tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200138797648475238.post3577016511480458075..comments2024-03-28T01:23:47.828-06:00Comments on BRAD TEARE: 235: The print market dilemmaBrad Tearehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04311014022243382658noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200138797648475238.post-62418509320490589132018-07-20T00:31:15.749-06:002018-07-20T00:31:15.749-06:00I agree. I like the term field painting too. It’s ...I agree. I like the term field painting too. It’s simpler. I think the fine art print market was hurt by huge lithograph editions too. Such practices confused buyers to the point that they didn’t care anymore. <br /><br />I will check out that link. Reduction printing has always intrigued me. I need to give it a try. Thanks for the kind words!Brad Tearehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04311014022243382658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200138797648475238.post-90066059908455568342015-08-15T14:52:57.856-06:002015-08-15T14:52:57.856-06:00Brad,
Part of the confusion for collectors is the...Brad,<br /><br />Part of the confusion for collectors is the intentionally misleading name "giclee print" for inkjet print. It is just as misleading as using "plein air" rather than "outdoor" or "open air". The art world only has itself to blame for its failures and difficulties. When you aim to confuse, you lose.<br /><br />I have also had some artists try to tell me that giclees are not like regular inkjet prints. That is nonsense. When inkjet technology first appeared, high resolution was expensive, but as with all technology, time has brought the ost down while the quality has improved greatly. Today, anyone with a computer and an inkjet printer can make their own high quality "giclees".<br /><br />By the way, as an art lover, these French terms to disguise art methods annoyed me so much I have taken to perusing old art journals in antique stores when I can find them and "plein air" is a relatively new term. Everyone used to just call it painting outdoors.<br /><br />I liken the damage this obfusation is doing to the art world to the way opera damaged itself - by only having opera in foreign languages most people don't understand. The end result is most cities cannot support an opera house because your typical person has no appreciation for music they cannot understand. Now juxtapose that against the popularity of musicals, which are basically American opera. People enjoy musicals, opera - not so much.<br /><br />The visual art world is doing the same thing opera did to itself - an artistic cutting off your nose to spite your face, and it really is a shame.<br /><br />Your art is very good, and your prints are beautiful. They remind me of Don Gorvett's work. He uses a reduction woodcut method with only one plate. I am fortunate to own one of his works.<br />http://www.dongorvettgallery.com/studio/studio.html<br /><br />Kindest regards,<br /><br />Paul Foote<br />pfoote40@yahoo.comWoodNfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06533180552543209355noreply@blogger.com