by Bill Laing’s Silkscreens
Bill Laing – “Terrain of the Domestic Landscape #2” – Silkscreen
Yesterday we spent a few enjoyable hours poking around the always lively Granville Island. Amongst other pleasures, we stopped in to view Bill Laing’s exhibition PARIS: Recent Silkscreen Prints at Malaspina Printmakers Gallery.
Magnified patterns from nature; leaf vein patterns, ripples on the surface of water and patterns that mirror nature; floral lace patterns, leaf motifs on drapery form the source of inspiration for Bill Laing’s recent silkscreen prints.
These patterns usually obscure hidden human figures that you would not know were there until stepping back farther – an interesting visual play. I was pleased to see a body of his work together, having only seen one or two in real life before. Bill Laing is a well-known Canadian printmaker, a professor and head of printmaking at the University of Calgary, Alberta.
It’s well worth visiting this exhibition if you are in the area, and it is still up until February 19th. You can read more about Bill Laing and see some of his works at the Herringer Kiss Gallery site.
February 12, 2006 in Art Exhibitions, Other artists by Marja-Leena
Thank you for sharing this artist. I enjoyed looking at his work on the Herringer Kiss Gallery site. It looks an interesting mix of hard edged and romantic, and reminds me of the feeling I have when reading Verlaine’s poetry.
Thank you for your interest, Omega! I’ve been sitting here since 5:30 in the morning, waking up even earlier to hazy thoughts on some art projects! I had to get up and write down those ideas before they’d be lost. Funny how these influences come through the subconscious when I didn’t even think his work affected me in that way.
Your site inspires me. Whenever I reach that terrible place where I need some sustinence to continue in my printmaking, I turn to you. I am now 81 and still trying to find the elusive art that is hiding in the pieces of basswood in front of me.
Thank you so much.
John
Hi John! Welcome and thank you for the kind words! You do woodcuts then?