James Groleau
James Groleau was born in Lewiston, Maine, in 1960. After dicovering
Carol Wax's The Mezzotint: History and Technique, he taught himself
this most difficult printmaking technique and has become a modern master
at it.
He is the The recipient of numerous awards,
grants and fellowships, including a MacDowell Colony Fellowship
in 2001. Groleau's works are included in the collections
of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums
of San Francisco; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME; Cleveland
Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH; Oakland Museum of California;
National Museum of Fine Art, Antwerp, Belgium; Esther Allen
Greer Museum of Fine Arts, Rio Grande, OH; and the Janet
Turner Print Museum, Chico, CA. He divides his time between
San Francisco and coastal Maine.
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The
Ascetic, Disheveled and Bejeweled
(Portraits of India)
These small portraits, conceived on a trip to India in 2008,
were printed in brown ink. Color was introduced by painting
a mixture of wax and pigment over the printed image.
Mezzotint, wax and pigment; image: 4"x3" (approx.)
Individual prints from the series are
$275
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Salt
Granite Spruce
~ Suite of eighteen color
mezzotints
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Salt Granite Spruce
is eighteen color mezzotints
depicting coastal Maine.comprised of Intimations
of the Arts and Crafts Movement of the early twentieth
century are evident in the palette of greens and
grays, with additional touches of violet, eggplant
and ochre.
All images were created through the use of four mezzotint
plates, each plate introducing an additional color
and dimension. Selected plates were prepared a la
poupée, which involves inking
one plate with two or more color inks.
Color mezzotint with chine collé,
image: 5" x 12" (approx.), edition size: 50
$550
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Absence
of Passion
The Absence of Passion is a suite of fifteen mezzotint
portraits reflecting the trauma of warfare. Tempered
by the partial concealment of facial expression,
the images depict a range of emotional responses
to war, from rage to resignation.
Mezzotint, image: 12" x 10" (approx.),
edition size: 20.
$500
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Flowers of Turbulence
Flowers of Turbulence is a suite of sixteen
color mezzotints comprised of eight portraits
and eight images of flowers. Nineteenth century
daguerreotypes served as inspiration for the
portraits, each of which represent a product
of a turbulent society, i.e., greed, compassion,
or obedience. Five mezzotint plates were used
in the execution of each image, providing the
means of layering imagery and attaining a depth
of color. Selected plates were printed a la poupée,
that is, two or more color inks were applied
to one plate.
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Mezzotint, image:
8" x 8", edition size: 35.
Individual prints are available for $625
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Dress-up
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Matters of Opinion |
Illumination
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