Collections - Anthony DiMichele - Print Maker, Artist

'Ghost Farms'

Rural America is dappled with decaying icons of the past. ' Ghost Farms' is a personal reflection of what I see and imagine in these old relics - once full of life. I can still feel and 'see' the presence of the people and animals who occupied these spaces.

Ghost Farms is a current project. There will be more to come.
'For The Coming Extictions'

These prints were created using Aquatint with photo transfers. The images had to be tiled and aligned by hand, to create the larger image.

This series was conceived in response to this poem, by W.S. Merwin.

For a Coming Extinction
By W. S. Merwin

Gray whale
Now that we are sending you to The End
That great god
Tell him
That we who follow you invented forgiveness
And forgive nothing

I write as though you could understand
And I could say it
One must always pretend something
Among the dying
When you have left the seas nodding on their stalks
Empty of you
Tell him that we were made
On another day

The bewilderment will diminish like an echo
Winding along your inner mountains
Unheard by us
And find its way out
Leaving behind it the future
Dead
And ours

When you will not see again
The whale calves trying the light
Consider what you will find in the black garden
And its court
The sea cows the Great Auks the gorillas
The irreplaceable hosts ranged countless
And fore-ordaining as stars
Our sacrifices

Join your word to theirs
Tell him
That it is we who are important
'Etudes'

This collection consists of works inspired by Avant Garde composers of the 20th century, and executed in various media.

'Etude', from the French word for 'study', is defined as: "a composition built on a technical motive but played for its artistic value."
'The Rogues Gallery'

A series of portraits in woodcut
'Miniatures'

This series of prints are primarily Mezzottints, but with a few etchings, as well. They were all executed on very small plates, with the largest dimension typically being 2 inches.

Miniatures are a poetic and technical challenge for an artist.
'Meditations on Moby Dick'

This series was inspired by Herman Melville's 'Moby Dick, or The Whale'. The works were primarily executed, with a few exceptions, as Monoprints, using Mezzotint plates and stencils.

The one featured here is a traditional Mezzotint. There are some woodcut prints in the series, as well.
'Homeric Sketches'

The 'Homeric Sketches' are a Monoprint series inspired by Homer's epic poem 'The Odyssey'.

Anthony DiMichele

Printmaker / Artist

'Ghost Farms'

'For The Coming Extictions'

For a Coming Extinction

'Etudes'

'The Rogues Gallery'

'Miniatures'

'Meditations on Moby Dick'

'Homeric Sketches'