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Chicken with Garlic and Basil by Sharon Mitchell
Artist: Sharon Mitchell, USA
Media: Mezzotint
Edition: 80
Image Size: 9 1/2" x 11 1/2"
Description:
Sharon Mitchellgraduated from the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California where shestudied printmaking, portraiture and calligraphy. From 1985 until 1990, she wasan artist in residence at Kala Institute in Berkeley , California where she focused on traditional intaglio printmaking techniques, includingmezzotint. Her bold colors are made by“spot-rocking”, using multiple plates, masking and some hand-coloring. “ Throughout my life, I have been fortunateenough to travel extensively. From an early age I was exposed to avariety of cultural aesthetics. During such adventures I absorbedeverything from primitive folk art to the wildly ornate theatrics of Baroqueembellishment and the ariel feats of Gothic cathedrals. I also becamefascinated with the myths and narratives so abundant in every corner of theworld. Because of this focus, I never felt an affinity with abstractexpressionism. In spite of growing up in the 60’s and 70’s when itflourished so, I chose to virtually ignore it as an influence and insteadbecame somewhat shamelessly representational. As such, my influencesamongst the contemporary fine artists of the world are few. I do creditthe usual old masters in particular Albrecht Durer whose engravings were aninspiration to take up a somewhat religious zeal toward printmaking while incollege. However, though it is almost taboo to say it, during my“formative years” I fairly worshiped illustrators in general. Alreadyheaded in the direction of having an illustrative style, it seemed quitenatural that I should gravitate to those whose work exhibited a mastership ofillusionism. Sharon Mitchell has regularly moved between naturalstudies and the pursuit of images that convey a sense of theater, emphasize thegrace and structural integrity inherent in natural forms, and produce an encounterwith the dramatic, the bizarre and the humorous.
Artist: Sharon Mitchell, USA
Media: Mezzotint
Edition: 80
Image Size: 9 1/2" x 11 1/2"
Description:
Sharon Mitchellgraduated from the College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, California where shestudied printmaking, portraiture and calligraphy. From 1985 until 1990, she wasan artist in residence at Kala Institute in Berkeley , California where she focused on traditional intaglio printmaking techniques, includingmezzotint. Her bold colors are made by“spot-rocking”, using multiple plates, masking and some hand-coloring. “ Throughout my life, I have been fortunateenough to travel extensively. From an early age I was exposed to avariety of cultural aesthetics. During such adventures I absorbedeverything from primitive folk art to the wildly ornate theatrics of Baroqueembellishment and the ariel feats of Gothic cathedrals. I also becamefascinated with the myths and narratives so abundant in every corner of theworld. Because of this focus, I never felt an affinity with abstractexpressionism. In spite of growing up in the 60’s and 70’s when itflourished so, I chose to virtually ignore it as an influence and insteadbecame somewhat shamelessly representational. As such, my influencesamongst the contemporary fine artists of the world are few. I do creditthe usual old masters in particular Albrecht Durer whose engravings were aninspiration to take up a somewhat religious zeal toward printmaking while incollege. However, though it is almost taboo to say it, during my“formative years” I fairly worshiped illustrators in general. Alreadyheaded in the direction of having an illustrative style, it seemed quitenatural that I should gravitate to those whose work exhibited a mastership ofillusionism. Sharon Mitchell has regularly moved between naturalstudies and the pursuit of images that convey a sense of theater, emphasize thegrace and structural integrity inherent in natural forms, and produce an encounterwith the dramatic, the bizarre and the humorous.