Deborah Remington

I collaborated on three different litho projects with Deborah (1930-2010) starting with “Drava” at Tamarind Institute— three blends and five runs, in 1978. I had seen other prints of hers and was thrilled to work with her. The paintings she did were very large and finely rendered with “blended” color passages so I knew I would be challenged with her litho.

Deborah’s first litho with me was made up of all flats and several blends. Registration and flawless flats presented a difficult challenge for me. At least it wasn’t a large image! The second print we did with her was at Ocean Works in the early 80’s. Once more flats and blends made up the image.

Her images were at a retrospective in the Newport Harbor Art Museum. We worked with the museum to finish the print projects so that impressions could be sold at the opening and during the duration of the show. The beautiful print below is titled, “Praia”, and can be found on this site in our Shop.

She wanted me to print our third and final project for the Cleveland Print Club. I had moved my studio up to Spokane, WA on a five acre lot in the summer of 1984. We had a 30’x45’ cedar barn with 15’ ceilings, which we renovated with windows, water, electricity, and a concrete floor. It was a wonderful workspace. Our house had a spare artist room. This convenient work arrangement, combined with the beautiful pines on the grounds made for a wonderful collaborative environment for many artists. It was easy for Deborah and I to put in long days. I looked forward to her drawing on stones because her first two prints were gum-out flats on plates. This print is “Quadra” and has 7 colors with 3 stones and 4 plates. Some of the texture was created by inking Arches paper, cutting out shapes, and running the pieces through the press onto the stone. The edition length was very long; 250 plus 34 color trial proofs and other shop impressions.