I loved working with this oil-based thick red-colored pencil that made an image for me that was a bit out-of-focus/ blurred somewhat : like a great stone in-the-rough. I love the liberty that gives me when printing the zinc etched plate. The acid did it's job as did the red pencil and now I have my chance to do my job. You can see in these artist's proof the range of possibilities that my plate gave me to express different moods and different parts of each of the figures all gathered together in this place on my zinc plate. It sure was fun to print. I'd like to do it again.
These are just some of the artist's proofs that I did of this zinc plate. I wish I had them all here to show the total range that I achieved with such varied interpretations of the party scene depicted here. I liked referring in the past to the progression of this " la fete / party " and the passing hours and the getting later and more tired and more ready to calling it finally quits?
This image above is so completely " noir - black ". I like it : I like it a lot. Hard to see at first. It takes a whole lot more concentration to really see this party/ fete.
This was all done as I was pretty much at the peak of my printing and I was printing these at Joelle Serve's Atelier 54 now and really enjoying my freedom. It was such a liberating time for me and I was enjoying the experience immensely and working with many French students and aspiring artists themselves and they were very curious and very willing to try new things and to learn. I liked that about them. It was very stimulating to me.
I loved these color combinations that I kept trying. Many times it was like as if I was painting the etched crayon plate above and not simply rolling the rollers over the surface and printing it. Thus I had many artist's proofs to show for my efforts. I like that almost better, really : one of a kinds - many of them - and all so different of my imagined " party - celebration " with my friends and " Joke " our deaf Dalmatian spotted black-and-white dog ...
It is so rich what different colors can add and give a whole other ambiance-atmosphere to an image. Love it.
I used everything handy and at reach to make these from my blotters and my plastic rectangle spreaders of the ink into the grooves of the etched zinc plate of mine. Wow, the memories are rushing - pouring back in to me now as I type and remember. Love it.
Nothing like blobs of orange to make me think now of Thanksgiving as it approaches and the colder weather and the parties we will soon have with family and friends. Cheers.
A touch too somber above. Someone must have said something sad or off-color?
Ahhhhh, the joy is back once again. Happy party overall.
There was some intense, impassioned, gutsy and raw and heart-felt conversation, too at times as shown in the print above.
There was some peace and some ease and some reflection, too as displayed above. People all coming together in one space. Nice.
At the very end, time to clean up perhaps or leave things as is and say " bye byes ", go to sleep and deal with things the next morning?!/ Good idea, cheers, happy good-night, happy holidays and may we finish 2011 well and ring in 2012 with some great parties - fetes - all of us, Cheers, sante, hasta luego, untill we next meet, Anthony ( TONY ) Quinn
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