Nicholas Ruth is an artist living and working in Rochester, New York (USA). His approach to color is based on the premise of compelling tension, and his approach to printmaking is materially driven. Nick’s luminous and surreal work is created with monoprint techniques, along with screenprint and installation. Currently he is working on pasted wall installations and a series of intaglio prints with Mirabo Press in Buffalo, NY.

Jessie Van der Laan is an artist living and working in Knoxville, Tennessee (USA). Her approach to color involves transparent layers and her approach to printmaking is “everything in variation!”. Jessie’s layered, textured and transparent work is created with monotype, relief and screenprint printmaking techniques along with drawing, watercolor, colored pencil and fiber-based materials. Currently she is working on a series reflecting on the experience of motherhood, layering figurative elements with real and constructed landscapes.