Archive for printmakers
Harold Garde Printmaker
Harold Garde was born New York City in 1923 and studied painting at the University of Wyoming and at Columbia University. ‘Strappo’ is a printmaking technique he discovered in the mid 1980s while cleaning his painting palette and he has explored and perfected the acrylic transfer on glass process extensively ever since. Garde has taught [...]
Read moreRachel Burgess
Rachel Burgess Rachel Burgess grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts. She received a B.A. in Literature from Yale University in 2004, and an M.F.A. in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts in 2007. Her work has appeared in various galleries and on the covers of books and magazines. She currently lives in Manhattan, where [...]
Read moreImero Gobbato
Imero Gobbato was born in Italy in 1923 during the brief hiatus between the spasms of global war. He studied the art of painting in Milan and Venice where he became associated with the Italian Neo-Impressionists, artistic cousins of the French painters Seurat and Signac. Gordon King, a poet and novelist, has written of [...]
Read moreDavid Blackwood
Born in 1941, David Blackwood grew up in a small Newfoundland fishing village where education was highly valued and storytelling was an art form. Listening to stories about the seal hunt and the lives of his neighbors influenced the kind of art Blackwood would produce later in life. In 1959, he obtained a scholarship to [...]
Read moreChristopher Cart
A versatile artist, Christopher Cart has painted murals, countless watercolors and oils, portraits in both oils and watercolors and has illustrated many books and periodicals. His professional career encompasses virtually every aspect of the visual fine arts. Chris Cart draws his inspiration from “the things I care about-real people enjoying themselves, doing the things they [...]
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