Exhibit Wed, September 10- Sat, September 29.
Open daily 11am-5 pm
Sunday 2pm-5 pm
Stormwater Studios, 413 Pendleton Street, Columbia, SC
Tidal Transformations features more than 60 works created using the linocut reduction technique, alongside mixed media pieces composed from the residual cleanup and cast-off materials generated during the printmaking process.
Laurie McIntosh is an accomplished South Carolina artist known for large, thematic bodies of work inspired by personal experience and visual exploration. She is the owner of Laurie McIntosh Art in Camden, SC—a working studio she established in 2016—and was formerly a member of Vista Studios/Gallery 80808 in Columbia.
Linocut reduction is a relief printmaking method where the artist carves a reverse image into a linoleum block, inks it, and prints it on paper. Layers are carved and printed sequentially in different colors, with each layer eliminating parts of the previous one. Because earlier layers cannot be changed once removed, the method is often referred to as “suicide printing.”
In 2023 McIntosh began noticing intriguing visual elements in the cleanup process and started creating mixed media works from the leftover paper and fragments generated during the reduction process.
“The design, planning, and execution of linocut reduction is an intricate and deliberate process,” says McIntosh. “Working with its byproducts gives me a chance to create from a more intuitive, spontaneous place.”
A South Carolina native, McIntosh earned a B.A. in Fine Art from the University of South Carolina and continued her training at the Center for Creative Imaging, the Penland School of Crafts, and other prestigious institutions. Her notable exhibitions include All the In-Between: My Story of Agnes, which inspired a companion art book in 2012; the South Carolina State Museum’s 30th Anniversary Juried Exhibition in 2019; and numerous juried, solo, public art projects and group shows throughout the state. In 2019, she was commissioned to design public art for Columbia’s COMET “Art Bus.” She returned to Stormwater Studios in 2023 with the solo exhibition Gatherings: My World in Linocut.
For more information on Laurie McIntosh, visit lauriemcintoshart.com. To learn more about Stormwater Studios, visit stormwaterstudios.org.
1714 Fair St.
Camden SC 29020
Studio -1014 Broad St. Camden, SC