Monique Wales is an American printmaker and encaustic painter from California with a focus on fine art reductive relief printmaking.

Largely nature-inspired, her work reflects the magnificent mountain areas in and around Yosemite, her home, as well as landscapes throughout the Western United States, Monique’s work is a labor of love and an exercise in patience.

Sketching the design onto block, shaping the piece with the gouge, pulling the inked carvings through press onto paper; The old-world process of printmaking never fails to challenge and inspire.