), 9”x12”, 2018 Prompt: Using a drawing as reference, design and print three color layers (yellow, magenta, and cyan) that are registered correctly to mimic your drawing and overlap to create six colors total. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1582489999413-OI4RYNA8ZHL3A0DZSO27/Becker_Student_01.jpg Selected Student Work Charcoal, india ink, cut paper. Each composition 12”x9”, 2019 Prompt: Choose three distinct shapes and duplicate them at various sizes, alternating between black, grey, and white. Collage the shapes together to demonstrate the Gestalt Principles as well as the Elements and Principles of Design. For each composition, write a paragraph describing how you used at least one Gestalt Principle, Element of Design, and Principle of Design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424050192-AQFC0ZZWCGHKAO34ROKO/Becker_Student_10.JPG Selected Student Work Graphite, 24”x19”, 2019 Prompt: Create a hybrid animal based on studies of taxidermy specimens drawn from life at the Natural History Museum and invent a landscape for your creature to live in. This assignment teaches students to combine imagery from multiple references and also helps them practice working with value and texture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424049141-9EHWMNGPCTF30LLD3ZLB/Becker_Student_11.JPG Selected Student Work Charcoal, combining additive and reductive drawing methods, 24”x19”, 2019 Prompt: Self-portrait with exaggerated facial expression. Your other decisions for the image (background, clothing/costume, stylistic decisions) should complement and support the emotion that is the theme of your drawing. Make sure your drawing demonstrates fully-developed tonal shading and correct sighting and proportions for portraiture, using the strategies we’ve practiced in class. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424052305-ZF46827JWY01BLG9YROK/Becker_Student_13.JPG Selected Student Work Charcoal and white chalk on oversize kraft paper, 4 foot x 6 foot, 2019 Prompt: Work in groups of 3 to build a 2-point perspective structure from your imagination. Decide as a group whether you want to construct an interior space (like a room), an exterior space (like a cityscape), or an abstract composition of geometric solids (3D shapes.) Once you have mapped out the forms, decide on an imagined light source and shade the whole composition using a full tonal range. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424072025-228ML81YRZ2R4D2V0R2L/Becker_Student_20.jpg Selected Student Work 3D collage using cardboard, paper, acrylic paint, and Mod Podge, 12”x12”x5”, 2019 Prompt: Research an artist, present to the class, and create an artwork inspired by your research. The finished work should reference the artist without being a direct master copy. (This student chose Vincent Van Gogh and used a familiar image from art history to explore ways of blurring the lines between 2D and 3D media) http://www.maryclairebecker.com/mosaic-virus daily 0.75 2023-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698795496112-T00Q2V6WCXX5XD11XOGM/DSC00425.jpg Mosaic Virus - Mosaic Virus 2023, Installation View, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698795496112-T00Q2V6WCXX5XD11XOGM/DSC00425.jpg Mosaic Virus - Mosaic Virus 2023, Installation View, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698795499191-CSN03ZI2WW5YL614MAQJ/DSC00460.jpg Mosaic Virus - Mosaic Virus 2023, Installation View, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698795505379-WY4OELNY808AVDVYO9DV/DSC00473.jpg Mosaic Virus - Mosaic Virus 2023, Installation View, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698795519524-DCV0HRB3KSPNCHU8T5ME/DSC00502.jpg Mosaic Virus - Tulipmania (Detail) 2019, Silkscreen, laser cut paper, and entomology pins, 20 ft x 6 ft https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698795496315-0HLN73NMGETKLI4QVJEQ/DSC00427.jpg Mosaic Virus - Mosaic Virus 2023, Installation View, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698795497240-PD31GV96CMKYDCE4JH51/DSC00434.jpg Mosaic Virus - Mosaic Virus 2023, Installation View, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1623773014239-TD4R390HCX9TGSR6EGYF/MaryClaireBecker_MosaicVirus4.jpg Mosaic Virus - Mosaic Virus IV (Anna Ruysch Redux) Handcarved linocut key image with laserengraved woodblock halftone color layers printed in cyan, magenta, and yellow. 30”x19” (28”x36” framed). 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1623772994453-X7Q8DNSUN6QBRXEE5TGT/MaryClaireBecker_MosaicVirus4_Detail.jpg Mosaic Virus - Mosaic Virus IV (Anna Ruysch Redux) Detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698795567899-TN7WYUFC4D43CHOQ190H/Becker+MosaicVirusV+AfterBathasarVanDerAst+web+size.jpg Mosaic Virus - Mosaic Virus V (After Balthasar van der Ast) Stone Lithography with Photolithography Color Layers, 13.5” x 11”, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1623772982930-TNUJINGSQ2609AWJ1A4Z/MaryClaireBecker_MosaicVirus2.jpg Mosaic Virus - Mosaic Virus II (After Ambrosius Bosschaert) Handcarved linocut key image with laser-engraved woodblock halftone color layers printed in cyan, magenta, and yellow 30”x22”. 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1623773002138-W7F2DJVFXDLHOMBHARV9/MaryClaireBecker_MosiacVirus2_Detail.jpg Mosaic Virus - Mosaic Virus II (After Ambrosius Bosschaert) Detail https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1623772976515-P8DSR3ZGCKKKRMDTO055/MaryClaireBecker_MosaicVirus1.jpg Mosaic Virus - Mosaic Virus I (After Hans Bollongier) Handcarved linocut key image with laser-engraved woodblock halftone color layers printed in cyan, magenta, and yellow. 30”x22”. 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698795541801-A5APKIGMJERGFNHLRFUE/aliasing+intaglio+triptych+copy.jpg Mosaic Virus - Aliasing 5 Intaglio, Each print 10” x 10”, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1623772988535-A4C937ECAFC1OQXX0YP0/MaryClaireBecker_MosaicVirus3.jpg Mosaic Virus - Mosaic Virus III (After Anna Ruysch) Handcarved linocut key image with laserengraved woodblock halftone color layers printed in cyan, magenta, and yellow. 17” x 12”. 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1623772988193-PWWT9MHAAWZIBB8M2AVS/MaryClaireBecker_DistortionDistillation.jpg Mosaic Virus - Distortion / Distillation (After Jacob Marrell) Handcarved linocut key image with laser-engraved woodblock halftone color layers printed in cyan, magenta, and yellow. 17”x 12”. 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698795556731-FRYXAZSTU65WSX82I2ID/Aliasing+6.jpg Mosaic Virus - Aliasing 6 Colored Pencil, 8”x8”, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698795559753-T0Z4EPLKK3KABYAWKAET/Aliasing+7.jpg Mosaic Virus - Aliasing 7 Colored Pencil, 8”x8”, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698795550247-AHVS3G9S230MDN0Y6S92/Aliasing+8.jpg Mosaic Virus - Aliasing 8 Colored Pencil, 8”x8”, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1623772950822-5OZ5APKTMTXLBQ0HUERR/MaryClaireBecker_Aliasing1.jpg Mosaic Virus - Aliasing 1 Colored Pencil, 8”x8”, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1623772950822-8NRMH5SQWRYG7UF1H0AQ/MaryClaireBecker_Aliasing2.JPG Mosaic Virus - Aliasing 2 Colored Pencil, 8”x8”, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1623772964448-8VPWBP586DM01YSSU20G/MaryClaireBecker_Aliasing3.jpg Mosaic Virus - Aliasing 3 Colored Pencil, 8”x8”, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1623772964304-XP1F4DH1CVQ7CJ506F51/MaryClaireBecker_Aliasing4.jpg Mosaic Virus - Aliasing 4 Colored Pencil, 8”x8”, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698794795884-J8OLJQAF54BSU15AWMBH/DSC00441.jpg Mosaic Virus - Mosaic Virus Installation View, Metropolitan Community Collage, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698795505793-DRNIBF4BT96GSOKAADTJ/DSC00470.jpg Mosaic Virus - Tulipmania: Mosaic Virus Silkscreen on Repositionable Vinyl and Rives BFK, Dimensions Variable, approx 12 ft x 12 ft x 18 ft, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698795509767-5W0P0S7FC5TIUGPVIBA0/DSC00480.jpg Mosaic Virus - Tulipmania: Mosaic Virus Silkscreen on Repositionable Vinyl and Rives BFK, Dimensions Variable, approx 12 ft x 12 ft x 18 ft, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1693863808789-RN5M5YRFBM742EL5R2KO/IMG_8256+copy.jpg Mosaic Virus - Tulipmania: Mosaic Virus (Detail) Silkscreen on Repositionable Vinyl and Rives BFK, Dimensions Variable, approx 12 ft x 12 ft x 18 ft, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698795358248-UUVINFSHS0F6M4VFIC6I/IMG_8256+copy.jpg Mosaic Virus - Tulipmania: Mosaic Virus (Detail) Silkscreen on Repositionable Vinyl and Rives BFK, Dimensions Variable, approx 12 ft x 12 ft x 18 ft, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698795501832-8MC92SQ2W1TOC5ZUD5UC/DSC00461.jpg Mosaic Virus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698795512924-5KFZH21292HX883O68GS/DSC00485.jpg Mosaic Virus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698795509128-S1DFI158P3PVU0GPJP8X/DSC00477.jpg Mosaic Virus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698795527523-IEEIAW62PH6HIZDO55UF/DSC00521.jpg Mosaic Virus - Mosaic Virus Installation View, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, NE, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698795526573-92PLBCWCO9XZGUOXWN40/DSC00517.jpg Mosaic Virus - Tulipmania Silkscreen with Lasercut Paper Dimensions Variable, approx 6 ft x 20 ft 2019 2023 Installation at Metropolitan Community College https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698795515520-7WLBJ9XLQBDJCCKQU89N/DSC00495.jpg Mosaic Virus - Tulipmania Silkscreen with Lasercut Paper Dimensions Variable, approx 6 ft x 20 ft 2019 2023 Installation at Metropolitan Community College https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698795515516-7R3VAQP0D0VT6MZN2HQV/DSC00498.jpg Mosaic Virus - Tulipmania Silkscreen with Lasercut Paper Dimensions Variable, approx 6 ft x 20 ft 2019 2023 Installation at Metropolitan Community College https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698795525145-KS57IY89TQ6T4DVP9NH4/DSC00511.jpg Mosaic Virus - Tulipmania Silkscreen with Lasercut Paper Dimensions Variable, approx 6 ft x 20 ft 2019 2023 Installation at Metropolitan Community College https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698795512402-41QUIMRELIIVFMTE8PZH/DSC00494.jpg Mosaic Virus - Tulipmania Silkscreen with Lasercut Paper Dimensions Variable, approx 6 ft x 20 ft 2019 2023 Installation at Metropolitan Community College https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698795519712-0JQ4JXS5NWX07S1RT3KD/DSC00500.jpg Mosaic Virus - Tulipmania Silkscreen with Lasercut Paper Dimensions Variable, approx 6 ft x 20 ft 2019 2023 Installation at Metropolitan Community College https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698795525722-SA54RWGKBRZESAG3711H/DSC00515.jpg Mosaic Virus - Tulipmania Silkscreen with Lasercut Paper Dimensions Variable, approx 6 ft x 20 ft 2019 2023 Installation at Metropolitan Community College https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698795523541-K21W2NIRRF75JIH6FI1Z/DSC00509.jpg Mosaic Virus - Tulipmania Silkscreen with Lasercut Paper Dimensions Variable, approx 6 ft x 20 ft 2019 2023 Installation at Metropolitan Community College https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1698795498618-A9EHRFN4M6A3CTQHPLAR/DSC00437.jpg Mosaic Virus - Mosaic Virus Installation View, Metropolitan Community College, 2023 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1623773713507-EFBN5U8FHDK2F4X4NTXH/MaryClaireBecker_Tulipmania_UWyo1.jpg Mosaic Virus - Tulipmania Silkscreen, Dimensions Variable, 2020, (On site at University of Wyoming). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1623773083457-3NBK541FZTOCBZ8K8A5N/MaryClaireBecker_Tulipmania_UWyo5.jpg Mosaic Virus - Tulipmania Silkscreen, Dimensions Variable, 2020, (On site at University of Wyoming). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1623773033464-BBIG4IMG541SBRJ855BJ/MaryClaireBecker_Tulipmania_Broward3.jpg Mosaic Virus - Tulipmania Silkscreen, Dimensions Variable, 2020, (On site at Rosemary Duffy Larson Gallery, Broward College). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1623773017147-R8HIQ6SW91H5M25AJXWN/MaryClaireBecker_Tulipmania_Broward.jpg Mosaic Virus - Tulipmania Silkscreen, Dimensions Variable, 2020, (On site at Rosemary Duffy Larson Gallery, Broward College). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1623773028875-MR662JAETT0NRBVXI7NR/MaryClaireBecker_Tulipmania_Broward2.jpg Mosaic Virus - Tulipmania Silkscreen, Dimensions Variable, 2020, (On site at Rosemary Duffy Larson Gallery, Broward College). http://www.maryclairebecker.com/about daily 0.75 2025-11-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1451356089083-ETCZGXVOS6K8MSRMMWER/image-asset.jpeg About http://www.maryclairebecker.com/new-page daily 1.0 2019-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1559252792228-W8ZYD1N7N5HQP1CUF60G/Scenic+UnReal+Gallery+View Home http://www.maryclairebecker.com/artist-statement daily 0.75 2023-10-31 http://www.maryclairebecker.com/selected-portfolio daily 0.75 2019-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577412388437-3GTXKH9ZP7K446XFJLA8/image-asset.jpeg Selected Portfolio The Scenic Unreal, 2019, Gallery Installation View Lithography, digital pigment print, mixed-media sculpture, video animation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577422882892-PHKNSC0RUWX8ADR836TU/Becker02.jpg Selected Portfolio The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, After Thomas Moran, 2019, 50” x 10” x 10” Slip-cast porcelain, papier-mache, acrylic paint, globe, wood, digital pigment print, LED lights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577412696458-5HSTAJNZ6LW25HGE8MDI/image-asset.jpeg Selected Portfolio The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, After Thomas Moran, 2019, Detail of 50” x 10” x 10” sculpture Slip-cast porcelain, papier-mache, acrylic paint, globe, wood, digital pigment print, LED lights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577422895069-M1NYVV8IYBAWAAR5EMM1/Becker05.jpg Selected Portfolio Experience the Great Outdoors, 2019, 28” x 22” Stone lithography and photolithography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547163860443-4JA4ZPWB85PSKZ9QWO3T/slide10.jpg Selected Portfolio Wallpaper for Digital Botanists, 2019, Detail of 6’ x 8’ x 8’ installation Linocut digitally-scanned, distorted in Photoshop, and output as digital pigment print https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577422949015-BV8JVRVXXF1GK03O2N0G/Becker08.jpg Selected Portfolio Mosaic Virus I (After Hans Bollongier), 2019, 30”x22” Handcarved linocut with laser-cut woodblock halftone color layers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577422954458-T4877LLJVFAGRRUTZA5I/Becker09.jpg Selected Portfolio Mosaic Virus II (After Ambrosius Bosschaert), 2019, 30”x22” Handcarved linocut with laser-cut woodblock halftone color layers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577422953333-JEILGMW8WDZUZ0QRYD40/Becker10.jpg Selected Portfolio Mosaic Virus II (After Ambrosius Bosschaert), 2019, detail of 30”x22” print Handcarved linocut with laser-cut woodblock halftone color layers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577422954944-DYOR9SNXDV31HSN2QOUO/Becker11.jpg Selected Portfolio When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be, 2018, Gallery Installation View Letterpress-printed linocut, lithography, silkscreen, ceramics, stop-motion animation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547163705480-VS6QMSJNXFCCKAAI1VQN/slide3.jpg Selected Portfolio Garland, 2018, detail of 6’ x 12’ installation Plotter-cut lithograph and silkscreen prints, slip-cast porcelain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547163698802-Q7J07DH1UHTERBOJ6613/slide2.jpg Selected Portfolio Garland, 2018, 6’ x 12’ Plotter-cut lithograph and silkscreen prints, slip-cast porcelain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547163710116-UO0LD9UT4XUN5EWB0M05/slide4.jpg Selected Portfolio Two Vases, 2018, 12” x 8” x 8” Stoneware with sgraffito, china paint, and gold luster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547162109695-A5YNLNVXLXLUXUGRL852/slide5.jpg Selected Portfolio Parlour Bramble (Pigeon Year), 2018, Detail of 11’ x 26’ Installation Letterpress-printed reduction linocut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547163898104-M3014BZZ4UTEYMS3E6BS/slide12.jpg Selected Portfolio The Gardener and The Gardened, 2017, 5’ x 8’ Laser-cut paper, woodcut and silkscreen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547163903324-6V1IAG1HJFGEBP7KMBIL/slide13.jpg Selected Portfolio The Gardener and The Gardened, 2017, Detail of 5’ x 8’ installation Laser-cut paper, woodcut and silkscreen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547163918152-R7IR7M8XO84FW7YXHHVD/slide15.jpg Selected Portfolio Courthouse Falls, 2016, 20” x 15” Stone lithography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547163935155-M1HM6OCH4CP56EOU2UWX/slide16.jpg Selected Portfolio Graveyard Fields, 201, 40” x 30” x 4” Stone lithography, photolithography, silkscreen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424024068-KNR1XDVAVP0KP1YJRGOM/Becker_Student_01.jpg Selected Portfolio Technique: Charcoal, india ink, cut paper Each composition 12”x9”, 2019 Prompt: Choose three distinct shapes and duplicate them at various sizes, alternating between black, grey, and white. Collage together to create three compositions that demonstrate the Gestalt Principles as well as the Elements and Principles of Design. For each composition, write a paragraph describing how you used at least one Gestalt Principle, Element of Design, and Principle of Design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577425843961-4LADJSMPYTTBWEAPRTBW/image-asset.jpeg Selected Portfolio Technique: Letraset, laser-cut paper, letterpress pressure printing, letterpress typesetting Each print 12"x9", 2019 Objectives: Work with letterforms to create abstract compositions, establish a relationship between foreground text and background image, and blend analog and digital processes. Prompt: First, create abstract compositions using Letraset dry transfers. Then, scan your compositions, vector trace, and use the laser cutter to cut out of different thicknesses of paper. These paper stencils will be placed behind your printing paper on the letterpress to create pressure prints. Lastly, set type for a phrase that reflects the mood of your compositions and print over top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577425803489-UYB9NAMY4CP7SHOO9ZYF/image-asset.jpeg Selected Portfolio Technique: Reductive three-layer monoprint (Ink is rolled onto plexiglass with a brayer and wiped away with q-tips and rags. Colors are then printed in overlapping layers on the same sheet of paper. ) 9”x12”, 2018 Prompt: Using a drawing as reference, design and print three color layers (yellow, magenta, and cyan) that are registered correctly to mimic your drawing and overlap to create six colors total. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424030601-MF09A1ETELRS89MZUJ53/Becker_Student_04.jpg Selected Portfolio Technique: monoprint using paper stencils, paintbrushes, and brayers on Plexiglas plate Each print 15”x11”, 2018 Prompt: Utilize Elements and Principles of Design and try at least three different monoprint techniques. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424032325-9LRYNE7ZA2E8469LMPVE/Becker_Student_05.JPG Selected Portfolio Technique: Graphite Pencil 19"x24", 2019 Prompt: Choose a composition using your viewfinder. Use sighting techniques to place objects on the page. Pay attention to proportion and spatial relationships between objects. Map out each object using expressive contour line. Use line variation to hint at tonal shifts and to describe the weight, mass, and form of the object. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424039649-A2J511NJ05CHG5SD95KW/Becker_Student_06.jpg Selected Portfolio Technique: Graphite Pencil 2019, 19"x24" Prompt: Draw (from life) a still life of 5 objects with curved surfaces. Make thoughtful decisions about dominant and secondary shapes and positive/negative space. Use cross contour line to depict each object volumetrically. The lines should follow the curvature of the form to depict a 3D object. Use sighting techniques to depict spatial relationships accurately. Use line variation / sensitive line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424044332-OW3EK4ND20WHE7OY5RZN/Becker_Student_07.JPG Selected Portfolio Technique: Graphite & Charcoal 24"x19", 2019 Value scales: Two rows of 1" x 5" value scales with 1" between each scale. Each scale divided into 1/2" increments. One row of scales should use tonal (smooth) shading. Do one scale for each of the following: 8b, 6b, 4b, hb, graphite stick, vine charcoal, compressed charcoal. The second row will include the same materials, but will use crosshatching instead of tonal shading Geometric Solids: Grid of six 4.5" x 4.5" squares. 1/2" of space between each square. Draw from life (models are set up in the studio). Use lamp for directional light. Row 1: Compressed charcoal with tonal shading. Draw a sphere in the first square, cube in the second, cylinder in the third. Include a horizon line for each. Row 2: Graphite with tonal shading. Square, cube, cylinder; horizon line for each. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424045505-XFK68KXULM9EG5WMOU5J/Becker_Student_08.jpg Selected Portfolio Technique: Ballpoint Pen 12”x18”, 2019 Prompt: Draw the same object from six different angles. Keep drawing until your pen runs out of ink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424047335-3WP6ZVN23NOWPMRRVX1D/Becker_Student_09.JPG Selected Portfolio Technique: Charcoal 18"x24", 2019 Prompt: Choose a composition using your viewfinder. Use sighting techniques to place objects on the page. Pay attention to proportion and spatial relationships between objects. When building value, consider the composition as a whole using a general-to-specific approach. Consider highlights, shadows, reflected light, and cast shadows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424050192-AQFC0ZZWCGHKAO34ROKO/Becker_Student_10.JPG Selected Portfolio Technique: Graphite 24”x19”, 2019 Prompt: Create a hybrid animal based on studies of taxidermy specimens drawn from life at the Natural History Museum and invent a landscape for your creature to live in. This assignment teaches students to combine imagery from multiple references and also helps them practice working with value and texture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424049141-9EHWMNGPCTF30LLD3ZLB/Becker_Student_11.JPG Selected Portfolio Technique: Charcoal, combining additive and reductive drawing methods 24”x19”, 2019 Prompt: Self-portrait with exaggerated facial expression. Your other decisions for the image (background, clothing/costume, stylistic decisions) should complement and support the emotion that is the theme of your drawing. Make sure your drawing demonstrates fully-developed tonal shading and correct sighting and proportions for portraiture, using the strategies we’ve practiced in class. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424071456-JJTOG22YKDWAC0ZFLBOQ/Becker_Student_12.jpg Selected Portfolio Technique: Graphite 24"x19", 2016 Prompt: Use the life drawing techniques we learned in class to draw from an image of a figure in motion. Pay attention to proportions, distribution of weight, and direction of axis lines to create a believable depiction of gravity and movement. Use a combination of line variation and tonal shading. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424052305-ZF46827JWY01BLG9YROK/Becker_Student_13.JPG Selected Portfolio Technique: charcoal and white chalk on oversize kraft paper. 4 foot x 6 foot, 2019 Prompt: Work in groups of 3 to build a 2-point perspective structure from your imagination. Decide as a group whether you want to construct an interior space (like a room), an exterior space (like a cityscape), or an abstract composition of geometric solids (3D shapes.) Once you have mapped out the forms, decide on an imagined light source and shade the whole composition using a full tonal range. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424055252-OMED51FM2IGFHUNLYDO1/Becker_Student_14.jpg Selected Portfolio Technique: Silkscreen Installation size: each wallpaper at least 36 square feet, 2019 Prompt: Students will explore the basics of silkscreen printing while designing repeating patterns. Their wallpaper patterns will come together in a collaborative large-scale installation. The workshop will take inspiration from contemporary artists like Virgil Marti and Renee Green whose use of pattern goes beyond the decorative and creates a viewer experience that is not only immersive but that also contains elements of narrative. We will also discuss the usefulness of the multiple in creating large-scale artworks. (The opening reception was attended by over 150 visitors. For many of the students, this was their first time discussing their work with viewers at an art opening.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424057209-TT1ORT4AYQJ5A13MPAMT/Becker_Student_15.jpg Selected Portfolio Technique: Linocut 24’x2’ installation, 2018 Prompt: Each student will design, carve, and print one building and one other object that might be found in a city. We will each print an edition of 5, and then cut out and collage our prints to create an imaginary skyline. We will work as a team to create a successful composition for the final skyline that takes both negative and positive space into consideration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424059187-HPJ1OOLT7T60M6T5YSGS/Becker_Student_16.jpg Selected Portfolio Technique: Linocut Detail of 24’x2’ installation, 2017 Prompt: Each student will design, carve, and print one building and one other object that might be found in a city. We will each print an edition of 5, and then cut out and collage our prints to create an imaginary skyline. We will work as a team to create a successful composition for the final skyline that takes both negative and positive space into consideration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424063429-7S84Y7LSFKPAHRB0HNG8/Becker_Student_17.jpg Selected Portfolio Technique: polyester lithography plate with laser-printed halftone, ballpoint pen, and sharpie. Hand-colored. 7”x10”, 2018 Prompt: Combine digital and hand-drawn imagery to create a narrative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424066087-TGEHDDGIVWT26H5VWLFI/Becker_Student_18.jpg Selected Portfolio Technique: Aluminum plate lithography with silkscreen color layers 22”x15”, 2018 Prompt: Research and respond to a theme in contemporary art. Students were provided with a list of themes and related resources and asked to fill out a worksheet that functioned as a precursor to an artist statement. As an ideation exercise, they answered questions under headings of, "previous work, personal experience, research & reference, contemporary & historical context, artistic influence, and personal goals." This student’s chosen theme was “The Body.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424069767-5ACNQK9YBB9N7G42QQOG/Becker_Student_19.jpg Selected Portfolio Technique: Seven-Layer Reductive Woodcut 15” x 11”, 2018 Prompt: This project is a woodcut image based on a song lyric, with colors chosen to reflect the mood of the song. The song this student referenced was You’re So Vain by Carly Simon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424072025-228ML81YRZ2R4D2V0R2L/Becker_Student_20.jpg Selected Portfolio Technique: 3D collage using cardboard, paper, acrylic paint, and Mod Podge. 12”x12”x5”, 2019 Prompt: Research an artist, present to the class, and create an artwork inspired by your research. The finished work should reference the artist without being a direct master copy. (This student chose Vincent Van Gogh and used a familiar image from art history to explore ways of blurring the lines between 2D and 3D media) http://www.maryclairebecker.com/sample-portfolio daily 0.75 2020-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577412388437-3GTXKH9ZP7K446XFJLA8/image-asset.jpeg Sample Portfolio The Scenic Unreal, 2019, Gallery Installation View Lithography, digital pigment print, mixed-media sculpture, video animation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577422882892-PHKNSC0RUWX8ADR836TU/Becker02.jpg Sample Portfolio The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, After Thomas Moran, 2019, 50” x 10” x 10” Slip-cast porcelain, papier-mache, acrylic paint, globe, wood, digital pigment print, LED lights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577412696458-5HSTAJNZ6LW25HGE8MDI/image-asset.jpeg Sample Portfolio The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, After Thomas Moran, 2019, Detail of 50” x 10” x 10” sculpture Slip-cast porcelain, papier-mache, acrylic paint, globe, wood, digital pigment print, LED lights https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577422895069-M1NYVV8IYBAWAAR5EMM1/Becker05.jpg Sample Portfolio Experience the Great Outdoors, 2019, 28” x 22” Stone lithography and photolithography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547163860443-4JA4ZPWB85PSKZ9QWO3T/slide10.jpg Sample Portfolio Wallpaper for Digital Botanists, 2019, Detail of 6’ x 8’ x 8’ installation Linocut digitally-scanned, distorted in Photoshop, and output as digital pigment print https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577422949015-BV8JVRVXXF1GK03O2N0G/Becker08.jpg Sample Portfolio Mosaic Virus I (After Hans Bollongier), 2019, 30”x22” Handcarved linocut with laser-cut woodblock halftone color layers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577422954458-T4877LLJVFAGRRUTZA5I/Becker09.jpg Sample Portfolio Mosaic Virus II (After Ambrosius Bosschaert), 2019, 30”x22” Handcarved linocut with laser-cut woodblock halftone color layers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577422953333-JEILGMW8WDZUZ0QRYD40/Becker10.jpg Sample Portfolio Mosaic Virus II (After Ambrosius Bosschaert), 2019, detail of 30”x22” print Handcarved linocut with laser-cut woodblock halftone color layers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577422954944-DYOR9SNXDV31HSN2QOUO/Becker11.jpg Sample Portfolio When The Real Is No Longer What It Used To Be, 2018, Gallery Installation View Letterpress-printed linocut, lithography, silkscreen, ceramics, stop-motion animation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547163705480-VS6QMSJNXFCCKAAI1VQN/slide3.jpg Sample Portfolio Garland, 2018, detail of 6’ x 12’ installation Plotter-cut lithograph and silkscreen prints, slip-cast porcelain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547163698802-Q7J07DH1UHTERBOJ6613/slide2.jpg Sample Portfolio Garland, 2018, 6’ x 12’ Plotter-cut lithograph and silkscreen prints, slip-cast porcelain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547163710116-UO0LD9UT4XUN5EWB0M05/slide4.jpg Sample Portfolio Two Vases, 2018, 12” x 8” x 8” Stoneware with sgraffito, china paint, and gold luster https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547162109695-A5YNLNVXLXLUXUGRL852/slide5.jpg Sample Portfolio Parlour Bramble (Pigeon Year), 2018, Detail of 11’ x 26’ Installation Letterpress-printed reduction linocut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547163898104-M3014BZZ4UTEYMS3E6BS/slide12.jpg Sample Portfolio The Gardener and The Gardened, 2017, 5’ x 8’ Laser-cut paper, woodcut and silkscreen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547163903324-6V1IAG1HJFGEBP7KMBIL/slide13.jpg Sample Portfolio The Gardener and The Gardened, 2017, Detail of 5’ x 8’ installation Laser-cut paper, woodcut and silkscreen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547163918152-R7IR7M8XO84FW7YXHHVD/slide15.jpg Sample Portfolio Courthouse Falls, 2016, 20” x 15” Stone lithography https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1547163935155-M1HM6OCH4CP56EOU2UWX/slide16.jpg Sample Portfolio Graveyard Fields, 201, 40” x 30” x 4” Stone lithography, photolithography, silkscreen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1578446395616-36QOQNKQAQI10FBE17PY/image-asset.jpeg Sample Portfolio Silkscreen, 22”x15”, 2019 This print was made while the BFA student was reading Gaston Bachelard’s The Poetics of Space per my recommendation. She is interested in the memories contained within structures, the nostalgia of decay, and the relationship between environment and architecture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1578444439068-9S915EGM0JMFP6W8HHCO/Becker_Student_01.jpg Sample Portfolio iPhone Photography, Digital Pigment Print, 25”x25”, 2019 This BFA student was interested in text as image, highlighting the strangeness of the mundane, and documenting patterns and textures from everyday objects. She was also interested in combinations of digital and analog. She made this piece after a one-on-one critique in which we discussed Marshall McLuhan, Fluxus, and Stephen Shore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1582492363213-Z0UUUR4ZATAXO4CHM80L/Becker_Student_03.jpg Sample Portfolio Silkscreen and Acrylic Paint, Each Print 25”x22”, 2019 Diptych of screenprints based on digital drawing and combined with acrylic paint applied using artist-made brush. Brushes for the series were made from found materials (this one was metal chain). Drawings represent an imagined mapping of natural systems and pathways. This BFA student was interested in combinations of organic and industrial source imagery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1582490307953-CKJERQXNNRSP2DOMOZDD/image-asset.jpeg Sample Portfolio Linocut and Monoprint, Detail of 12’ x 4’ Installation, 2020 Students responded to the following prompt: The year is 2500 and the Earth as we once knew it is completely changed. Humanity’s well-being is stable, but we have survived by living in a sterile, manmade, artificially-oxygenated environment. No currently living human has ever seen a flower, only images of them from the past. You are a collective of “worlds designers” tasked to design the new flowers for a virtual reality experience that will simulate Earth as humans from the past loved it best. Your task is to create something that fills the aesthetic void of the flowers’ absence. Each student carved one linocut flower. The class worked as a group to create monoprints and compose their wall installation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424066087-TGEHDDGIVWT26H5VWLFI/Becker_Student_18.jpg Sample Portfolio Aluminum Plate Lithography with Silkscreen Color Layers, 22”x15”, 2018 Prompt: Research and respond to a theme in contemporary art. Students were provided with a list of themes and related resources and asked to fill out a worksheet that functioned as a precursor to an artist statement. As an ideation exercise, they answered questions under headings of, "previous work, personal experience, research & reference, contemporary & historical context, artistic influence, and personal goals." This student’s chosen theme was “The Body.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1578444497431-79NA3Y5RP765NKXSH4WH/image-asset.jpeg Sample Portfolio Intaglio (hardground, softground, aquatint, and à la poupée), 12”x9”, 2018 Prompt: Research and respond to a theme in contemporary art. Students were provided with a list of themes and related resources and asked to fill out a worksheet that functioned as a precursor to an artist statement. As an ideation exercise, they answered questions under headings of, "previous work, personal experience, research & reference, contemporary & historical context, artistic influence, and personal goals.” This student chose to explore the theme “Gender Identity.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424063429-7S84Y7LSFKPAHRB0HNG8/Becker_Student_17.jpg Sample Portfolio Polyester lithography plate with laser-printed halftone, ballpoint pen, and sharpie, Hand-colored, 7”x10”, 2018 Prompt: Combine digital and hand-drawn imagery to create a narrative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424055252-OMED51FM2IGFHUNLYDO1/Becker_Student_14.jpg Sample Portfolio Silkscreen, Each wallpaper at least 36 square feet, 2019 Prompt: Students will explore the basics of silkscreen printing while designing repeating patterns. Their wallpaper patterns will come together in a collaborative large-scale installation. The workshop will take inspiration from contemporary artists like Virgil Marti and Renee Green whose use of pattern goes beyond the decorative and creates a viewer experience that is not only immersive but that also contains elements of narrative. We will also discuss the usefulness of the multiple in creating large-scale artworks. (The opening reception was attended by over 150 visitors. For many of the students, this was their first time discussing their work with viewers at an art opening.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1578446537084-7PXVMDH29S6OOHYF3HE0/Becker_Student_08.jpg Sample Portfolio Silkscreen, detail of 5' x 8' wallpaper, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1578446538368-U4C98XI63P0A2PGJPTAW/Becker_Student_09.jpg Sample Portfolio Silkscreen using custom hand-mixed iridescent inks 6' x 10', 2018 Prompt: Explore the basics of silkscreen printing while designing repeating patterns. Discuss the usefulness of the multiple in creating large-scale artworks and the relevance of craft influence in contemporary art contexts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577425843961-4LADJSMPYTTBWEAPRTBW/image-asset.jpeg Sample Portfolio Letraset, Laser-cut Paper, Letterpress Pressure Printing, Letterpress Typesetting, Each print 12"x9", 2019 Objectives: Work with letterforms to create abstract compositions, establish a relationship between foreground text and background image, and blend analog and digital processes. Prompt: First, create abstract compositions using Letraset dry transfers. Then, scan your compositions, vector trace, and use the laser cutter to cut out of different thicknesses of paper. These paper stencils will be placed behind your printing paper on the letterpress to create pressure prints. Lastly, set type for a phrase that reflects the mood of your compositions and print over top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424057209-TT1ORT4AYQJ5A13MPAMT/Becker_Student_15.jpg Sample Portfolio Linocut, 24’x2’ installation, 2018 Prompt: Each student will design, carve, and print one building and one other object that might be found in a city. We will each print an edition of 5, and then cut out and collage our prints to create an imaginary skyline. We will work as a team to create a successful composition for the final skyline that takes both negative and positive space into consideration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424059187-HPJ1OOLT7T60M6T5YSGS/Becker_Student_16.jpg Sample Portfolio Linocut, Detail of 24’x2’ installation, 2017 Prompt: Each student will design, carve, and print one building and one other object that might be found in a city. We will each print an edition of 5, and then cut out and collage our prints to create an imaginary skyline. We will work as a team to create a successful composition for the final skyline that takes both negative and positive space into consideration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424069767-5ACNQK9YBB9N7G42QQOG/Becker_Student_19.jpg Sample Portfolio Seven-Layer Reductive Woodcut, 15” x 11”, 2018 Prompt: This project is a woodcut image based on a song lyric, with colors chosen to reflect the mood of the song. The song this student referenced was You’re So Vain by Carly Simon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1578446551829-DDRBC0JWW8QJY4WM3S62/Becker_Student_13.jpg Sample Portfolio Experimental monotype using paper stencils, paintbrushes, and brayers on Plexiglas plate. Each print 15”x11”, 2018 Prompt: Create a diptych of two abstract compositions in conversation with each other. Utilize the elements and principles of design and try at least three different monoprint techniques. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1578446552871-O5H11AYGDRAHC5TK40VV/Becker_Student_14.jpg Sample Portfolio Woodcut and Monoprint, 12"x9", 2018 Prompt: Use monoprinting techniques to plan color layers that register correctly with a woodblock key image. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577425803489-UYB9NAMY4CP7SHOO9ZYF/image-asset.jpeg Sample Portfolio Reductive three-layer monoprint (Ink is rolled onto plexiglass with a brayer and wiped away with q-tips and rags. Colors are then printed in overlapping layers on the same sheet of paper. ), 9”x12”, 2018 Prompt: Using a drawing as reference, design and print three color layers (yellow, magenta, and cyan) that are registered correctly to mimic your drawing and overlap to create six colors total. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1582489999413-OI4RYNA8ZHL3A0DZSO27/Becker_Student_01.jpg Sample Portfolio Charcoal, india ink, cut paper. Each composition 12”x9”, 2019 Prompt: Choose three distinct shapes and duplicate them at various sizes, alternating between black, grey, and white. Collage the shapes together to demonstrate the Gestalt Principles as well as the Elements and Principles of Design. For each composition, write a paragraph describing how you used at least one Gestalt Principle, Element of Design, and Principle of Design. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424050192-AQFC0ZZWCGHKAO34ROKO/Becker_Student_10.JPG Sample Portfolio Graphite, 24”x19”, 2019 Prompt: Create a hybrid animal based on studies of taxidermy specimens drawn from life at the Natural History Museum and invent a landscape for your creature to live in. This assignment teaches students to combine imagery from multiple references and also helps them practice working with value and texture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424049141-9EHWMNGPCTF30LLD3ZLB/Becker_Student_11.JPG Sample Portfolio Charcoal, combining additive and reductive drawing methods, 24”x19”, 2019 Prompt: Self-portrait with exaggerated facial expression. Your other decisions for the image (background, clothing/costume, stylistic decisions) should complement and support the emotion that is the theme of your drawing. Make sure your drawing demonstrates fully-developed tonal shading and correct sighting and proportions for portraiture, using the strategies we’ve practiced in class. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424052305-ZF46827JWY01BLG9YROK/Becker_Student_13.JPG Sample Portfolio Charcoal and white chalk on oversize kraft paper, 4 foot x 6 foot, 2019 Prompt: Work in groups of 3 to build a 2-point perspective structure from your imagination. Decide as a group whether you want to construct an interior space (like a room), an exterior space (like a cityscape), or an abstract composition of geometric solids (3D shapes.) Once you have mapped out the forms, decide on an imagined light source and shade the whole composition using a full tonal range. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/565b8535e4b00f188f4d43c8/1577424072025-228ML81YRZ2R4D2V0R2L/Becker_Student_20.jpg Sample Portfolio 3D collage using cardboard, paper, acrylic paint, and Mod Podge, 12”x12”x5”, 2019 Prompt: Research an artist, present to the class, and create an artwork inspired by your research. The finished work should reference the artist without being a direct master copy. (This student chose Vincent Van Gogh and used a familiar image from art history to explore ways of blurring the lines between 2D and 3D media)