Luz Marina Ruiz "Resiliency 3 Carousel" Linocut Book Sculpture, Large Standing Art in Blue, Carmel California Art, Original 36 X 12 Inches, 2023

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A long, folded screen of printed paper opens like a zigzag landscape, its surface carved with lines in dusky pink, … Read more A long, folded screen of printed paper opens like a zigzag landscape, its surface carved with lines in dusky pink, lavender and black over passages of bright blue. Spirals, leaf shapes and wave forms rise and overlap along the horizon, and a shaped blue sky sweeps across the top. Seen from the front, the cut silhouette moves like a range of hills or a rough sea. The title speaks to endurance, and the composition has that quality of movement against a dark, turbulent field. Water is a recurring image for Luz Marina Ruiz, and here she gives it a sculptural, wraparound form.

At three feet wide, it makes a substantial display on a long console, a sideboard, a mantel or a credenza. The folded form stands on its own, so it can be turned to catch the light and viewed from several angles. Its blues, lavenders and blacks suit modern, collected rooms with pale walls, dark wood or brass, and it works well in a living room, library or entry.

Carousel Book, linocut, watercolor and gouache, 36 x 12 in (91.4 x 30.5 cm).

A carousel book is an accordion-folded structure that opens into a free-standing form, so the printed scenes can be seen from many sides. Luz Marina Ruiz prints her images as linocuts, adds watercolor and gouache, then cuts and folds the sheets into a piece that works as both a book and a small sculpture, carved with lines that catch the light.

Luz Marina Ruiz was born in Cali, Colombia, and raised in New York. She earned her BA, MA and MFA at the University of California, Berkeley, and is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she teaches printmaking at the California College of the Arts.

Her practice moves between painting, drawing, printmaking and book arts, with linocut, collagraph, monotype and woodcut often turned into sculptural tunnel books and carousel books. Inspired by dreams and nature, she returns to water and boats as images of life's journeys. Her work is held in public collections including the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, UC Berkeley's Environmental Design Library and Mills College Special Collections. See less