STANLEY PARKHOLLOW TREE CONSERVATIONART PROJECTGiclée Inkjet Monotype SeriesMARY LYNNE JEWELL |
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 The Stanley Park Hollow Tree Conservation Society commissioned Jewell to create a series of prints to commemorate the restoration of Stanley Park’s Hollow Tree. Jewell designed fifteen digital monotypes taken from one painting created using a frottage technique and completed in 2008 before work on the Hollow Tree began. This image was lifted directly from the surface of the monument snag. A monotype is a combination of painting, printmaking and drawing mediums to achieve a one-of-a-kind image. Frottage was invented by surrealist artist Max Ernst that employs rubbing over a textured surface to uncover an image not immediately visible and guided by the subconscious mind. Jewell also works in the Canadian tradition of landscape painting with influence from conceptual art theory and abstract expressionism. Since she began her art career it has been Jewell’s goal to raise awareness about rare ancient trees and forests, their beauty, their spiritual value to us and their vital role in the geometry of nature. Mapping these locations and the unexpected and often repeating patterns found in tree surfaces shaped by climate specific to each site are other important facets of her practice. Jewell collaborates with conceptual artist and big-tree hunter Ralf Kelman, who is a member of the British Columbia Big Tree Committee formed in the 1990’s to create the Register of Big Trees in British Columbia. This inventory was begun by the late mountaineer and activist Randy Stoltmann and currently resides at the Ministry of Forests with involvement from UBC. Kelman was also a member of the Stanley Park Restoration Stakeholder Committee, an advisory group formed after the windstorms of 2006. Jewell and Kelman are original members of the "Friends of the Hollow Tree", which later became the Stanley Park Hollow Tree Conservation Society. Jewell used a roller and acrylic paint on vellum to create the master monotype of the Hollow Tree for the series with an outside measurement of 16X20 (40.64cmX50.80cm). Using image-creation software and a scanner she made a digital copy of this as the model to individually colour fifteen limited edition giclée prints. These were printed with a high-quality inkjet printer using acid-free paper and pigment-based inks. Each image is 5X7 (12.70cmX17.78cm) matted at 8X10 (20.32cmX25.40cm) and is signed by the artist. Each print is unique and is an authentic reproduction of the textured surface and supporting heartwood of the Hollow Tree. Twenty copies of each print in the series are available and have a minimum value of $250 CDN per image including tax, packaging and delivery. A percentage of each sale will be donated to the Stanley Park Hollow Tree Conservation Society. To buy a print or for more information please contact barkartist@hotmail.com.Disclaimer: Colors on your screen will never be exactly what you see in a printed image because paper does not have an embedded light source.©Copyright 2009-2011 Mary Lynne Jewell and Ralf Kelman.Stanley
Park Hollow Tree Conservation Society
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