The work of art I decided to write about is Tree by Evan Lindquist, at the Sara Howell Studio and Gallery. Lindquist is an expert artist-printmaker who specializes in intaglio – the art of printmaking. Lindquist is a Jonesboro resident and a former Professor of Art, teaching printmaking and drawing, at Arkansas State University for forty years, 1963-2003. In 2003 he retired from the university to focus solely on his art.
Almost all of Lindquist’s works on display, including Tree, follow the process of intaglio. To form the prints, Lindquist will cut an image into a flat, copper plate, and then rub dark ink into every engraved line. A rag is then used to remove any excess ink from the surface of the plate. Once the plate is prepared, a press is used to apply heavy pressure to the plate, forcing the ink onto the paper and forming the print. …show more content…
Lindquist studied with Lasansky at the University of Iowa, where he received his Master of Fine Arts Degree in Printmaking in 1963. Lasansky drew influence from Pablo Picasso and some of his print works in the 1940s and beyond. From Picasso, Lasansky learned about intaglio, and passed it down to Lindquist.
Tree is one of Lindquist’s standard prints. Produced in 2014, Tree is done on a white paper, with dark black ink. Lindquist carved various lines into the copper plate, forming a single tree. Lindquist does an excellent job of varying the depth of his engraving at different points, both in the leaves and in the bark, so that the darkness of the ink is varied. At some points, the tree has a dark grayish shade, while at others it is white, with just a black outline of the leaves. The shading and varying of the color gives the work a sense of depth; it looks like a three-dimensional
Almost all of Lindquist’s works on display, including Tree, follow the process of intaglio. To form the prints, Lindquist will cut an image into a flat, copper plate, and then rub dark ink into every engraved line. A rag is then used to remove any excess ink from the surface of the plate. Once the plate is prepared, a press is used to apply heavy pressure to the plate, forcing the ink onto the paper and forming the print. …show more content…
Lindquist studied with Lasansky at the University of Iowa, where he received his Master of Fine Arts Degree in Printmaking in 1963. Lasansky drew influence from Pablo Picasso and some of his print works in the 1940s and beyond. From Picasso, Lasansky learned about intaglio, and passed it down to Lindquist.
Tree is one of Lindquist’s standard prints. Produced in 2014, Tree is done on a white paper, with dark black ink. Lindquist carved various lines into the copper plate, forming a single tree. Lindquist does an excellent job of varying the depth of his engraving at different points, both in the leaves and in the bark, so that the darkness of the ink is varied. At some points, the tree has a dark grayish shade, while at others it is white, with just a black outline of the leaves. The shading and varying of the color gives the work a sense of depth; it looks like a three-dimensional