About This Item:

Relief Monoprint

Diptych

34”L x 2”W x 26”H

“I’ve been a collector of what I call Treasures all my life. What some people call detritus I call a treasure. Whether it’s a piece of shell, seaweed, a pebble with unique striations or some object found on the ground or in shallow water that I cannot name, it all has value to me. In this series abstract forms of shell parts and seaweed pieces are printed together with linear wind map images from laser etched plexi plates to create multicolored, multilayered monoprints. This work records my interest in strange configurations in nature and is a way to explore a new idea.”

-Lisa Schonberg

Lisa Schonberg is an artist who explores the world of printmaking through a variety of processes including relief, intaglio, monoprinting, screenprinting and cyanotype work. Her subject matter and conceptual ideas are derived from an inquisitive observation of the natural world and the fascinating parallels that aspects in nature have with various conditions and stages in human life.

Lisa has an MFA in Printmaking from Kent State University and a BFA from Ohio University. Recently retired from teaching, her career includes teaching in public and private schools (K-12), local colleges and participating in several artists’ residencies and internships. She has also been a resident artist at Zygote Press in Cleveland for 14 years, where she prints and teaches.

She has exhibited her work in juried, invitational and solo shows as well
as local, regional and international galleries since 1984. Lisa has artwork in collections such as the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, the Grafikwerkstatt in Dresden, Germany as well as in various other corporate and private collections.