SUNY New Paltz Printmaking

Dennis O’Neil, an innovative, inspiring artist from Alexandria, VA and founder of Handprint Workshop International presented a cutting-edge silkscreen workshop in the SUNY Printmaking Department in December 2005.

Visiting Artist Denis O'NeilHe showed students how to create topographical prints upon which they could use painterly techniques applying a mixture of cold wax and oil paint. This technique incorporates photography, printmaking, oil painting and wax.

Print Curator of the Library of Congress, Katherine Blood says, “O’Neil is renowned for his pioneering work in screenprinting, a technique he and his artists have pushed light years beyond traditional boundaries.”