Studio View Wonderland, reduction woodcut, 16″ x 20″, paper 22″ x 26″, 2020

Rock Collection, reduction woodcut, 14″ x 11″, paper 18″ x 15″, 2020

Shenandoah Falls, woodcut, 46″ x 29″, paper 28″ x 30.5″, 2020

Tinicum Marsh 1, reduction woodcut, 5.75″ x 8″, paper 10″ x 12″, 2020

Tinicum Marsh #2, reduction woodcut, 5.75″ x 8″, paper 10″ x 12″, 2020

Darby Creek from Pennock Woods #1, woodcut, 16″ x 20″, paper 22″ x 26″, 2020

Darby Creek from Pennock Woods, woodcut, 16″ x 20″, paper 22″ x 26″, 2020

Key West #1, reduction woodcut, 10″ x 10″, 2019

Key West #2, reduction woodcut, 10″ x 10″, 2019

Key West #4, reduction woodcut, 10″ x 10″, 2019

Key Mangroves #1, reduction woodcut, 11″ x 14″, 2019

Key Mangroves #3, reduction woodcut, 11″ x 14″, 2019

Key Mangroves #5, reduction woodcut, 11″ x 14″, 2019

Key Mangroves #6, reduction woodcut, 11″ x 14″, 2019

Water Power 1, reduction woodcut, 13″ x 17″, paper 17″ x 21″, 2020

Water Power 2, reduction woodcut, 13″ x 17″, paper 17″ x 21″, 2020

Water Power #3, reduction woodcut, 13″ x 17″m paper 17″ x 21″, 2020

South West Coast Path: Day 2, reduction woodcut, 24″ x 18″, 2019

South West Coast Path: Day 5, reduction woodcut, 24″ x 18″, paper 29.5″ x 22″, 2020

South West Coast Path: Day 7, reduction woodcut, 24″ x 18″, paper 29.5″ x 22″, 2019

South West Coast Path: Day 8, reduction woodcut, Sekishu mounted on Folio paper, 24″ x 18″, paper 29.5″ x 22″, 2019

South West Coast Path: Day 9, reduction woodcut, 24″ x 18″, paper 29.5″ x 22″, 2020

Tree Removal, woodcut, 24″ x 60″, 2019

Pennock Woods View, woodcut, 24″ x 60″, paper 34″ X 68″, 2018

Andes: Urban Panorama #2, 2-block reduction woodcut, 16″ x 20″, paper 20″ x 24″, 2018

Andes: Urban Panorama #4, 2-block reduction woodcut, 16″ x 20″, paper 20″ x 24″, 2018

Andes: Urban Panorama #5, 2-block reduction woodcut, 16″ x 20″, paper 20″ x 24″, 2018

Isle of Portland #2, reduction woodcut, 9″ x 12″, paper 13″ x 16″, 2018

Central Valley, reduction woodcut, 15″ x 19.5″, 2019

Central Valley #2, reduction woodcut, 15″ x 19.5″, 2019

Forest Floor, reduction woodcut, chine colle´, 24″ x 36″, paper 30″ x 41″, 2019

Jurassic Coast #1, reduction woodcut, 27.5″ x 29.5″, 2017

Jurassic Coast, reduction woodcut, 27.5″ x 29.5″, 2017

Jurassic Coast #3, reduction woodcut, 27.5″ x 29.5″, 2019

Echinacea Cones, reduction woodcut, Sekishu mounted on Rives BFK, 24″ x 6″, 2019

Fire and Rain, reduction woodcut, 12″ x 18″, paper 18″ x 22″, 2017

Fallen Rocks 1, 3-block reduction woodcut, 20″ x 26″, 2017

Fallen Rocks 3, 2-block reduction woodcut, 20″ x 26″, 2017

In Norwegian Woods #5, 2-plate reduction woodcut, 12″ x 16″, 2016

In Norwegian Woods 6, 2-block reduction woodcut, 12″ x 16″, 2016

Elemental: Water, Air, Light #8, 2-plate reduction woodcut, 9″ x 12″, 2016

Glacier Melt #5, reduction woodcut, 5.75 x 8″, paper 8.5 x 11.5″, 2018

Last Show, reduction woodcut, 20″ x 32″, paper 26″ x 38″, 2017

My artwork celebrates landscape. I am immersed in nature: from a window, walking in it, standing and listening to its sounds, watching shadows and colors dance across water and foliage. My sense of the natural world is life-affirming, healing, immersive, and contemplative. Design and abstract qualities enthuse. Inspiration is found in the excitement of seeing a familiar place take on a new aura, the changes of season and weather, and the scale of subject, from the immediate found at one’s feet to sweeping panoramas.

My attraction to printmaking comes from a fascination with the many ways I am able to play with images, determining the appropriate processes, juxtaposing shapes and colors, and changing the feel of my work by the aesthetic choices I make. I love the surprises which come with each new layer of ink in the reduction print. The carving of woodblocks, rolling ink, and the repetition of printing become meditative. Each print has from 10 to 25 colors, in opaque and transparent form, acquiring a physicality of layers.

© Cynthia Back