Corrine Wilson

Embedded with strong creative routes is new People of Print Member Corrine Wilson. Having grown up in New Jersey, art was as necessary as food in her home. Corrine’s Mother was an artist and her Father, while a businessman, found his way back to art time and time again. Frequent trips were taken to museums in New York city and her Father had many friends with impressive art collections. Mostly, Corrine dabbled in art from time to time, she felt most secure as being an observer and admirer, drinking in as many different types of art as possible.

Corrine went onto study art history in college, but graduated with a degree in Communications and began working in the corporate world, but never allowed for her creative spirit to extinguish. She soon married moved to Maryland, and became pregnant with her first Daughter, and left the corporate world to become a stay-at-home Mom. Not long after, she and her husband welcomed their second Daughter, all the while missing being something other than a Mother, and knew she needed to find a creative passion and outlet to fill that hole.

It was from this thirst for creativity that Corrine discovered printmaking. “I’m not entirely sure what drew me to it in the first place, perhaps it was a video of someone on Instagram carefully carving away little bits of lino and being totally entranced with the process” says Corrine. After purchasing a lino cut kit, she set herself the task of creating new art for her daughter’s bedroom. From this, Corrine fell instantaneously in love with printmaking. She bought books, watched videos and basically anything else that would teach her about this therapeutic art.

“What I love most about lino cut, is how perfectly imperfect it is. Every detail of the process is done by hand which leaves the end result with that wonderful charm that only something handmade can provide. I think it is important to preserve handmade crafts in our modern times, not only does it connect us to our past, but also connects us to each other. Each piece, is imbued with the artist’s efforts and reflects how they perceive and interact with the world and when someone is moved by it, it reflects the ties that bind the artist and viewer” — Corrine Wilson.

Now with a lot more experience, Corrine has been asked to be on the Board of a new local Art Center specializing in Book Arts and Printmaking, so you could say that it has now officially become a new career of hers and we can’t wait to see where it takes her!

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