Harold Horowitz. "The Washington Print Club Quarterly," What seems most wonderful about these works is the quality of lines. They may be incised in the uncut areas of the blocks or they may be the outlines of the shapes themselves. In either case, the linear elements of the designs are very powerful and are able to both define the forms and suggest the three dimensional properties as well. We take such talent in handling linear elements for granted when we look at prints by master draftsman Picasso. Lila Oliver Asher also has this rare ability.


Jo Ann Lewis "The Washington Post," ... black and white prints of mothers and children, lovers, musicians and single figures that predominate. The best of these are rendered with a single graceful arabesque, or series of arabesques, that somehow convey roundness-as well as the tenderness of an embrace, a gesture or touch-with out the use of shading or perspective. Made by cutting the image into heavy linoleum and then inking and printing it, the resulting white lines on black (or the reverse) perfectly suit her lyrical, linear style. Most often she uses line exclusively to describe her images, though occasionally she has printed with blocks of raw wood, using the raised grain for the background.