LIBERTY — Liberty Public Library is holding a print exhibit open to the public now until December 31.  This exhibit showcases a variety of etchings, silkscreens, woodcuts, lithographs and monoprints by David Munford.  The library invites everyone to come and view these works of art during its regular hours of operation.

David Munford is a painter and printmaker whose work deals primarily with the landscape. Originally from Colorado, he studied painting and printmaking at the Art Institute of Boston, later relocating to the Catskill Mountains of New York State, where he currently lives and works. Inspired by the natural beauty of the Catskills and Hudson Valley region, he often paints on location, “en plein air.” Through his printmaking he further explores the idea of landscape as a representation of our human connection to the natural world, often employing a more abstract approach in his work.

Munford is a member of the Wurtsboro Art Alliance, where he currently helps organize the WAA Plein Air Artist Group outings. He is a member and artist-in-residence of The Old Stone House of Hasbrouck, in Woodbourne, NY, and member of the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, in Woodstock, NY. He holds a B.A. from Empire State College and an MFA from the State University of New York in New Paltz.

David says this about his printmaking:

“For me, the medium of printmaking, with its facility for experimentation and creative iterations, affords a language of mark-making and a way of working that lends itself to showing the interconnectedness of things and ideas.

The prints I chose for this exhibit depict a recurring theme in my work, that is, of our relationship to the natural world. Here landscape is used as a point of departure to further explore the effects of human agency upon our environment, as well as nature’s indefatigable resilience and beauty.

For more information about this exhibit or the library, including its hours of operation, please contact the Liberty Public Library at (845)292-6070, or visit the website at http://www.libertypubliclibrary.org