About The Artist:
Jo Thompson
"I earned a BFA from Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington in 1972. After graduate studies in art history at the University of Arizona, I returned to my hometown of Springfield, Illinois to work in a gallery and began my art career. I have owned galleries in St. Louis, San Diego, and now Bisbee. My paintings, pastels and drawings were in other prestigious galleries in Palm Springs, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Chicago and Los Angeles. My Palm...
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About The Medium:
Screenprint
A stencil process employing a frame on which silk or synthetic fabric is stretched. Stencils are hand-drawn or hand-cut and placed on the stretched fabric and act as a block out when the ink passes through the screen by means of a squeegee onto the paper, the non-stencil areas create the image. Also known as silkscreen or serigraph.