Artist Kevin Bradley first came to my attention while I was enjoying the Castleberry Hill Art Stroll in Atlanta last month. At first glance the prints exhibited by Gallery Stokes reminded me of the now iconic Grand Old Opry posters produced by Nashville's historic Hatch Show Print for artists like Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, and Bill Monroe. Bradley uses similar techniques with wooden typeface blocks to create a more accidental aesthetic with what are known as make-ready prints. These prints are typically used to assure proper alignment before printing other editions, but Bradley is far from typical. "The make-ready print serves a purpose to the printmaker in that the accident can be incorporated into editions and still keep the vitality of surprise that the process tries to kill" says Bradley of his creative process. Enjoy more of Kevin Bradley's work at the web site for his Knoxville shop: http://www.yeehawindustries.com/home.html
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Yee-Haw!
Artist Kevin Bradley first came to my attention while I was enjoying the Castleberry Hill Art Stroll in Atlanta last month. At first glance the prints exhibited by Gallery Stokes reminded me of the now iconic Grand Old Opry posters produced by Nashville's historic Hatch Show Print for artists like Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, and Bill Monroe. Bradley uses similar techniques with wooden typeface blocks to create a more accidental aesthetic with what are known as make-ready prints. These prints are typically used to assure proper alignment before printing other editions, but Bradley is far from typical. "The make-ready print serves a purpose to the printmaker in that the accident can be incorporated into editions and still keep the vitality of surprise that the process tries to kill" says Bradley of his creative process. Enjoy more of Kevin Bradley's work at the web site for his Knoxville shop: http://www.yeehawindustries.com/home.html
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