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Penticton Art Gallery |
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July 27th - Sept 9th 2001 |
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Exhibition of Woodblock Prints
Graham A. Scholes This exhibition marks a milestone as it is a |
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ABOUT THE EXHIBITION At the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria in 1999 Graham Scholes was honoured with a duel exhibition with Walter .J. Phillips, 1884/1963 |
ABOUT GRAHAM Graham A. Scholes, a resident of Sidney B.C., was born in Toronto on December 28th, 1933. He is a well-known artist, author, and educator with a reputation for both his work in watercolours and Japanese woodblock print-making. Scholes graduated from a 4 year Arts course at Western Technical School in Toronto and subsequently designed stage sets for the Erskine Gilbert and Sullivan Operatic Society for 6 years. He worked in the commercial art field in Toronto and Montreal until 1977 when he turned fulltime to the creation of fine art. Scholes international reputation was established with the publication of his book Watercolor and How, published by Watson-Guptill, New York, which was distributed world wide. In 1993 at the age of 60, Scholes took a course with master printmaker, Noboru Sawai on woodblock printmaking. This new medium was an instant inspiration and catalyst. In the fall of 1993, Scholes started a series of prints depicting the lighthouses along the rugged coast of British Columbia. |
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ABOUT THE PROJECT Graham's compelling desire started 8 years ago, when he decided to capture these little niches of British Columbia's history. He is recording them, using the Hanga medium, (Japanese Woodblock Printmaking). He is intrigued with the process of creating his own prints from start to finish. Scholes stresses the authenticity and legitimacy of original prints, created by the artist's hand. |
ABOUT THE TECHNIQUE Records show that woodblock printing on fabrics had been practised by the Egyptians at least two thousand years before the Christian era. It was about the 7th century that printing on paper became more widely used. It was in the 8th century that woodblock printing was introduced into Japan from China and until the mid-17th century, the colour was achieved by hand painting the print. About the mid 1600s a new school of painting was beginning to emerge under the name ukiyo-e in the city of Edo (now Tokyo) which was responsible for the development of coloured woodblock prints. |
Exhibition Contents Graham A. Scholes ... 37 works Title, date, number of plates/number of colours, |
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Autocratic Automation |
Carmanah |
Egg Island 2001 4/8, 30.5 x 14 Entrance 1996 6/14, 45.7 x 24.2 Estevan 1995 6/25, 43.2 x 23.2 Green Island 2001 8/23, 59.5 x 45 Ivory 2001 4/8, 30.5 x 14 Kains 1994 6/15, 28.2 x 19.7 McInnis Island 2000 4/11, 27.7 x 20.2 Nootka 1994 8/9, 46 x 18 Pachena 1994 6/14, 26.7 x 19 |
Pine Island |