Monotype
34”x 22”
Monotype
14”x 10”
Monotype
13”x10”
Monotype
37”x 25”
Carborundum Collagraph and Drypoint
15”x22”
Carborundum Collagraph and Drypoint
12”x10”
My mother's missing glove is a recurring motif in my work. I've used dust and grit to create these images. I think about how much time has passed since she died, how the dust still hasn't settled for me. I think about the dust collecting on her things and the dust collecting on my memories of her. I think about ashes to dust, and the possessions she once held so dear are useless without the pair.
Blind embossment with dust
25"x 25"
Grit collagraph
21"x 10"
Grit collagraph
21"x 10"
“Golden Thread” is my series of mass intention cards. I play the role of the clergy as I offer up my silent ceremony for the departed. I do not recite a prayer, nor do I consecrate a mass-manufactured form. I dedicate my time. I create each card by hand; inking and wiping and printing and painting. I note the date and time for each mass intention card and offer up that moment in time.
In her lotus series Christine Baum presents that iconic flower, synonymous with beauty and perfection, in a striking and unusual perspective. The vantage point is that of someone completely immersed in this aquatic world, thus shifting the focus away from the bloom and onto all that surrounds it. This series is a mediation of the water’s surface; how it delineates a lucid world above from the chaotic network of stems below. The linework is accomplished via trace monotype technique, where a thick layer of black ink yields feathery and gestural strokes. This line drawing serves as the blueprint for subsequent layers. Thin veils of colors are added in shapes that overlap and abut, which creates a print that resembles Ukiyo-e.
Monotype on Hosho paper
Image 12”x18” | Framed 19.25"x 25.25"
sold
Monotype on Hosho paper
Image 12”x18” | Framed 19.25"x 25.25"
Monotype on Hosho paper
Image 12”x18” | Framed 19.25"x 25.25"
sold
Monotype on Hosho paper
Image 12”x18” | Framed 19.25"x 25.25"
Acquired by the Hawai’i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts
Monotype on Hosho paper
Image 12”x18” | Framed 19.25"x 25.25"
Monotype on Hosho paper
Image 12”x18” | Framed 19.25"x 25.25"
Monotype on Hosho paper
Image 12”x18” | Framed 19.25"x 25.25"
This series of conversational pattern designs are linocuts hand printed on Washi paper scrolls. Catholic motifs populate these natural papers in an infinite repeat pattern, and these prints behave more like wallpapers than bibles or illuminated manuscripts in their scale. I envision the interior spaces that each of these wallpapers would adorn; a panic room or fall out shelter, a lost and found box or claims office, and a confessional booth. I name the patterns accordingly.
Repeat pattern block print hand stamped on Thai mulberry paper.
25” x 37”
Gold leaf powder, oil, and gouache on Kitakata paper. Two repeating block patterns printed and hand cut to a unique shape.
30” x 22”
Gold leaf powder, oil, and gouache on Tosa Washi paper. Repeating block pattern, hand stamped.
25”x 37”
Metallic ink on Masa paper. Repeating block patterns printed and hand cut to a unique shape.
20”x 20”
Gold leaf powder, oil, and gouache on Yatsuo color paper. Repeating block pattern, hand stamped.
25” x 37”
The first art I ever consumed was picture books, so it comes as no surprise that fairytales and cultural archetypes would dominate my printmaking.
I sketch stories about transfiguration and feminine icons using delicate papers and richly colored etching inks.
Multiplate monotype, oil ink, watercolor
Image 6"x7" | Paper 10"x11"
Edition of 1
Ghost print monotype with pen and ink, watercolor
Image 6"x7" | Paper 10"x11"
Edition of 1
Multiplate monotype, oil ink, watercolor
Image 7"x6" | Paper 11"x10"
Edition of 1
Monotype
Image 7"x7" | Paper 11"x11"
Edition of 1
Monotype
Image 18”x 24”| Paper 22”x 30”
SOLD
Black ink linocut on handmade Nepalese paper
Image 5”x 9” | Paper 9” x 14”
Edition of 20
Aquatint and drypoint etching
Image 7" diameter | Paper 11"x11"
Edition of 20
Multiplate woodcut
Image 8"x8" | Paper 9"x9"
Varying Edition of 10
Reduction linocut
Image 6"x7" | Paper 10"x11"
Varying Edition of 20
Reduction linocut
Image 7"x9" | Paper 11"x13"
Varying Edition of 10
Etching, watercolor
Image 7" diameter | Paper 10”x 10”
Edition of 50
Reduction linocut
Image 7"x9" | Paper 11"x13"
Varying Edition of 10
Multiplate etching, softground, aquatint
Image 3” x 4” | Paper 7” x 8”
Varying Edition of 10
Using reductive methods in monotypes, I wipe away sticky black etching ink with cloth, mineral sprits, and paintbrush. The effects are spontaneous and charged with the emotion of an oncoming storm.
Monotype
Image 7"x7" | Paper 11"x11"
SOLD
Monotype
Image 6" diameter | Paper 10"x10"
SOLD
Monotype
Image 12"x9" | Paper 14"x11"
SOLD
Monotype
Image 12"x9" | Paper 14"x11"
SOLD
Multiplate monotype
Image 7"x7" | Paper 11"x11"
SOLD
Multiplate monotype
Image 7"x7" | Paper 11"x11"
SOLD
Monotype
Image 8” x 5”| Paper 11” x 15”
Monotype
Image 8” x 5”| Paper 11” x 15”
All work copyright Christine Baum, 2026.
