Baren Digest             Wednesday, 25 October 2000     Volume 13 : Number 1191


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From: Wanda <robertson@canby.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 08:22:08 -0700
Subject: [Baren 11830] Neil Welliver 

Hi Bareners & Barenesses!

Have any of you seen the "Art on Paper" magazine? The September/October
2000 issue? There is a 2 page (mostly artspeak) blurb on the artist Neil
Welliver. And it is *HANGA*! It says he prints in the ukiyo-e style &
uses the Philadelphia printer: Shigemitsu Tsukaguchi. Everyone at school
is just raving over the print they show in the magazine- trying to
figure out how he did it, etc. I took one look at it & said: Hmmm
Japanese Woodblock! It is quite beautiful, though. And large! Something
like 42" x 35". If you can get your hands on this magazine, it's sure
worth a look.

They do have a website http://www.artonpaper.com/sept-00/proof.html but,
unfortunately, this particular print is not on it. Interesting magazine
- - I had not seen it before. Take a look.

Wanda

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From: Wanda <robertson@canby.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 08:25:01 -0700
Subject: [Baren 11831] Neil Welliver 

Oops, I have to take that back - this print *is* on the "Art on Paper"
website. 
http://www.artonpaper.com/sept-00/museum.html
Although, it is easier to see in the magazine & is 35x34 inches. Anyone
else working hanga this big? I remember Sarah saying something about a
*big* dog print. How big Sarah?

Wanda

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From: Daniel Dew <ddew@tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 11:48:48 -0400
Subject: [Baren 11832] Re: Neil Welliver 

I have seen the magazine at Borders, but have not thought to pick one up.
So, off to Borders for lunch!

dan dew


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From: slinder@mediaone.net
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 10:54:56 -0500
Subject: [Baren 11833] Re: Neil Welliver 

Thanks, Wanda!
  
More of his work seems to be here-and there are big prints!
 -with interesting combinations of print methods in some 
of them!  <http://www.neilwelliver.com/ex2000/bu_list3.htm>

Sharen

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From: amoss@mindspring.com (John Amoss)
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 12:03:06 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [Baren 11834] Re: Neil Welliver 

Check out the prices on Neil Weliiver's work:

<www.neilwelliver.com/ex2000/print_pr.htm>

- -John A.




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From: "Gillyin Gatto" <gillying@midmaine.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 21:20:34 -0700
Subject: [Baren 11835] Re: Baren Digest V13 #1189 

hello to all BAREN MEMBERS  -- after lurking about for a few weeks or so  i
will finally introduce myself-- GILLYIN (soft  g  )  GATTO  from MACHIAS
MAINE   have been doing wood and linoleum  since about the third grade and
now i'm 52 -  a locally known artist, who sells prints for reasonable prices
and  have collectors around the us and canada and italy and etc  was
recently written up(march 99 american artist mag) .....used to do the show
circuit, now given that up for gallery representation   i agree with david
about pricing and am making a new web site and wondering HOW to price my
prints   i live in rural maine  where' if you cant EAT it or BURN it - it
aint worth it ! i sell my prints from $ 35 - $125-- thats the going market
here and  i do well in the summer, but  it drops away in october til next
july.  i am hoping that the internet will give me a new outlet --  has
anyone tried ebay? or  other art  sites ?  david says that prices are too
high ,  -and galleries  too elitist ,  when i read  his  words- i hear
myself talking  !! i am a farmer/artist/writer  not interested in elitism or
snobery etc
       my smallest block is 2x3 "  my largest block is  3 x 5 '  thats FEET
!! i use ALL kinds of wood - whatever i can get-  i like to let the grain
speak , let it do alot of work for me , i look forward to learning  and
growing thru the BAREN -- thanks for  being out there --  ART IS
LIFE--CREATE PEACE - greeetings and blessings to you all - i enjoy seeing
your work  -GILLYIN  GATTO

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From: David Bull <davebull@woodblock.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 12:14:14 +0900
Subject: [Baren 11836] Re: New member ... 

Gillyin Gatto wrote:
> hello to all BAREN MEMBERS  -- after lurking about for a few weeks or so  i
> will finally introduce myself ...

Hello! Thanks for 'coming out of the closet' and introducing yourself. 
Nice to have still another very experienced printmaker here.  New
England and the Atlantic seaboard sure does seem to be 'where it's at'
as far as woodblock work in the US goes ... how many members do we have
now from up there - dozens I think.


> ... sell my prints from $ 35 - $125-- thats the going market
> here and  i do well in the summer, but  it drops away in october til next
> july. 

This price range seems to be about what Matt Brown over in New Hampshire
was doing I think. But why the drop-off in October? Isn't there a good
run-up to the Xmas season over there?

> ... hoping that the internet will give me a new outlet

We're all looking forward to seeing some examples of your work ...

Dave


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From: Wanda <robertson@canby.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 20:44:45 -0700
Subject: [Baren 11837] Re: Neil Welliver 

Wow! I didn't find that section - cool! And the prices - wooeee! I guess
we are just not signing on with the right galleries! That is pretty
fantastic, isn't it? Thanks Sharen & John, for pointing out these other pages.

Wanda

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