For more information about the gallery, art, the artists, prices, etc. The Attic Gallery 1101 Washington Street Vicksburg, MS 39183 Phone: 601 638 9221 FAX: 601 638 9221 |
Islander Etching by Dale Rayburn (8" x 10") $165 |
Reflections Etching by Dale Rayburn (18" x 24") $350 |
Doc Etching by Dale Rayburn (18" x 24") $350 |
Dale Rayburn Age, experience, and honesty are reflected clearly in the faces of the men and women who inhabit the world of Dale Rayburn's paintings, etchings, and monotypes. In their eyes the viewer can see something true, far exceeding Dale's modest hope that, "if my work is honest, it will have merit." In the early 1970's when the Attic Gallery was in its nfancy, we met Dale Rayburn at the beginning of his career as an artist. We are proud of Dale's success as a painter and printmaker and proud to offer his arresting images. Born in Carriere, Mississippi in 1942, Dale Rayburn was educated at the University of Mississippi and the University of Southern Mississippi. He served as a professor at Louisiana State University, Lagrange College, University of Mississippi, Georgia Southwestern University, and Dekalb College. Etchings: Dale began specializing in etchings in the late 1960's and continues his mastery of this little known printmaking technique today. The etching process begins with a copper plate which has been coated with an asphalt like substance. The image is created by drawing directly through this surface, removing the ground with the metal drawing tools. Then the plate is immersed in an acid which bites through the exposed areas. Thus the drawing is etched into the hard metal. The plate is cleaned, and ink is worked into the etched areas and wiped carefully from the surface of the plate. One at a time the sheets of printmaking paper are soaked in water, blotted, and placed over the inked plate on the bed of an etching press. The press consists of a heavy sheet of steel which rolls between two adjustable rollers, similar to an old fashioned washing machine wringer. When the plate is hand cranked under pressure between the rollers, the pliable paper is forced into those fine etched areas and the ink held in the grooves is lifted onto the paper. The plate must then be cleaned, and the process repeated for each subsequent print. In this way editions of about one hundred prints are created. Afterwards the plate is defaced or cut to insure that no more will be made. |
For more information about the gallery, art, the artists, prices, etc. The Attic Gallery 1101 Washington Street Vicksburg, MS 39183 Phone: 601 638 9221 FAX: 601 638 9221 |
