Liz Chalfin

Liz Chalfin

  • Images
    • iterations
    • this strange time
    • papercuts
    • pit
    • sentinel
    • before
    • havana in hindsight
    • woman in ruins
    • panoramas
    • cuba
    • art spaces
    • you are here
    • artist's books
      • malecon book
      • canyon ferry afternoon
      • book of days
      • cape cod beach book
      • san alejandro book
      • canyon ferry book
      • guanabo beach book
      • subway book
      • ballpark book
      • old faithful book
      • another day
      • a day
      • prayer book
      • a melancholy look at the end of the 20th century
      • creation
      • meditation on beauty
    • accidental stories
    • fairs, parades and public places
  • Biography
  • Resume
  • Artist's Statement
  • Bibliography
  • Contact
clarion call
2022
photopolymer intaglio, drypoint, beeswax, thread
13” x 45.5” Paper: 22” x 56”

Through a 48-hour deep etch into old printing plates, I created a cast of copper figures born from observations of people in public places.  I routinely photograph people at fairs, museums, parades paying attention to posture, gesture and how they occupy space. 


These figures travel through this body of work, reformed and re-incarnated through embossing, drawing, collage, and intaglio processes.  Each work of art that emerged from this process is a new iteration.  During the two years of working with these characters they have at different times reflected my feelings about the pandemic, climate change, interpersonal relationships and the precarious state of humankind and the natural world.  


copyright 2022- liz chalfin - florence, massachusettes - liz@lizchalfin.com