Lava Rock and Koa Paddle black
by Stephen Jorgensen
Title
Lava Rock and Koa Paddle black
Artist
Stephen Jorgensen
Medium
Digital Art - Original Lithographic Print On Paper
Description
Hawaiian islands are all volcanic islands. Many shores are still all volcanic rock, but in some places the waves have pounded the rock into sand and pieces of coral have been pounded into white sand filling the spaces between lava outcrops with lovely sand beaches. Here I show a lava rock outcrop with a koa paddle leaning against the rock. On the sand lies a conch shell, often used by ancient Hawaiians to signal over long distances. Perhaps an ancient canoe paddler has just called to his canoe mates just offshore and is now waiting for them to come and pick him up.
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 7th, 2016
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