Roxanne Faber Savage

Artist Statement

Stream of consciousness and a rich store of personal memory
are the starting place for my prints and drawings. My interest in energy and power provide a central theme through which I channel my experiences. Energy is visible in my imagery and is expressed through strewn power lines, loopy crayon scribbles and scratchy/furry surface textures. I create art that seen sequentially, and has a cinematic narrative force, evoking
subconscious memories and narratives.

I make prints because I love process and the physicality of
using an etching press. The magic of printmaking is the moment when an image is transferred from matrix to surface.My work is comprised of traditional etchings, silk aquatint monoprints, and a transfer technique called Paper Lithography. Paper Lithography inspires me to experiment and print on a variety of surfaces beyond paper. Using this technique, innovative printed formats have expanded my artistic output to produce, x-rayprints, pleather ZINES, 3D Plexiglas blocks and a silk print installation with mixed media.

Whether I’m printing on non-porous surfaces or paper, my
process is about being  fearless about the unknown.
I respond intuitively to materials and develop a series of
related but varied imagery based on what’s in front of me at
the time. “Errors”are embraced and appear as distressed, unclear ephemera giving exceptional meaning to the work. My intent is to communicate the joy of transforming the familiar to the unexpected.

 BIO

Roxanne Faber Savage was born in Boston, Massachusetts and lives and works in Connecticut and New York City. She attended Boston University, Pratt Institute and Queen's College studying Drawing and Art Education. Freedom, energy, and the unconscious line” are central to Roxanne’s mark making and visual story telling. Working with crayons, paint, mixed materials and printmaking, Roxanne layers and exposes, revealing a keen interest in the subjects of birds, energy powerlines paired with a passion for handling tactile materials and the joys of working with an etching press.


A multidisciplinary artist, Roxanne relies on printmaking as her primary art form. She is a seasoned educator on the Connecticut Commission on Culture and tourism Teaching Artist Roster. An award winning artist, she has received recognition for her innovative and original prints on paper, plastic, and metal. Roxanne has extensive education in printmaking and drawing, studying internationally in Italy and the U.S. Her works are featured in solo and invitational exhibitions are held in corporate and private collections.