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November / December 2009 / January 2010
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Jake Early New Highway 1 Series Print
Jake Early’s latest release, San Francisco available February 2010. This numbered and signed series is limited to 160 pieces per image. Available exclusively at Chico Paper Company.
Jake Early’s design work and printmaking have earned him much notoriety. A California native, Early produces unique serigraphs on his hand-made printing screen-press, designed and built in his Chico studio. His simple illustrative style, bold color palette, and strong depiction of place all resonate with collectors. Early’s trademark is his use of metallic inks, created by mixing powdered metals into an ink base. These inks capture and reflect light, shifting the mood of each print as lighting conditions change. Creator of the “National Parks image - Whiskeytown,“ the “Seasons” series, “Chico Palio” his inaugural “Chico Landmark series,“ “Chico Street” series, the “Bidwell Park Centennial” series, “California Highway 1” series, and Early’s latest endeavor “Sideways" series. Early is a graduate of the graphic design program at California State University, Chico and studied at the School of Fine Arts in Seville, Spain.
Rebecca Koury Featured Artist: January 2010
Rebecca has traveled extensively throughout the US, Canada, Mexico, Italy and Southeast Asia, exposing her to many cultures and diverse forms of art. This has led to a fascination with other cultures, both ancient and contemporary. Rebecca's artwork aims to blend both influences of ancient and current cultures. She loves the process of discovering how her own life intersects and is not separate from these influences. She asserts that we as human beings are not separate from each other or the earth we inhabit, no matter what culture or time we are living in, we can find similarities. Rebecca received a Master of Fine Arts Degree in Sculpture and a Minor in Art History from the University of Texas in Austin. She now resides in California and works full-time as a artist.
Jana Olson's lighting obsession at Chico Paper Company in Nov-Dec.
These Chandeliers and table top lamps at first glance appear as lightening structures of days gone by...then the ah ha moment of clarity hits when you understand they are constructs of kitchen implements composed to create new forms. Lighting has been a fascination and profession for Jana Olson for the last 20 years. During most of that time, she owned and operated a store in the Bay Area called Omega Too. At Omega Too her motto was "everything you need to make your house look old". At that time she became quite skilled at restoration and repair of antique lights. She sold the business in 2006 to focus her attention on the repair and fabrication of lightening. Using all types of teapots, coffeepots, coffee cups, saucers and compatible parts. Because of her knowledge of lightning construction, she is able to create real functional art lights using unusual parts.
Richard Whitehead New works at Chico Paper Company, Fine Art Gallery. Richard's exciting new collection is a continuing exploration of pigment pattern and textures. "I have continuously painted and sold work over the years, striving to express my vision of art. I was originally drawn to painting as a visual manifestation of internal processes of the human psyche. The sensual, tactile qualities of a painting were what interested me most" "Over time I began to see more. The manner in which one creates art defines the artist as well as the artwork. What is true of the artist has resonance with the observer. The communication of the artwork is really its greatest relevance. To paint freely and honestly speaks to the humanity of all. Though I have studied all manner of visual art, I remain a painter and am obsessed with the process and physical surface of a painting. The nuances of color and application of paint mean more to me than the picture created. I generally begin with an intuitive idea that is completed during the work.
