About The Artist:
Martin Barooshian
Martin Barooshian (b. 1929) was an American master painter and printmaker. Over his 70-year career, Barooshian worked in a broad array of media and transitioned through many styles. His paintings and prints dance among many artistic movements--seamlessly combining Symbolist, Expressionist, Dadaist, Romantic, primitive, and Renaissance elements. Though his work does not easily fit into any one category, Barooshian considered himself an Abstract...
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About The Medium:
Woodcut
A relief process in which the image is cut in a block of wood with tools such as knives, goughers or chisels. The image is inked with a roller, paper is applied to the surface and the back is then rubbed by hand or with a rubbing tool, transferring the image to the paper.