He began the prints by selecting pages from his stash of antique papers from around the world.  The paper compositions were then collaged onto white Rives BFK paper and became the backgrounds for the monotypes.  

Robert painted images of the fruit and flowers on plexiglas plates using thinned lithography inks. These were then printed onto the paper collages.  Many of the monotypes are embellished with gold leaf.   

Robert Kushner working on Tangerine monotype