Making art is so closely tied to my psyche, my physicality, the way I move through the world. I like to work on many projects at the same time and am a putterer and a dawdler by nature. Some projects are begun and completed quickly. Other projects, the ones that take longer, my vision is blurry from the beginning. These projects weigh more. I fret more over decisions. I’m unsure about the “wheres” and “whys” of the image. I need to fall in love with the initial drawn image I choose to make a print with.

Cape Ann artist printmaker Coco Berkman creates images that delight her and hopefully others through the process of linoleum printmaking. Inspired by literature, the natural world and the free play inherent in drawing, she uses sharp japanese tools to carve images into sheets of linoleum and then prints them one color at a time over several months to complete an edition.

Coco studied printmaking at several studios throughout the United States, Ireland and South Korea. A long standing member of The Boston Printmakers, Coco’s work is in The Dublin Writers Museum in Ireland and The Art Complex Museum in Duxbury.