Willy Heeks is an East Coast painter known for canvases that are intricately layered with gestural swathes of color and forms. In his monotypes published at Aurobora Press, Heeks has taken the same approach using the intaglio press to create soft, spongy backdrops and printing various shapes that simmer in their own bold colors until they eventually percolate to the surface of each print.In these recent works on paper, Heeks used found items from an abandoned construction site as stencil forms to underpin his compositions. Spray paint and white primer were used to set the forms -- mesh wire, chainlink, twisted cords -- onto the Plexiglas matrix. This methodology created something akin to an aquatint plate. Heeks inked, surface wiped, and printed image over image onto earlier printed backgrounds increasing the visual information. Heeks would then handwork each print embellishing the surfaces of these monotypes until the artist's signature improvisational style with color and form predominate the final compositions.