Hawaiian Petroglyphs black
by Stephen Jorgensen
Title
Hawaiian Petroglyphs black
Artist
Stephen Jorgensen
Medium
Digital Art - Original Lithographic Print On Paper
Description
Petroglyphs are graphic "drawings" on lava rocks made by carving or scratching lines and dots into the rock surface. There are over 10,000 petrogyphs in Hawaii. We don't know for sure what a lot of these mean, but it is thought that many of the carvings are records of births and other significant events in the lives of the people who lived there long ago. Here I have depicted a family grouping, a man (a canoe paddler) and his wife with a child.
The original was a hand pulled lithographic print made off of an artist created polyester printing plate. This print was made using a stipple technique on the plate to create a form of shading even though the lithographic printing method only prints one solid color for each mark. The artist also created a slight haze around each dot by inking with a very oily ink so some of the color seeped into the open spaces around the dots. This is part of the creative hand printing process that a machine can't perform. It makes for a more subtle and artistic look. It was made to be a 6X8" print, and by adding a 1 inch wide matting, it was made to fit an 8X10 inch standard frame.
The artist has done this series of prints as if he was the assigned artist aboard Captain Cook's ship the Endeavour as he discovered many islands, including Hawaii in the 1700's. A ship's artist would prepare his sketches and paintings to be published when the expedition got back to Europe so the public could see the wonderful sights of the South Seas. Usually these works of art were published as lithographs, in much the same way as Mr. Jorgensen does here. The scenes have no modern buildings in them, the plants and flowers and animals are presented in a "Scientific" drawing form. Just like the ship's artist would do.
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January 8th, 2016
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