Julia Lucey is a printmaker based in Fairfax, California.
Lucey received her BFA in printmaking from the San Francisco Art Institute and a MA in Education at Loyola Marymount University.
As an Artist-in-Residence at Kala Art Institute, the artist has focused on traditional etching techniques as well as aquatint, a printmaking technique that produces tonal effects by using acid to eat into the printing plate (which creates sunken areas which hold the ink).
In the most current body of work, her traditional etchings are cut out of the paper and reassembled into new landscapes on panel.
"As a printmaker, using traditional etching and aquatint techniques has allowed me to explore the ideas of nature, wildness, wilderness and the human attempt at wildlife management," Lucey shares.
"In my newest body of work, I am looking at two concepts. First, is to look at humans (and my own personal desire), to observe and know the natural world scientifically.
"The second concept is the use of this knowledge of nature to try to control wildness to fit human needs."
More of Julia Lucey's remarkable prints can be found at https://www.julialucey.com/.
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