~ please click on the titles below to see a photograph of each work ~
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“Fiery, passionate, poetic personality infuses the work of Joan Ades. Most invoke the form of haiku– a succinct merging of medium, vision, and welling of spirit that brings a moment to life. Ocean, mountain, grasses, skies and the constructs of humankind reveal a world that cannot be ignored– metaphors for an elusive, fleeting strength captured with sleight of hand–both there and not there. Joan’s work makes my heart sing.” —Susan Manuso |
Please note: archival editioned giclée prints can be ordered in any size, if original has been sold.
Title |
Media* |
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| Aeration | Mixed Media/ Collage | |
| Aerial View (1999) | Monotype | |
| Aerial View II | Mixed Media | |
| Against the Current | Mixed Media/ Collage | |
| Approaching Cyprus | Archival Inkjet Photograph | |
| At the Bridge (1998) | Monotype/ Collage | |
| Autumnal | Monotype with Chine Collé | |
| Back Alley (aka Graffiti) | Mixed Media/ Collage | |
| Back in Time | Monotype with Chine Collé | |
| Bare Beauty | Archival Inkjet Photograph | |
| Barn Doors (NOLA, 2013) | Archival Inkjet Photograph | |
| Barn Doors Diptych (2013) | Archival Inkjet Photograph | |
| Beach Candy | Handmade Paper | |
| Beacon | Monotype with Chine Collé | |
| Behind the Scenes | Encaustic | |
| Blue Cocoon | Collagraph | |
| Blue Nostalgia | Handmade Paper with Indigo Dye | |
| Blue Saguaros | Mixed Media | |
| Breaking Point | Monotype | |
| Breakthrough | Mixed Media | |
| Broken Paths | Handmade Paper with Indigo Dye | |
| Cat Bird | Monotype | |
| Celestial Drift | Monotype with Chine Collé | |
| Cenote | Monotype with Chine Collé | |
| Ceremonial Rite | Monotype with Chine Collé | |
| China Sea | Monotype with Chine Collé | |
| Coastline | Monotype with Chine Collé | |
| Collection (aka Trio) | Collagraph | |
| Converging/Diverging | Handmade Paper with Indigo Dye | |
| Correspondence | Collage | |
| Dark Sea | Monotype | |
| Passage | Collage | |
| Eastern Post | Mixed Media | |
| Echo (2013) | Solar Plate Etching | |
| Edge of Light (1997) | Monotype | |
| Emerging Springtime (Haiku I) | Archival Inkjet Photograph | |
| Festival | Mixed Media | |
| Filigree | Mixed Media | |
| Flames Rising | Monotype with Chine Collé | |
| Found Fragment | Handmade Paper with Indigo Dye | |
| Fragments | Collagraph | |
| Free Fall | Monotype | |
| Freeze Frame | Mixed Media | |
| Hidden Entry | Monotype with Chine Collé | |
| Holiday | ||
| Howl (aka Red Hot) | Monotype/ Chine Collé | |
| In Plain Sight (Haiku II) | Archival Inkjet Photograph | |
| In Remembrance | Archival Inkjet Photograph | |
| In the Stillness | Handmade Paper | |
| Indigo Trail | Encaustic | |
| Inner Workings | Collagraph | |
| Intrigue (after deChirico) | Archival Inkjet Photograph | |
| Lazy Wave | Monotype | |
| Life Line | Monotype | |
| Little Leap (aka Off the Coast) | Mixed Media | |
| Lone Bird (2013) | Solar Plate Etching | |
| Lone Flyer (aka Go, go, go said the bird) | Encaustic | |
| Looking Glass | Encaustic | |
| Lost Way | Monotype | |
| Marking Time | Archival Inkjet Photograph | |
| Migration I | Mixed Media/ Collage | |
| Migration II | Mixed Media | |
| Milkweed | Encaustic | |
| Moon Mountain | Monotype with Chine Collé | |
| Mountain Sanctuary | Monotype with Chine Collé | |
| Mystic Circle | Monotype | |
| New Cave Painting | Intaglio and Aquatint | |
| Night Journey (1997) | Monotype with Pencil Additions | |
| Train Vistas: Night Light | Archival Inkjet Photograph | |
| Night Tide (1999) | Monotype | |
| Night Vision | Monotype | |
| Night Watch | Collagraph | |
| Off the Grid | Mixed Media/ Collage | |
| Oil Lamp | Encaustic | |
| The Old Country | Encaustic | |
| On the Wing | Mixed Media | |
| Out of the Dark | Monotype | |
| Out of the Nest | Mixed Media | |
| Overlay | ||
| Painter’s Return 2006 | Encaustic | |
| Painter’s Poetry (Haiku V) | Archival Inkjet Photograph | |
| Particular People | Collage | |
| Patch of Light | Handmade Paper with Indigo Dye | |
| Patchwork | Mixed Media/ Collage | |
| Pipe Dreams | Archival Inkjet Photograph | |
| Poco a Poco | Mixed Media/ Collage | |
| Portal | Mixed Media/ Collage | |
| Facade (Haiku IV) | Archival Inkjet Photograph | |
| Poste I | Mixed Media/ Collage | |
| Paris Poste | Mixed Media/ Collage | |
| Red Poppy | Mixed Media/ Collage | |
| Red Sweep | Monotype with Chine Collé | |
| Resting Place (2014) | Archival Inkjet Photograph | |
| River’s Journey (Triptych, 2014) | Archival Inkjet Photograph | |
| Rivertalk | Monotype with Chine Collé | |
| Ruin (1999) | Monotype | |
| Sacred Ground (1995) | Monotype | |
| Serve it Forth (2006) | Encaustic | |
| Skyrunner (aka Undertow) | Monotype | |
| Spanish Moss Triptych (2013) | Archival Inkjet Photograph | |
| Splash | Monotype with Chine Collé | |
| Street Talk (Triptych, 2013) | Archival Inkjet Photograph | |
| Summer Play (aka Daybreak) | Handmade Paper | |
| Surfacing | Monotype | |
| Trailing (1999) | Monotype | |
| Transcription | Etching | |
| Treasure Map | Monotype and Chine Collé | |
| Trespass | Mixed Media | |
| Twin Cacti (1998) | Monotype | |
| Undertow | Monotype | |
| Train Vista Triptych | Archival Inkjet Photograph | |
| Untitled Diptych (NOLA 2012) | Archival Inkjet Photograph | |
| Upward Flight | Monotype with Chine Collé | |
| Urban Dream | Collagraph | |
| Urban Jumble (1996) | Monotype/ Collagraph | |
| What Remains (Triptych) | Archival Inkjet Photograph | |
| Where Silence Speaks/Cementerio (Haiku III) | Archival Inkjet Photograph | |
| Window | Encaustic | |
| Window pane | Monotype | |
| Windswept | Monotype with Chine Collé | |
| With the Wind | Encaustic | |
| Without/Within (aka Red Perimeter) | Monotype |
Chine-colle: A printmaking technique in which paper of a different color or texture is adhered to the overall piece. The paper is actually bonded (not just glued on as a collage element) to the heavier support paper during the printmaking process. The term translates from French as “chine”= tissue, and “colle” = glue or paste. The word chine is used because the thin paper traditionally used was imported to Europe from China, India and Japan.
Collagraph: A print made from a collage plate. The plate is created by attaching material such as cardboard, aluminum, string, sand, etc. to the base plate. Dampened paper is then placed on top of the inked plate and run through a printing press. The resulting impression is that of embossing as well as printing.
Giclée: A French word meaning, “a spraying of pigments.” With this high-end method of reproduction, using archival paper and inks, the art of making prints has become even more precise. Paper for each work is hand-mounted onto a drum which rotates during printing. Exact calculations of hue, value, and density are achieved by directing over four million droplets of ink through sixty four printer nozzles. This allows for multiple chromatic possibilities.
Monotype: A design is drawn in ink or paint on any smooth surface. While the ink or paint is still wet, a piece of paper is laid on top of it and pressure applied, either with a press or by hand. The process, by its name, is meant to produce a single impression.
All images © Joan Ades / Luckywater Arts.