Kim Osgood

With Plenty, her new exhibition, Kim Osgood presents a new selection of her brilliantly colorful and exuberant monotypes. Her lively compositions incorporate birds, plants, flowers, fruit, books, and a variety of landscape settings. Her inspiration can come from memories, photographs, or the flora and fauna that populate the Northwest landscape. These visual diaries are begun intuitively by laying out a composition with oil-based printing inks, from which she then creates monotypes; a process using an offset press to make one-of-a-kind works on paper. This spontaneous and ephemeral technique suits Osgood artistically; her personal expression is interpreted directly into a distinct vocabulary of bold imagery and vibrant color.  By using different ink consistencies in her compositions, she enhances the richly built up surfaces of the completed monotype.  The irresistible vivacity that runs throughout her work reflects the energy and enthusiasm of the artist herself.