"Technical finesse, an open attitude to the creative process, and deeply personal subject matter are typical of the works of Herlinde Spahr"

David Acton in 60 Years of American Printmaking, 1947-2007

New Work

Earth and Heaven

The Buckeye Seed

              Earth and Heaven. The Buckeye Seed 4

Bipolar (1-7-20250)

It will be difficult. How can I convey what compels me to do this next series? It must be more than a botanical drawing, much more. The seed I want to celebrate has been described as bipolar, combining two antagonistic impulses: one a quest for light, for the sun, and the other an attraction to the soil, always pulling towards the center of the earth. The panels appear to me at night, but so vaguely. The buckeye seed will be hovering between heaven and earth, larger than life, but how do I portray the inner force that holds the middle between two contrary, irreconcilable drives.

                                                               Herlinde Spahr. Notebooks

The Waking Hours # 6

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Prints and Drawings, acquired Nightwork for their Permanent Collection. LINK

The acquisition committee of The Turner Print Museum also acquired the portfolio of Nightwork for their Permanent Collection. California State University, Chico  has a very dynamic printmaking program, where students still grind and prep the lithographic stone. The seven lithographs in the portfolio capture patterns made by the levigator as the artist grinds the limestone, a phase in printmaking that has remained hidden.  LINK

Monterey  Museum of Art. Herlinde Spahr. The Precipice Within. June 4 - August 11, 2021. Still featured online. LINK

Featured artist in Aquifer, the Florida Review online, published by the University of Central Florida: Herlinde Spahr. Through a landscape of carbon." Nov/Dec. 2020. LINK