I’m very happy to announce that juror Monica Mary Warhol has invited my collographic monoprints, Contours of Flight #2 (left) and Contours of Flight #3 (right) into the “Arizona Aqueous XXXI” Show at the Tubac Center of the Arts, 9 Plaza Road, Tubac, AZ 85646. Contours of Flight #2 and Contours of Flight #3 can be seen there from January 20, 2017 until February 27, 2017
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Contours of Flight #3 is part of a series of abstract hand inked and hand pulled collograph monoprints which draws on my stained glass and mosaic work to create images that appear to be in motion, engaged in some aspect of flight. Printed on 140 lb cold press watercolor paper. Matted and framed to 11″ x 14″.
I’m very happy to announce that juror David Jones has invited my collographic monoprint, Focal Point #5,into the “25th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition.” Focal Point #5 may be seen at the Fine Arts Gallery of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, 900 Wood Road, Kenosha, WI 53144 from January 30, 2017 until March 30, 2017.
Focal Point #1, a hand-inked and hand-pulled collograph monoprint is part of my “Focal Point” series, the characteristics of which are: a single dot, or Focal Point; the use of straight lines and geometric shapes, primarily triangles and quadrangles; and the layering of colors. Matted and framed to 14″ x 11″.
Convergence, a hand-inked and hand-pulled collographic monoprint uses color and size shifts to convey a sense of motion to a central core, offset by a pulsation to the outer boundaries of the image. Matted and framed to 22″ x 28″.
Jupiter Rising is my conception of a scene from that time in the future when the colonization of Mars is well underway and mankind is beginning the in-person exploration of the outer planets. A hand inked and hand pulled collographic monoprint on black Reeves paper. Matted and framed to 28″ x 22″.
John Fansmith