Deborah Geurtze

"I continue to explore the perceptual possibilities of the panorama. My work speaks to a deep affection for the wild and unnamed places, the nobility of small lives, lived deeply, and small places, lost in time." 

Deborah Geurtze, of Hudson River Dutch ancestry was born in Albany, N.Y. and attended Rhode Island School of Design. She studied printmaking with Robert Bero at the State University College of Potsdam, N.Y.

After teaching abroad at the American school of Tangier, Morocco, and at Vail (Co.) Mountain School, she returned to upstate New York, and established her studio in an historic 1838 Greek revival "mansion", where she has worked for the past 25 years.

She travels whenever possible with her children: Hanne a public interest attorney, and Peter, an artist and linguist.

She regularly climbs winter and summer in the High Peaks of the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York.

Studio:

558 Greenough Road
Cooperstown, N.Y. 13326
(607) 547-9005

dgeurtze@yahoo.com
www.deborahgeurtze.com

 

About Etching: Deborah Geurtze uses the centuries-old techniques first popularized by Rembrandt and Durer. The materials and formulas remain virtually the same. The artists idea is drawn directly on a zinc or copper plate which has been coated with an acid acid-impervious wax. The drawing is etched in a solution of acid and then printed. That's "State I". The idea is further developed in successive states. When acceptable, in edition of prints is made, being printed one at a time by the artist. The ink is rubbed into the lines, then wiped from the surface with a starched cheesecloth called "tarletan". The wiped plate is printed on damp rag paper in a high-pressure etching press.

About Monotypes: These paintings on a blank plate- expressive, seemingly spontaneous and immediate- are made with the printmaker’s inks and oil colors. White paint backwards to print the painting? Because it's beautiful and fresh.