Poppies
May 16, 2008 - 9:31am to 9:31am
June 29, 2008
Begin with a well-textured canvas, cover with flat house paint, allow time to dry, illustrate the lines of the subject matter with colored pencils - blur the lines with paint thinner, allow more dry time, create form with oil pastels and finally chalk pastels - and still more paint thinner if needed. Thus John Vanderpool outlines the technical process, which leads to the richly layered
and vibrant images he creates. The exhibit at the Muchnic Gallery opens with a reception
for the artist Friday, May 16 from 5 – 7 p.m.

Mr. Vanderpool characterizes his style as impressionistic, while others have likened the finished pieces to batik - a wax-resist dyeing method used to create textiles in Indonesia, as well as parts of the Asian subcontinent and parts of West Africa. Mr. Vanderpool counts Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Edgar Degas, and Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida among his favorite artists. For subject matter, Mr. Vanderpool draws from his collections of old photo postcards, vintage clothing, antique dolls and old family albums, as well as a more recent interest,
his iris garden. Mr. Vanderpool lives and works in Erie, Co.

Learn more at: www.johnvanderpool.com

or visit: www.atchison-art.org

Iris prints are often called gicl?e prints, however, “Iris” refers to a specific digital press-proofing product introduced in 1989 by Iris Graphics, Inc., now wholly owned by Scitex Corp., Ltd. Early pioneers in the conversion of the Iris printer from pre-press tool to fine-art print engine were ex-Crosby, Stills & Nash tour manager R. Mac Holbert and musician Graham Nash, founders of Nash Editions, which produces and markets fine-art prints. In 1991, Nash Editions printmaker Jack Duganne coined the term “gicl?e” to define this new print medium.

According to Gicl?e Print Net, Inc., gicl?e (zhee-klay) is a French feminine noun meaning a spray or spurt of liquid. As a printmaker’s term, gicl?e expresses an elevation in print technology, advanced by high resolution digital scans and archival inks printed on similarly archival substrates such as canvas, fine art and photo papers. The prints generated on professional 4, 8 or 12 color ink-jet printers employ a level of precision and detail, which eclipse that of typical computer printers. Artists find gicl?e prints advantageous due to the ability to print works on-demand, as needed.

Sources: Gicl?e Print Net, Inc.; Craig Offman, “The New
Remasters,” Wired Digital, Inc.; and Harold Johnson, “Mastering Digital Printing, 2nd ed.”

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