Cerling, who has lived in Houston for more than four decades, began to print in the 1980s in Little Egypt Enterprise, a Houston shop that created print and other editioned artworks opened by David Folkman in 1974. (Folkman moved his original shop from Illinois to Houston.) While Folkman focused a lot of attention on lithography, Cerling developed a flair for intaglio printing and worked with a wide range of artists in addition to printing her own work. During the 1980s, she developed a robust program at Little Egypt and then opened her own print shop, Cerling Etching Studio in the 1990s. Cerling continues to make her own work, now primarily drawing, and exhibits in Houston.

Dick Wray; Untitled, 1995; Etching; Image: 120 mm x 169 mm

Arthur Turner; Sorcerer’s Knife, from the Pecos River Suite, 1993; Etching; Image: 152 mm x 100 mm

Eric Avery; Johnny Garrett is Dead, 1991; Etching; Image: 81 mm x 137 mm

Robin Utterback; Untitled, 1992; Etching; Image: 426 mm x 356 mm

Frank Tolbert 2; Grasshopper, 2000; Etching; Image: 225 mm x 148 mm

Richard Stout; Untitled, 1996; Etching, carborundum; Image: 226 mm x 299 mm

Penny Cerling; Grass Series, 2002; Etching; Image: 100 mm x 85 mm

Beth Secor; The Acceptance of Matter, 2000; Etching; Image: 299 mm x 256 mm

Terrell James; Untitled, 1994; Etching; Image: 156 mm x 107 mm

Luis Jimenez; Portrait of Gus Kopriva, 2000; Etching; Image: 226 mm x 149 mm

Earl Staley; Enchanted Gardens, from Faust, 1985; Etching; Image: 221 mm x 298 mm