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Anne Chesnut. American, born 1954
"Drawing--the basis of other art forms--has always been Anne Chesnut's
first love because of it ability to illuminate simple, basic truths.
Lithography naturally followed, since "it is most closely linked
to drawing." Chesnut reserves her color work for monotypes which
are loosely based on her experience at the beaches along Naples'
coast. However, they have a more universal, generic feel: "I was
less concerned about place and more interested in capturing the
experience of being in the water."
Chesnut's comprehensive knowledge of computer imagery
and her training in printmaking have merged. Her new prints
speak of man's history, mythology, psychology, and place
on earth. And the images are a collage of all media, both old
and cutting edge technology.
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Warrington Colescott. American, born 1921
"Colescott's rarity lies in the fact that his most ambitious work is seen
in the unusual context of fine art. Like England's first professional
caricaturist - but in a way relevant to his own time - Colescott knows
that 'the principles of art, selection and emphasis, can be adjusted to a
new balance, in a new type of draftsmanship, neither the representation
of reality nor mere grotesque invention, but the discriminating exaggeration
of the true'". Pat Gilmour/David Low
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Tom Edwards. American, born 1948
"I start my drawings from a particular location, but the element of 'time' begins to affect my perceptions of the place. Because some of the drawings (mainly the large ones), take such a long period of time (over a year), the passage of time takes away from particulars; and shifts the focus to a more abstract kind of 'moving time-scape'." |
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Carlton Fletcher. American, born 1949
A graduate with honors from the Rhode Island School of Design, Fletcher is considered to be one of Washington DC’s major artists. His landscape, figure, and still life works reflect his knowledge, and ability to continue the grand tradition of art history. His works suggest past masters and they also contain serious contemporary meaning and emotion both beautiful and horrific. |
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Jacques Hnizdovsky. Ukrainian/American, 1915-1985
"The woodcuts of Jacques Hnizdovsky represent some of the freshest and most original printmaking in American graphic arts of the past thirty years. Like Ben Shahn and Antonio Frasconi, he draws inspiration from the realist tradition of art, and like them he is an immigrant to our shores, a product of the mainstream of European culture from which our nation has so felicitously drawn much of it creative talent."
Peter A. Wick, Boston MA
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David Hollowell. American, born 1951
"I am attempting to create pictures that hold a glimpse
of something REAL! By real I mean something that can be
experienced. I want one to experience the work, not just
look at it. These are not images created from seeing
outwardly, but from images I see inwardly".
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Billy Morrow Jackson. American, 1926-2006
Jackson began drawing at an early age which
naturally led to making prints throughout his
career. His early woodcuts, linocuts, etchings,
and lithographs are reminiscent of his teacher,
Max Beckman. There are relatively few “prairie”
prints. Late in his life he produced reduction
woodcuts that are filled with love, beauty and
emotion.
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Jennie Lea Knight. American, 1933-2008
"I like to think about my prints as being a collection of disparate images
brought together in such a way as to make a new statement. The source of
these images comes from my recognition and my vision. My tools are digital
cameras and slides and negatives I have taken over many years. I am free to
let my eye wander, choosing images that please me."
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