Scarves printed from the working palettes of painter Helene K. Manzo — the colour she mixed on the way to the painting.
See the palettesEach one is a sheet of palette paper from the studio, kept as it was left. Forty-two in all, each named for a painting or monotype of hers that shares its colour.
Every palette is printed edge to edge on a square scarf, made to order. One palette, one scarf — nothing recoloured, nothing tidied up.
Shop the scarves — soon“My work begins with nature observed. History, literature, intuition and emotion help me interpret the experience visually. Mark making, and color set the mood. The palette, while related to reality is not necessarily naturalistic. It often emphasizes the subtlety and power of a single hue. Gradually, the work evolves from an observed landscape to one of personal feeling, dreams and memory.”
Founder and member of the artist-run co-operative Longyear Gallery in Margaretville, NY. Member of the Monotype Guild of New England; the Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, Connecticut; and Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY. Manzo was awarded a Juror’s Prize, Jim Dine, Juror, at the Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial, 2011, at the Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA.