Upcoming Classes & Exhibitions
Winter Landscape Step-by-Step
Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts Class | December 2, 9, and 16 2021
Colored Pencil Birds
Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts Class | March 2022
Milwaukee Pastoral: Beth Stoddard Paints the Milwaukee County Parks
Wauwatosa Public Library Exhibition | March 2022
Portraits Drawn from Life
Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts Class | April 2022
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One could more succinctly write about painters who didn't print. Renowned 17th century Dutch painter Rembrandt near enough invented the medium of etching. Numerous artists have since followed in his footsteps (or etched lines) by creating intaglio prints alongside their painting practice.
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Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, Le Lac, etching on chine-collé paper, 4 7/8" x 5 3/4", printed 1861.
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From pre-impressionist Corot's delicate 'paysages' to modernist Morandi's signature still lifes, great painters yet found interest in the graphic, linear, and tonal qualities of intaglio printmaking. The finest of these prints stand alongside the more well-known canvasses, conversing with them, adding another dimension to the artists' favored motifs.
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Partially in response to such oeuvres, I have been itching to etch. What would the beauties of Fitzsimmons Woods look like interpreted not only through painting and drawing, but also through etching?
(Right: Giorgio Morandi, Still Life with Five Objects, etching, approx. 5.5"x8", 1956)
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Rembrandt, Self-Portrait in a Cap, Open-Mouthed and Wide-Eyed, etching on paper, approx. 2" x 2", 1630.
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The incomparable etchings of Rembrandt spurred my initial interest in the medium. I've since learned of many more praiseworthy painter-printmakers.
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The plein air season has wrapped up - here's one of the last from this month.
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Thank you for reading and looking.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Until next time,
Beth
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