"If God's will is in your little stones, they will surely bring down giant Goliaths
... but you have to make the throw!”
― Israelmore Ayivor
Digging around in my stacks, I again noticed this etching from long ago, created while a student at the University of Lethbridge Art Department (1977 to 1982). I initially applied to just audit a course in printmaking, but stayed for the whole program, eventually graduating after 5 years, which included also working for them and even teaching summer courses and running the art gallery for a year as a sabbatical replacement (I had been the gallery assistant the year before). These few years were the only time I created etchings, mainly because of access to the print studio and presses (and I also worked as a studio assistant then), something I later never had access, though currently, at the Kunstquartier Wien we have a printmaker in the house, Tom Phelan whom I had talked to about collaborating.
DAVID #3 - etching, aquatint and sugarlift, 1977 (scan from the original done 2014)
The technical stuff used for this print explained:
Etching, Aquatint and Sugarlift. The one thing I explored later on, Mezzotint, is not used in this print, which is sort of a show-off what I had learned so far. While I made trial proofs, I never editioned that plate: I have no idea where it went, but I might have a copy of a proof left (would need to check in my studio - since I scanned this 2014 when I was in Vienna already). Do follow the links above, they are very informative of the diverse processes of Intaglio Printing. Another resource I recommend is found here: How to do Printmaking - Methods and Materials. I had not done much Engraving, but had worked with Drypoint quite a lot.
Now I could have made a big show by quoting all these resources here, but think it should suffice to provide the links of articles carefully vetted for this blog.
Below a drawing and the earliest painting where I used David as a subject (only a black and white photo of it exists).
David #1 - india ink on paper - 1975
on the right, David #2
acrylic on canvas - 1975 ► ► ►
So both of these done two years before going to University. While I still have the drawing, I have no idea where the painting is, but it was sold through my gallery in Canada.
So there you have it - four of my "Davids" - but there were many more sketches also, none recorded. For the sake of disclosure, early on Steemit I posted a rant about censorship where I used these images in the context of the post, having to do with a blog of mine about Facebook Morality Apostles from February 2014, something you might also enjoy reading, particularly since nothing has changed much on "Fecalbook" (as a artist friend of mine is fond of calling it).
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