About
Artist Statement
Interplay of the natural world and human design is an endless source of fascination for me. Stories of this exchange abound in the guise of interior design, landscape and folklore. The illustrative character of my work weaves my love of nature, the decorative arts and storytelling to form a visual narrative of inner spaces reflected onto the physical world.
Bio
Wendi Dibbern is a printmaker based in Galena, IL. Inspired by vernacular landscape, folklore and her own cosmic contemplations, she transforms her original designs into colorful, richly detailed prints that have been described as "quaint and dream-like". Working in linoleum and woodblock, images are created from many separate blocks, all carved by hand. She then prints each block on her press transferring ink to paper, building layer upon layer to achieve the final result.
She received her BFA in Printmaking from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2004. Her Studio, Quarry House Press, is located next to a historic limestone house in Galena, IL where she lives with her husband, Ben and their cat, Blake.