Midnight Sun Series - Part 4

 

I decided to focus on a few detailed areas of the sky on each of these fine art mono-prints. The above print has a sky full of stars. The white halo around the sun is larger than pervious images. 

The above scene has a very dark red in the sun and I added a lot of color pencil strokes to the sky. No stars. 

For this mono-print I was trying to show the aurora borealis with stars in the sky. This is a single layer print. This print is on rice paper. 

Midnight Sun Series - Part 3

These fine art mono-prints were created using the silk screen technique. After the ink dried, I used color pencil to add a little fine detail. 

 

Midnight Sun Series - Part 2

These fine art prints are from one linoleum block that I modified only slightly by carving. The above 1st block is three layers of color: yellow, green and red. 

The above print has the 1st three layers the same, but I added layers light and dark blue. 

This final print I added more blue areas, stars and more red. 

 

Midnight Sun Series - Part 1

I have spent a long time on my tree series of drawings in the past few years. That is still my primary focus. But, its summer! So I am working on my Midnight Sun series of fine art prints. These fine art prints are created using the linocut method of printing. Each is a mono-print, but from a single linoleum block that was modified as I printed. 

I completed these during a three week stay in Provence France. I took a workshop with Jeff Hirst in the town of St. Raphael on the Mediterranean coast. 

I used color and line to show the motion of the sun as it misses the horizon during the Alaskan Summer. 

 

ON THE COVER!

April CAROLINA ARTS Cover!

On our cover this month is a work by Wil Bosbyshell, part of his exhibit “Climate Conversations: An Interactive Art Exhibit by Wil Bosbyshell”, on view in the Grand Hall of the Charlotte Art League Gallery & Studios, in Charlotte, NC, from Apr. 5 - 30, 2024.

Receptions: 

Friday Apr. 12, from 6-9pm

Sunday Apr. 14, from 1-5pm

A big thanks to Carolina Arts for the great article and cover! Also, the show will support the Climate Conversations exhibit will benefit Carolina Thread Trail | The Carolina Thread Trail | Regional Network of Trails Carolina Thread Trail. 

 

Carolina Thread Trail and Bosbyshell team up for Climate Conversations exhibit!

 

Website for the Carolina Thread Trail

Climate Conversations Art Exhibition

Artist Wil Bosbyshell

Charlotte Art League – Grand Gallery
4237 Raleigh St, Charlotte, NC 28213

Neighborhood NODA, walking distance from Sugar Creek Light Rail Station

Exhibit Dates: April 5 to 30, 2024

Opening Reception Friday April 12 – 6 to 9 PM

Afternoon Reception Sunday, April 14 – 1 to 5 PM

What you can see at the show

Drawings
Paintings
Banners
Memory Tree Installation
Memory Tree Poster – display and give away

Art Price Ranges 

Sketches $90 to $190
Framed drawings $240 to $10,000
Paintings $240 to $690
Prints $45 to $65
Banners $300 to $800

Climate Conversations Drawing 21, 6 x 3 feet, $15,000

Climate Conversations

An Interactive Art Exhibit by Wil Bosbyshell

Celebrate Earth Day 2024 beautifully and thoughtfully with a visit to Wil Bosbyshell’s Climate Conversations art exhibit.

Bosbyshell manages to make the vast climate challenges we face personal and relevant. His large-scale drawings of trees—the largest is over 6 feet tall--are mesmerizing in the level of detail they provide; and they hang amidst suspended banners that flutter as you walk through them like leaves in a forest.

The exhibit is interactive in several ways, inviting your participation. You can touch the fabric tree hangings as you walk through. You can write a thought from your past and hang it on the memory tree. You can take a tree memory poster home with you.

Bosbyshell has always been fascinated with trees. You will be as well after you spend time immersed in this art experience. Bosbyshell’s art is rooted in a love for the natural environment, and our intimate but often unconscious relationship with it. His ongoing observation and time amidst natural landscapes allow him to center his practice on honoring and protecting the world, while simultaneously paying homage to the beauty it provides.

By centering on the interaction between the texture of the bark, the natural design of the limbs and the depiction of scars left by time and weather, he stimulates our minds and invites us to develop a more personal relationship with trees—leading to greater understanding of their importance in the ecosystem and the spiritual place they hold in the world.

His fascination with trees lies in the belief that trees are not proverbial abstract things but individual, living beings with personalities and stories to tell. Bringing those stories into daily consciousness is at the heart of his creative process.

Become part of the exhibit by jotting your own experience with a favorite tree and hanging it on the Memory Tree! Bosbyshell has collected hundreds of tree memories from folks around North Carolina. The memories range from nostalgic to profound. Posters of the collected memories are free to take home as a souvenir of the exhibit.

The Exhibit is in the grand hall of the Charlotte Art League 4237 Raleigh Street in the North Davidson area of Charlotte and runs from April 5th to 30th. Tree drawings and other artwork are available for purchase. There are two receptions: Friday April 12th from 6 to 9 PM and Sunday April 14th 1 to 5 PM. ♦

Climate Conversations Drawing 20, 5 x 3 feet, $8,000

Midnight Sun, Charcoal, 18 x 24, $890

Memory Tree Poster 1 - Take one away free at the exhibit.

Memory Tree Poster 2

Elkin Hike Watercolor, 5 x 7, $490