MONIQUE WALES
UNITED STATES
Largely nature-inspired by the magnificent environs around Yosemite, Monique’s work is a labor of love and an exercise in patience. She focuses on copper plate etching, collography and woodblock and linocut relief printmaking. She also enjoys forays into encaustic painting as well as large-scale acrylics.
Monique hopes to bring awareness of the importance of wild spaces and their increasingly threatened inhabitants to her audience. Her work imparts the peacefulness, serenity and wonder she experiences when exploring deep in the forests of the Sierras, along the California coast or on her travels to other parts of our beautiful planet.
Artist Collection
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Edition: 5
Year: 2026
Image Size: 11 1/2" x 21 3/4"
Description:
Just Hanging Out is a reductive, multi color, lino-cut by Monique Wales. An edition of only 5 pieces, this image is of the cones from a Sugar Pine tree and two Red-breasted Nuthatches. Monique writes:
Sugar Pines are the world's tallest pines, and were prized by Indigenous peoples who used the seeds and bark for food, rootlets for baskets, the sweet resin for glue or gum, and the leaves and bark to make medicinal teas.
A number of bird and animal species also make use of their seeds including birds such as grouse, crossbills, jays, nuthatches, siskins, woodpeckers, and squirrels. l've included a pair of Red-breasted Nuthatches as adornments to these two cones, though you could probably hear them before you spotted them in a real tree! Sugar Pines silhouettes are easily spotted by looking for their magnificent pine cones (up to 26" long) dangling from the boughs.
Only one remains - this is the last of the edition! Edition number 4
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Image Size: 5" x 12"
Description:
A reduction lino-cut of a feather from a Red Tail Hawk by California artist, Monique Wales. Open edition - varied
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Edition: 19
Image Size: 10 1/2" x 8 1/4"
Description:
Two plate, multi color, reductive lino-cut of a pair of Orange-crowned Warblers in their nest.
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Edition: 23
Year: 2025
Image Size: 16" x 20"
Description:
Vibrant reduction lino-cut, by California artist, Monique Wales. Hairy Woodpeckers on Aspen trees - hiding in plain sight! Edition number 22
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Edition: 30
Image Size: 16" x 24"
Description:
One block, multi color, reductive lino-cut of the view from Highway 46 in San Luis Obispo County. Stunning green hills looking toward Morro Bay and Morro Rock with the Pacific Ocean in the background. Edition number 25
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Edition: 27
Image Size: 16" x 24"
Description:
multi color, reductive lino-cut of a large tree in silhouette with ravens in the branches. Soft colors of a cloudy sunset in the background. Edition number 27
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Edition: 22
Image Size: 12 1/2" x 20"
Description:
This is a reduction linoleum block print of grey and yellow birds called Butterbutts on snow covered branches. Edition number 6
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Edition: 24
Image Size: 16 1/2" x 21 3/4"
Description:
multi color, reductive lino-cut of a swimming duck with intricately carved ripples in its wake. Edition number 18
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Edition: 30
Year: 2022
Image Size: 13 1/2" x 21 1/2"
Description:
One plate, multi color, reductive lino-cut of one of Monique’s favorite hikes in the Sierras. Edition number 13
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Edition: 28
Year: 2022
Image Size: 21" x 8"
Description:
One plate, multi color, reductive lino-cut of the cliffs and ocean at Rocky Creek Bridge in Big Sur, California. Edition number 11
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Edition: 30
Image Size: 28" x 9"
Description:
two plate, multi color, reductive lino-cut with wood block. Trout swimming in a stream. Edition number 12
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Edition: 29
Year: 2023
Image Size: 10 1/2" x 16 1/8"
Description:
multi color, reductive lino-cut of a Dipper at the base of a small waterfall. Edition number 14
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Edition: 34
Year: 2022
Image Size: 10 1/2" x 14"
Description:
One plate, multi color, reductive lino-cut of a Scrub-Jay nesting in a heart-shaped wreath. Edition number 21
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Edition: 26
Image Size: 11" x 13"
Description:
two plate, multi color, reductive lino-cut of two cormorants on a rock with a sunrise background.
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Edition: 26
Image Size: 10 1/4" x 22"
Description:
Autumn leaves fallen on matted grasses, may be hung vertically or horizontally. Edition number 5.
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Edition: 21
Year: 2025
Image Size: 21 1/2" x 11"
Description:
Beautiful monochromatic depiction of Tule fog settling in the California oak-studded foothills. Edition number 6
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Edition: 22
Image Size: 12" x 12"
Description:
A single block, multi-color, reductive lino-cut of the monochromatic, but intensely detailed view from a rooftop in Matera, Italy. Edition number 7
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Edition: 32
Image Size: 10 1/2" x 15 1/4"
Description:
two plate, multi color, reductive lino-cut. Edition number 6
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Edition: 32
Image Size: 5 1/4" x 10 3/4"
Description:
One plate, multi color, reductive lino-cut of a woodpecker. Edition number 21
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Edition: 32
Image Size: 13 1/2" x 17"
Description:
two plate, multi color, reductive lino-cut of a blackbird nest perched amidst corn stalks.
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Edition: 26
Image Size: 10" x 9"
Description:
Two plate, multi color, reductive lino-cut of an Annas Hummingbird in the nest. Edition number 3
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Edition: 26
Image Size: 9 3/8" x 7 7/8"
Description:
Abandoned wren nest with eggs. Edition number 5
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Edition: 26
Image Size: 18" x 24"
Description:
Single block, one color linoleum block print by Monique Wales. This is a Coyote in Yosemite National Park, California. Edition number 15
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Edition: 33
Image Size: 18" x 24"
Description:
Single block, one color linoleum block print by Monique Wales. This is a view of Half Dome from Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park, California. Edition number 11
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Edition: 12
Image Size: 13 3/4" x 12 7/8"
Description:
A tree in silhouette against a dusk background - birds in flight! Edition number 10
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Edition: 50
Year: 2022
Image Size: 7" x 10"
Description:
Three blocks, multi color, lino-cut of three ravens feathers with iridescent highlights.
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Edition: 32
Image Size: 12 1/2" x 9"
Description:
One block, multi color, reductive lino-cut of this California native with roots. It is part of a botanical collection by Monique Wales. Edition number 15
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Edition: 32
Image Size: 10 1/2" x 8 1/2"
Description:
One block, multi color, reductive lino-cut of this California native with roots. It is part of a botanical collection by Monique Wales. Edition number 8
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Edition: 29
Image Size: 10" x 12 1/2"
Description:
One block, multi color, reductive lino-cut of this California native with roots. It is part of a botanical collection by Monique Wales.
Artist: Monique Wales, USA
Media: Lino Cut
Image Size: 4 1/2" x 5 3/4"
Description:
Ponderosa Pine in silhouette with a full moon. Open edition - varied