Untitled

Mankiewicz's printmaking carries a graphic sensibility shaped by his parallel work as an illustrator, and this untitled woodblock sits within that overlap. His published illustrations and graphic narrative work rely on flat colour areas, decisive linework, and pictorial economy — qualities that translate directly into the planar logic of mokuhanga, where each colour requires a separately carved block. The medium rewards artists who think in shapes rather than in tonal modelling, and Mankiewicz's editorial training equips him for that constraint. Untitled prints in his catalogue often function as standalone images rather than illustrations to a text, allowing him to work through composition without the demands of accompanying copy. The result is a body of work in which editorial illustration and traditional Japanese printmaking are mutually reinforcing rather than separate strands of practice.