Artist Information:
Jack Mccarthy
Santa Fe, NM
United States
Member Since: Oct 2006
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Artist Statement:
I am basically a story-teller
who uses prints as my
vocabulary. My approach to
printmaking is eclectic. On
one hand, I use traditional
relief printing methods either
a baren or a 1947 Vandercook
Press, named Ursula. On the
other hand, I experiment using
brayers, stencils, natural and
found objects, ...
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Jack Mccarthy's Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Jack Mccarthy's Portfolio.
I am basically a story-teller who uses prints as my vocabulary. My approach to printmaking is eclectic. On one hand, I use traditional relief printing methods either a baren or a 1947 Vandercook Press, named Ursula. On the other hand, I experiment using brayers, stencils, natural and found objects, anything that has texture.
My work is influenced by life experience and, most importantly, my constant amazement of what human beings believe in and how they choose to live their lives!
Many of my prints are allegorical in nature and almost all are visual stories. I am presently working on a variety of projects:
One is a series of relief prints based on medieval stories, both secular and religious. One edition is comprised of prints depicting religious beliefs and stories of 8th to 14th century Europe, what is normally but erroneously called "The Dark Ages" and/or the Gothic Period. The stories are delightful and, at times, gruesome. Many are Christian stories based on non-Christian (pagan) myths.
The second project is a small edition of handmade books with original prints based on the Old Testament.
The third is a book which will be a pictorial depiction of the life ... |
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