Print Portfolio Project

The alchemy of intaglio. A collection of new works by eight North Coast artists,
guided by master printmaker John Clark.
Saturday May 11 - Sunday, June 1, 2019
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Stirling Gorsuch in copperplate etching
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Jill McVarish & John Clark
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Robert Paulmenn
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David Coyne
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Reed Clark
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Jill McVarish
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Jamie Boyd
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Roger Hayes
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Stirling Gorsuch
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John Clark

​The AVA Gallery is pleased to present “The Print Portfolio Project,” a group exhibition of exceptional new works featuring eight North Coast artists: Jamie Boyd, John Clark, Reed Clark, David Coyne, Stirling Gorsuch, Roger Hayes, Jill McVarish, and Robert Paulmenn.
 
Studio 11’s master printmaker John Clark guided the other artists and helped produce an outstanding collection of intaglio prints, each one encompassing complex printmaking methods. Jill McVarish’s “Asparagus Farmer” (above) was first etched via drypoint, in which the image was incised into a copperplate with a hard-pointed needle-like tool. It was then finished with spit bite aquatint, an acid wash, in which the acid “bites” wherever it touches the plate, showing brushstrokes, drips, and dots, resembling a watercolor in the final print. 
 
These limited-edition prints will be available for purchase singly or in a special collector’s boxed set of eight, with all proceeds donated by the artists in support of the non-profit Astoria Visual Arts.

“The Print Portfolio Project” opens Saturday, May 11th, at the AVA Gallery, 1010 Duane Street, during the Astoria 2nd Saturday ArtWalk and runs through June 2nd, 2019. Artists will be present at the opening reception on Saturday, May 11th from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m.

​The AVA Gallery hours are Friday, Saturday and Sunday noon-5pm and by appointment via astoriavisualarts@gmail.com.

Previously in the Gallery:
January 2019 : Teresa Robinett
Feburary 2019 : Ceramics Invitational
​March 2019 : Anne Greenwood Rioseco
April 2019 : ​Clatsop County High School Art Show