Holly Shaw

Enso Canyon LLC

I am interested in our shared biology to other creatures, including unicellular organisms, cell organelles, and animal cells -- and their connections to all of animal and plant life. Everything is enfolded into everything. There are worlds within worlds. Focusing in on a microscopic world reveals timeless truths about the universe.

One might ask, how universal, and how old, is the cell? Eukaryotes, which include animal cells, appeared 1.5 billion years ago. In my prints, cells and chromosomes are depicted as fully functioning creatures in their own landscapes. Other prints show ancient processes, like wildfires, which emerged after plant life began. The wildfire appears as a living thing, dynamically connected to all that is around it, a part of the web of being.

I make linocut prints, silkscreen prints, monotypes, and collages. The name of my printmaking studio refers to ancient canyons of the West where two rivers meet, and seem to have no beginning and no end.

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My initial interest in printmaking began in college, where I learned to do etchings. I later worked at a silkscreen studio, where I fell in love with bold colors and shapes. I focused on silkscreen and drawing in my own studio. More recently, I worked as a graphic designer, and enjoyed focusing on the printing process. I fell in love with the simplicity of relief printing and now own my own etching printer.

I have an MFA in Studio Art from Florida State University. In addition to working as a graphic designer, I have been an educator and a counselor. I currently live in Cedar Crest, New Mexico, in the East Mountains. I have lived in the West for 32 years, including Utah, and Colorado, as well as New Mexico.

Please contact me for more information about prints at holly@ensocanyon.com