Denise Friesen

I am drawn to places of quiet. The patterns and rhythms of life evolving and changing. Wild and untouched forces that can’t be restrained, like a raging springtime river.
My works are Intimate portraits of a place in time, only a small piece of the events surrounding the the image.
After drawing a raw first impression of a place, I return to my studio to create monotypes.
Monotype is like a natural force, tamed only as the artist works with all the variables. The viscosity of the ink used, the ability of the paper to absorb ink, the amount of pressure applied by the press and the effect of atmospheric conditions on all the variables make each work unique.
Monotype is an art method where the manner of working is as individual as the artist.
My first PAN site is land divided into three beautiful wooded parcels by the Big Cobb River as it winds downstream into the Lesueur River. The Lesueur River flows into the Blue Earth River which flows into the Minnesota River. As the Minnesota River makes it’s way north, on the east bank is my other PAN site, the Kasota Prairie Scientific and Natural area and the restored Kasota Prairie. The Cobb River and Kasota Prairie sites contain river, wetlands and prairie, Maple / Basswood and Oak Woods, spring ephemerals and late fall gentian... endless beauty and inspiration.

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