tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post6867071227463526063..comments2024-03-24T18:32:45.563-04:00Comments on Black and White: Jan LievensAnne E.G. Nydamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-91247477139814723842012-08-02T17:38:33.090-04:002012-08-02T17:38:33.090-04:00Anne, good to read your response. . . Yes, I'm...Anne, good to read your response. . . Yes, I'm well and enjoying a life beyond 38 years at D.H. . . I look forward to your upcoming feature on Helen West Heller - were you at DH when I curated the Heller exhibition in the D.H. Gallery? I am impressed with the quality of your recent prints - you have made great progress since I last observed work work. It's wonderful reconnecting. . . let's keep in touch. All the best.Scatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618411275337576441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-16018596393277738142012-08-01T15:04:55.741-04:002012-08-01T15:04:55.741-04:00Hello, Scatt! Yep, that's me. I hope you'...Hello, Scatt! Yep, that's me. I hope you're well and enjoying retirement from teaching.<br />Thanks for your two links. Helen West Heller is one of the artists on my list to feature here at some point, so I'll certainly use those as resources when I do.Anne E.G. Nydamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-90611492890857618422012-07-31T14:04:57.675-04:002012-07-31T14:04:57.675-04:00For goodness sake's, after posting the above c...For goodness sake's, after posting the above comment I saw your image in the circle and realized you were most likely the same Anne Nydam I worked with at D.H. in Wellesley. . . I visited your homepage and enjoyed viewing your works - especially the images from nature. Great to see you are thriving. All the best.Scatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618411275337576441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-76591560832553268642012-07-31T13:55:34.107-04:002012-07-31T13:55:34.107-04:00Thanks a lot Anne for posting this page on Jan Lie...Thanks a lot Anne for posting this page on Jan Lievens' woodcut. I own an etching my him but was surprised he did such wonderful wooduts. I am an artist living west of Boston and have two webpages you might be interested in (I've added a link here on one of them.<br />http://pantherpro-webdesign.com/heller/art_of_woodcutting.html The Art of Woodcutting<br />http://helenwestheller.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/helen-west-heller/ Helen West Heller - an extraordinary woodcutter. <br />I hope you will enjoy these.Scatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16618411275337576441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-44257009811733925882012-06-04T10:19:54.588-04:002012-06-04T10:19:54.588-04:00Absolutely. Lievens was probably not thinking of ...Absolutely. Lievens was probably not thinking of his woodcut as a woodcut, but rather as a method of reproducing a drawing. Still, some of his others do seem remarkably modern to me in exactly that respect - they seem as if they're starting to take advantage of the medium in its own right, which is something that's really possible only when the carver is the artist.Anne E.G. Nydamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02406524149458743460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303338240948428759.post-31723754664176028932012-06-01T19:45:31.156-04:002012-06-01T19:45:31.156-04:00Perhaps one reason to make a woodblock print that ...Perhaps one reason to make a woodblock print that looked like a pen and ink drawing is that back in those days that was the only way you could make duplicate copies? I, too, like the landscape with its Group of Trees.Paxnoreply@blogger.com