Torben Giehler’s suite of prints, K2, is the artist’s first exploration into the print medium. Giehler has chosen silkscreen to do this, as it shares many of the characteristics the artist uses to create his large scale, elaborate acrylic paintings. Each of the prints in the suite was first laid out on the computer, four variations all based on his K2-North Spur, 2002. Then each was meticulously and continuously over-printed dozens of times with numerous screens until the final four versions had been achieved. Slight shifts in registration and variations in opacity have kept many over-printed colors peeking through in the final images, while also referring to the stripping-in process used in the paintings. Given the fact that all of the artist’s paintings originate in the virtual space of the computer, these vibrant works on paper may be seen to stand in as ‘drawings’, a clear and insightful window into the artist’s thought process on color composition and spatial construction. The imagery, like the unique work, is built on references as varied as early photography, virtual reality imaging, video gaming, contemporary cinema, digital mapping and modernist painting and color theory. Each print has a sparklingly sharp, 3-D day-glo effect. The process was achieved with hands-on work the artist did each day in the shop with the printers; a virtuoso example of an ability to translate work into printmaking as a collaborative venture between artist and printmaker.