Artifacts of the Present: Portrait of a Printmaker

Streaming video - 2023

Immerse yourself in printmaking artist Brian’s world at his home and workshop on the coast of Maine — his model airplanes and trains, wall-to-wall books and curling wooden staircase up to his studio, the vintage MG in his garage which shares space with a printing press — and above all, Brian’s work: the copper plates and engraving tools, mixing ink and wiping plates, working on his plates and printing from them, his hands and what it means to him to have spent a life working on metal. Diagnosed with terminal leukemia, printmaking Brian reflects on his life, work, and relationships. His son David composed the original music for this short, powerfully moving and poignant documentary portrait of an artist facing mortality.