American Saturday
2020

Monoprints

50” x various dimensions

Watercolor and gouache on paper


American Saturday is a series of abstract monoprints made with pigment and water from the New York City harbor. They are meditations on the climate future of coastal cities: pigment is first laid down, and then harbor water floods the page. Though inspired by Rorschach tests—referencing the politics of climate change— the water goes where it will, moving across the paper plane until it finds a place to settle, just as it does in the world. 


©2025 Nancy Nowacek
Nancy Nowacek artist is a research-based artist, designer, and educator working in visual art, public art, social practice, and socially-engaged contexts.