It is too soon to lose Frank X. Tolbert 2. A great artist and friend to Flatbed, Frank brought his magical way of interpreting the world into the printmaking sphere.

It was 1973 in Terlingua, Texas and photographer Peter Leighton captured a moment of Willie Nelson’s performance during a tumultuous night set. He discovered it years later, restored the film negative, and is working with Flatbed to create a very limited polymer photogravure edition.

Joan Winter (American, born 1947) is a renowned sculptor and printmaker whose work is inspired by Japanese architecture.

Ann Conner (born 1948, Wilmington) is a nationally acclaimed artist and professor, known for her colorful woodblock prints. Her work is included in a number of major museum and corporate print collections in the U.S. and internationally.

“Angel in Passage Among Leaves and Twigs and Falling Sky Pieces” by Kelly Fearing is our featured Flatbed File of the week.

Spencer Fidler (born 1944, American) is a master printer and teacher, whose career has focused specifically on the media of printmaking and drawing. Often challenging the traditional technical and aesthetic boundaries of printmaking,

Flatbed Press is proud to announce the publication of three new woodcuts by David Everett. The newest to join his lexicon of southwestern creatures are Caracara, Roadrunner, and Kingfisher. These recent choices of Everett’s are all birds found in Texas. Roadrunner and Caracara are often seen in arid areas but the Kingfisher thrives near lakes, rivers, and other aquatic areas.

James Surls (born 1943, Texas) is a world-renowned modernist known for his striking sculptures, drawings, and prints.

“Victory: The Celebration” is a soft-ground etching and drypoint that would be the last printmaking project before Levers’ death in 1992.

“Poza” is our featured print of the week. It was created by Liz Ward in 2000 - 2001 as a part of her Increment Suite. Like the other prints included in “Increments Suite”, “Poza” was created using custom-made Kitakata paper. The paper itself is slightly green, and the print was made using a staged aquatint. It depicts a globular amorphous shape made up of gradient aqua-colored rings on a flat background.

Melissa Miller (bo rn 1951, Houston) is a nationally acclaimed artist known for creating expressive and often mystical depictions of animals and nature.

Liliana Porter (born 1941, Buenos Aires, Argentina) was an early proponent of Conceptual art. She co-founded the New York Graphic Workshop in 1964, where she and her colleagues challenged the museum and gallery system…

"Ad Referendum” by Julie Speed is our featured Flatbed Files print of the week. Speed’s most ambitious project at Flatbed was her “Bible Studies” series of 2005, where she created seven prints using collaged antique engravings by Gustave Doré, a prolific French printmaker from the mid-19th century.

Flatbed is thrilled to announce the publication of a suite of color lithographs by Laura Crehuet Berman. Spanish-born artist Laura Crehuet Berman lives and works in Kansas City, Mo. Berman is the recipient of a 2023 Fulbright Award. Her work is widely collected and she has exhibited internationally at venues. The Ravel Suite is comprised of three color lithographs.

Jennifer L. Anderson is a painter and printmaker working in many disciplines. Her iconic and evocative imagery is informed by her experiences as a woman and a mother, as well as her love of the natural world. Flatbed invited Jennifer to bring her amazing drafting skills to Flatbed to create a stone lithograph in 2022

Flatbed is pleased to announce the signing and publication of Adrian Armstrong’s third published print, “Back Owned/Mini-Telfar.”

Flatbed is excited and proud to be included in the upcoming New York Satellite Print Fair! This is New York’s first in-person print fair since the 2019 Covid Pandemic. We will have a booth at W. 39th St, New York, NY 10018 on the third floor from October 27 to 30, 2022. The Satellite Print Fair is held in conjunction with IFPDA annual print fair in New York City. We are looking forward to seeing collectors who travel to New York for this event from across the globe. Print Fair weekend brings all major print dealers and print shops together for four days.

When Connie Arismendi collaborated with Flatbed’s printers in 2021 and 2022, she created a cycle of very large monoprints that featured cloud shapes that contained a single word.

Friday, July 22, 2022 from 6:30 - 7:30 pm.
Join us for an informal but lively conversation between artist Heather Parrish and historisan Katherine Leah Price.

Flatbed is proud to announce the acquisition of La Ventana by the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. La Ventana was created in 2013 at Flatbed by artist Alice Leora Briggs with the printing assistance of Tracy Mayrello and Cordelia Blanchard.