John A. Knudsen ( dates - ) Self Portrait, 1995 Etching, edition 35 15 ½ x 7 5/8” return "I consider myself a painter first but have always had a special affection for print making. It all started in my mid teens with a piece of linoleum. As I progressed in my career I found the aforementioned media complimented my painting beautifully. I also observed that those painter-printmakers I respected most were painters such as Lautrec, Picasso, Munch and Gauguin who brought a great deal of innovation and experimentation to the process. It has been my privilege to have studied with two of the great printmakers of the 20th century, Maurico Lasansky and Stanley William Hayter. "