Maira Kalman, from Israel, has been one of my favorite artists since the children's books she illustrated populated my bookshelves. Something about her unworried, often impossible looking lines has always been appealing for me. As a kid, I was drawn to the colorful depth and narrative that her pieces have. In these prints, made at Paulson Bott Press, she is able to retain that sense of movement and line quality. Dancers (the one of the three figures) especially evokes that liveliness and Roller Coaster After Hurricane has those trademark sketch-y lines.
--Madeleine Matz
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