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              Julia Ayres North Gallery April 23 - June 24, 2012
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Julia Ayres
Iris by Julia Ayres
Julia Ayres
Julia Ayres Prints
North Gallery - April 23 - June 24, 2012
Julia Ayres, a printmaker based on a small ranch at the
foothills of the Ozarks near Chouteau, has been creating
art all of her life. She was encouraged to draw from an
early age by her artist mother and was always known as
"the artist" in her classes. Ayres says she has known all of
her life that art is what she would do.
Although Ayres' earlier artwork was in watercolor painting,
she started printmaking in the mid-1980s after taking a
workshop on monotypes at Kala Institute in Berkley,
California. After the workshop, she says, "I didn't have a
press and wanted to avoid bringing oil-based inks into my
studio, so I set out to discover methods of creating water-media
monotypes without a press." Ayres wrote about
what she learned from her experimentation in several
articles which were published in the artist magazine,
Watercolor. Her interest and exploration of monotypes
opened up further printmaking possibilities, which are
featured in this exhibit titled Julia Ayres Prints.
Ayres received her art training at the Art Institute of
Chicago, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the
Massachusetts College of Art. She also studied privately
with a number of well-known artists, including William
Maynard, Ralph Love, and Frederic Taubes.
Through the span of Ayres' award-winning career, the
talent to make successful prints is continually paired with
her ability to educate through her artwork and as a
published author. Ayres has contributed a number of
articles to arts magazines including American Artist,
Southwest Art, and Watercolor. She has also authored two
books published by Watson Guptill including Monotype:
Mediums and Methods for Painterly Printmaking, 1991;
and Printmaking Techniques, 1993. Today, these books
are used in printmaking classrooms across the nation.
With this exhibit, the artist continues the theme of
education through her art. The artwork in this exhibit is
created using an array of printmaking techniques,
including monotypes, block prints, etched solarplates,
Chine-coll?, photo emulsion plates, dry point etchings,
relief prints, lithographs, and more. The exhibit is laid out
in a manner which allows the viewer to become familiar
with the various forms of printmaking by developing a
basic understanding of each technique and comparing it to
others.
Ayres' artwork has been shown nationally in exhibitions
sponsored by such prestigious organizations as the
Capitol Exhibitions
The Capitol is home to four art
galleries, exhibiting works of
current and past Oklahoma
artists.
East Gallery
North Gallery
Governor's Gallery
Betty Price Gallery
About the North Gallery
Located on the first floor of the
Capitol, the North Gallery
features photography and works
on paper by current Oklahoma
artists. Exhibits rotate
approximately every 60 days.
Hours:
Weekdays 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Weekends 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (use
west entrance)
The North Gallery is curated by
the Oklahoma Arts Council. For
more information contact Alyson
Moses at 405.521.2931 or
alyson.moses@arts.ok.gov.
Past North Gallery
Exhibitions
Selection of Artists for
Exhibition
Upcoming North Gallery
Exhibits
Sarah Harless (Sayre)
December 3, 2012 -
February 3, 2013
Grant McClintock (Tulsa)
February 11 - April 7, 2013
Sam Joyner (Tulsa)
April 15 - June 16, 2013
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