When the winter chrysanthemums go,
There is nothing to write about
but radishes.

-Basho

 

I embrace both the exuberance of the winter chrysanthemum and the directness of the radish in my work. I am particularly drawn to pattern, which I often employ to stimulate the retina and to evoke a range of references. Printmaking is a medium that lends itself to creating patterns of endless variation, as images can be repeated multiple times in different permutations. Every day I enter my studio excited to make visible what I have only imagined.

 

Amy Madden was born in New Jersey in 1974. She received her BFA from Tyler School of Art in 1997 and her MA from NYU in 2006. She has exhibited at various venues throughout the US and Italy.