New video by KarenWoodard: Scoring thick lines into a linoleum tile, Alexandra Riesco watches as her latest piece—a reductive linocut—slowly unfolds. The snaking twists and turns of a river swirl in on themselves, a study of past and present and an ode to the beauty and power of nature. It is art imitates life that imitates art, both inspiration and process drawn from the landscapes and rivers she explores on foot and by kayak.
“You’re really just putting yourself at the mercy of the water or t...