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Art Show During Maggie’s Getting Married – Graham Scholes
After graduating in graphic arts, and spending 20 years in the business world, Graham Scholes focused on the fine arts field. Watercolour was his medium of choice for 25 years.
Over the past years, Graham has approached his art career with, “I wonder what if.” This manifested itself in photography, paper sculpture, metal sculpture, and watercolours. In this mix was the importance of drawing the live model, the old masters’ discipline. Woodblock prints, with a mix of waterless lithography, kappazuri and reduction printmaking, have captured his attention for the past 29 years.
His lighthouse series of woodblock prints is an interesting example of engaging his audience. He decided on a series of images of lighthouses on the coast of British Columbia. Graham recognized that the lighthouse structures belong to history; however, the background/foreground belong to his imagination.
He has created over 85 prints for a variety of subjects. Now at a heart beat from 90, he might slow down but not retire, as his work keeps him young. “Artists don’t retire, they draw to conclusion.”
For more information about Graham’s work, please visit https://woodblockart.ca/
Graham is very generously donating 50% of the proceeds from the sale of his art to Langham Court Theatre.
