First Thoughts...
One
of the things which I hope to see here is taking an old art form, ink,
and elevating it to more than mere sketches and even drawings, which in
general are means to ends - and instead have the ink works be as ends in
themselves, Fine Art in other words, finished works that stand on their
own... to a degree, this was accomplished near the end of the 19th
century as illustrators began flourishing and works by such artists as
Howard Pyle, Franklin Booth and Joseph Clement Coll plied their
expertise and imagination - but there is a difference between
illustration and fine art, similar as they may be, namely that
illustrating is a means to the end of showing visualizations of
particular tales in such as books or magazines, not, as Fine Art per
se... however, by the same score, many of what passes as Fine Art also
in effect illustrated - myths, portraits, visual recordings of areas,
animals, objects and so forth... so the line is blurred, in part
because little attention had been paid to seeking to understand the
nature of Fine Art and why it differs from pre-photographic recordings,
or propaganda posters, or decorative art - especially this latter...
hopefully, in time, a collection of these Fine Art renderings can be
gathered and exhibited and in their viewing help establish the high
quality of composition, inventiveness, and skill that goes into their
creations - and as such be seen for the Fine Art works they really
are...
In the Beginning...
This
is an opening declaration of fellow ink artists to elevating pen and
ink works to the appreciation of fine art... to begin, here is an
example - "Mother Lode", 32"x40" -
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