Printer and Publisher of Contemporary Prints

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Bill Thompson
GYRO

Center Street Studio is pleased to announce our first publication of the Fall season: GYRO, a suite of 3 color aquatints by Bill Thompson. For those of you who have followed Bill's work, you will recognize these images as excellent examples of how he translates issues explored in his wall sculptures into print.

The first step was to create 3 unique shapes similar to, but more eccentric than, ones found in his Rounds paintings. Cut out of matt board and refined with sanding, these shapes were then scanned into a computer and relayed to a waterjet cutting machine where they were cut out of copper. The copper plates were similarly refined, covered with aquatint and etched to 100% saturation. They were then inked and wiped with one color and surface rolled with another that, when printed, resulted in an uncommon saturation and mix typically not found in single plate etching. The prints display a chromatic intensity on par with what Bill achieves in his automotive paint surfaces and contribute to the ongoing dialogue he maintains between painting and sculpture.

Each print measures 23 x 22.5 inches and is printed in an edition of 25 plus 5 artist proofs. They are available as a suite of 3 prints. Contact Director James Stroud for price information.

Markus Linnenbrink
Valley of Dolls and Mudhoney

Center Street Studio is pleased to announce a new series of monotypes by German artist Markus Linnenbrink. Entitled 'Valley of the Dolls' and 'Mudhoney (VOTD),' Linnenbrink employes a technique the Studio devised specifically for him where he manipulates viscosity of the inks and pressure on the press to produce images of astonishing complexity and richness. Contact Director James Stroud for price information.

Richard Ryan
Bird 1

Richard Ryan's new woodcut for 2009 is 'Bird 1'. Equally impressive in scale as his 'nine black poppies' from 2008, it measures 53 x 40 inches (image) and is printed on a 60 x 43 inch sheet of natural Kozo paper.
Please contact James Stroud, Director for further information.

Richard Ryan
nine black poppies

Center Street Studio is pleased to announce the publication of Richard Ryan's nine black poppies,
a woodcut printed on natural Kozo paper. The print measures 54 x 40 inches (image), 60 x 43 inches (sheet) and took the artist a year to cut into the block. Contact James Stroud, Director for price information
and availability.

Untitled
A Portfolio of Ten Etchings by George Whitman

Center Street Studio is pleased to announce the release of ‘Untitled,’ a portfolio of ten exquisitely drawn animal head etchings each printed with chine collé. Ten years in the making, this collection of prints represents Whitman’s first foray into etching. The extraordinary draftsmanship of his graphite drawings is evident in each of these prints, especially in the graphic ingenuity displayed in translation of surface texture and fur. Printed in editions of 20, image size is 11.74 x 14 inches, sheet size is 20.5 x 22.5 inches.

Natural Selection
A Portfolio of Ten Landscape Prints

Center Street Studio is also pleased to announce that the Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art at the University of Richmond will acquire the Center Street Studio archives this year. To help raise the needed funds, the museum produced this benefit portfolio in collaboration with Center Street Studio to offer to all donors of $10,000. The portfolios contain prints by artists who have either worked with master printer James Stroud in the past or have had exhibitions at the museum. The list of artists include: Anne Harris, Nell Blaine, Carolyn Harris, Bernard Chaet, Charles Ritchie, Tanja Softic’, James Stroud, Bill Thompson, John Walker and George Whitman.

Contact Center Street Studio Director James Stroud at jstroud@centerstreetstudio.com or Executive Director of University Museums Richard Waller at rwaller@richmond.edu for a prospectus. Click here to download a pdf version of the prospectus.

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