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“Hide and Seek Suite” by Bev DoolittleLimited Edition Signed Print: 12592/25000 Published: Greenwich Workshop, 1990 SOLD OUT EDITION Composite Print Image Size : 32-1/4" x 26-1/2"
Individual Print Image Size : 14-3/4" x 10-1/4"
Price: SOLD Artist’s Comments: Horses are the center of the universe for me so you can imagine my delight when I came up with an idea on how to do 24 paintings of them…and to pose each one and give it a personality of its own. The idea turned into major project. I spent all of 1989 working on it. Once I had some rough sketches done, I had to choose a type face. I stacked the words up on a center line and then faced the chore of deciding how to divide the words and letters into individual paintings. I chose to split each letter in half horizontally. I didn’t want to end up with a painting that formed the letter ‘S’ for example, and others that formed ‘E’ and ‘K’, and so on. This way, you have to combine paintings before you see a letter take shape. I also didn’t want any two horses to be alike, and none to be the same size or next to each other. I concentrated on designing rock shapes and then fit the horses to the rocks to form a pleasing design. By mid-year I had all the sketches done, and when I put all 24 images together I saw my idea come to life…HIDE AND SEEK as clearly spelled out. Then came the painting and fine tuning, which took lots of time. It was difficult for me to get everything to work together. I had to line the letters up and get a color match from painting to painting. The final step was keying the colors to be uniform throughout. Paint horses were a natural choice for HIDE AND SEEK because of the way they lend themselves to camouflage. Besides, I wanted to celebrate the Tenth Anniversary of Pintos which was the first print I ever did with The Greenwich Workshop. A description of the work is much like the adage about describing a horse ... it varies widely depending on which part of the animal one sees. Viewed separately, 23 of the 24 images are little paintings of pintos against a snow-and-rock background -- a feeling reminiscent of the original Pintos. Why only 23 with pintos? What about the 24th painting? I thought it would be fun for people to try and find a pinto that isn't there! About the Artist: Bev Doolittle combines beautiful and inspirational images of wilderness and Native Americans with her trademark camouflage technique to slow down the viewing process and to tell a story. This is the "fine art phenomenon" of Bev Doolittle. |
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