{"id":4306,"date":"2015-07-17T17:30:13","date_gmt":"2015-07-18T00:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/?p=4306"},"modified":"2015-07-18T14:57:54","modified_gmt":"2015-07-18T21:57:54","slug":"anne-at-laguna-festival-and-new-book-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/2015\/07\/17\/anne-at-laguna-festival-and-new-book-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Anne at Laguna Festival and New Book Release"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Anne-at-booth\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Booth 34, my eight-foot wall space at the Laguna Festival of Arts, is ready for the summer. I had received a disappointing rejection notice after the annual festival jurying, but when another exhibitor\u00a0dropped out, a space opened for me to return\u00a0to this wonderful venue. We came home\u00a0from Italy just two weeks before the opening, but\u00a0with\u00a0enough new work ready and help getting the booth completed, I was able to meet the deadline.<\/p>\n

\"Relating-with-buyer\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The annual Preview Party held July 3rd, before the festival opened to the public, was a huge success. In spite of a fire in the\u00a0canyon and gridlocked Laguna traffic, throngs of people persevered to join the festivities. It was loud, crowded and full of energy. This woman, a collector and board member of a known art school, bought the framed print to her left. Several others bought unframed prints, making it a great\u00a0start to the summer.<\/p>\n

\"Evaluating-which-piece\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It was nice to have people stop and actually look at the work, something that doesn’t always happen as there is just so much other art to look at.<\/p>\n

\"At-the-event\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The festival gives an opportunity to show art to many people who would never see it otherwise, especially as Laguna Beach is a destination for visitors from around the country and beyond. They are often\u00a0curious about my artistic journey, my printmaking techniques, how I get my ideas and\u00a0designs. Each encounter is fun and meaningful for me, though I probably lose people when I get into details of the printmaking process.<\/p>\n

Notice my new book there on the display stand.<\/p>\n

\"Cover\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Art Under Pressure<\/em>, a\u00a0book of my prints, came out a few days before the festival opened. It’s one more in a series that Hyatt has designed and published. This one\u00a0is a collaborative effort as I did the writing and, of course, all the art is mine. We chose and arranged the images together. It is available at the festival gift shop, on Amazon.com, and through www.hyattmoore.com, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"22-23\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Pages 22-23, Benediction<\/em> and By Still Waters<\/em>.<\/h6>\n

Working on the layouts has revealed to me\u00a0how few of my prints actually form a series . . . and yet there is a consistency. Perhaps it was choosing images with related colors that shows a commonality, not intentional when I made them, but there nonetheless.<\/p>\n

\"28-29\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Pages 28-29, Continuing the Search<\/em> and Close Encounters<\/em>.<\/h6>\n

Most of my prints are monotypes, i.e., one-of-a-kind, hand-pulled pieces done on a printing press. These two above \u00a0are actually monoprints, meaning they have a reproducible image, one using a drypoint plate, the other a collagraph plate, but manipulated so that each results in a\u00a0unique print. In the back of my\u00a0book I explain some of these differences.<\/p>\n

\"34-35\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Pages 34-35, Distant Homage<\/em> and Finding My Space<\/em>.<\/h6>\n

When I start a print I never know where it will go. I print one layer on top of another, which means that each stratum presents problems to solve in order to bring the piece to completion. Here are two prints using acetate stencils to introduce additional color, the ochre circle on the left and the turquoise half-circle on the right.<\/p>\n

\"86-87\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Pages 86-87, Resonating Rhythm<\/em> and Solidarity<\/em>.<\/h6>\n

Naming prints is part of the art. I’m always collecting words or phrases I hear or read, but when I’m finished with a piece, I can’t just plug in words I’ve gathered. Each title needs to feel right;\u00a0it needs\u00a0to fit the imagery. Resonating Rhythm<\/em>\u00a0(left) reminds me of a musical instrument. It feels kind of playful. Solidarity<\/em>\u00a0(right) is more sombre, weighty, weathered, anchored yet reaching toward heaven . . . like the solidarity movement in Romania.<\/p>\n

\"88-89\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Pages 88-89, Reference to Yesterday<\/em> and Sustainable Peace<\/em>.<\/h6>\n

Lately I’ve been trying to pull apart the simple rectangular format by printing several plates together. Reference to Yesterday<\/em>\u00a0(left) combines three plates, plus a\u00a0linocut design to add a sense of calligraphy. For Sustainable Peace <\/em>(right), I used alphabet stencils to add letters as a design element.<\/p>\n

\"Demos\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The process, illustrated in pictures.<\/h6>\n

Hyatt thought that photos of my\u00a0printmaking process would be interesting. I always say it’s much easier to do than to explain as it\u00a0sounds more complex than it is. Hopefully\u00a0the photos in the book will make the explanations clearer.<\/p>\n

\"Asemic-Writing\"<\/a><\/p>\n

(Click on photos for larger view.)<\/span><\/h6>\n

I often use <\/span>asemic<\/em> writing as a design element. That’s made up writing that doesn’t actually say anything. These pieces are done in what is called a trace monotype,\u00a0a process that allows me to add line imagery and\u00a0text to the print surface.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Anne-at-Press\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here I am in the studio, a place I love to be, though it\u00a0doesn’t happen as regularly as I’d like.\u00a0Still, there are many on display at the summer-long show in Laguna. And there are many more in the book. Click here for more information and access to ordering<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Come to the Festival of Arts if you can. It’s open 11 am-11 pm daily, now through the end of August. I’m there most evenings and some afternoons. Check out www.foapom.com<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n

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Here’s a look at Anne’s first-ever new book with marvelous samples of her art . . . and an announcement of her summer-long show at the Laguna Festival of Arts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4306"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4306"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4345,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4306\/revisions\/4345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/egallery\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}