Chance Meeting Spurs Creative Friendship
Walter and Brown will have their prints on display at the Civic Center Gallery from March 3 through April 16 in a show titled “LUMINOUS, Light and Transparency on Paper.”
Opening reception will be from 5:00 to 7:00 PM on Friday, March 7 at the Gallery located at Encinitas City Hall, 505 S. Vulcan Ave., Encinitas, CA 92024.
Two
printmakers met last year at an evening event at the Encinitas Library. Nancy
Walter overheard Greg Brown talking about CYANOTYPES and asked if he would
teach her how to make them. In exchange she offered to teach him how to make
MONOTYPES, her specialty. They struck a deal, and an instant friendship was
formed. Over
several months they taught each other their respective printmaking processes,
and found that sharing, co-creating and connecting through printmaking energized their work.
“Our
goals are the same,” says Nancy, “To produce visually striking images that draw
the viewer in, using texture, transparency, and light. Although our goals are
the same, our methods are quite different.”
MONOTYPES
by Nancy Walter comprise half of the show. She has a background in graphic design,
illustration, and photography. Creating
monotypes requires acrylic printing plates, ink, brayers, brushes, stamps,
stencils, and a 1500 lb. etching press.
It is an exciting, and sometimes
frustrating process. Generally the “successful” pieces occur from overlapping
several images, working with different layers of color, transparency and
texture but the results are hard to predict. It’s an intuitive process in which
over-planning can lead to mishaps. With monotype, it’s best to avoid “overthinking”
and allow for inner guidance take over.
Greg
Brown, whose CYANOTYPES make up the other half of the exhibit, has a background
in Architecture, solar energy design and music. Cyanotypes
are named for the blue “cyan” images produced by their photosensitive
chemicals. Making them requires watercolor paper, a photo emulsion, a dark work
space, a variety of objects and transparencies, a large sheet of glass, a sunny
day, a large tray of water, a spray nozzle, and a lot of imagination. It is an
exciting, yet sometimes capricious process. An experienced printer can get
exquisitely detailed photo prints using negative transparencies, but with
objects set on the paper, freer compositions, and varying light conditions,
there are always surprises. The results can be delicate, floating, mysterious,
or other-worldly images, impossible to create in any other medium.
Printmaking partners, Greg and Nancy, have found that their chance
connection through the common thread of art making has enriched their lives.
It’s a deep experience discovering new artistic territory with another artist. They
are grateful to the City of Encinitas Civic Arts Program for providing the
opportunity to exhibit their work.
Info: Please emall Greg Brown at gr8mackinnon@gmail.com or Nancy Walter at Nancy@nancywalter.com.
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