Somesbar by Byron McClintock

Somesbar by Byron McClintock

Somesbar

Byron McClintock

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Title

Somesbar

 
Artist
Year
2006  
Technique
mezzotint, roulette and drypoint printed in color 
Image Size
9 7/8 x 8 3/8" platemark 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
9 of 14  
Annotations
dated after the signature 
Reference
 
Paper
antique-white Rives heavyweight wove 
State
proof 
Publisher
 
Inventory ID
BYMC239 
Price
$400.00 
Description

Like many of McClintock’s abstract mezzotints, Somesbar is a reference to an actual place. Somes Bar is centered at the confluence of the Klamath and Salmon Rivers in Northern California. It remains an unincorporated community in Siskiyou County and its evolution began with the onset of gold mining and homestead ranching. According to Dominick A. Dellasala, Ph.D., “The Klamath-Siskiyou ecoregion of Northwest California is one of the most diverse temperate forest regions on earth. To the locals, the ecoregion goes by many names: the Klamath Knot for its rugged mountain ranges: State of Jefferson, for a local secession movement popularized in 1941; and Bigfoot Country, for the reputed sightings and mythical connection this creature inspires in indigenous communities. To biogeographers and conservationists, however, this area has many accolades, including designation as a World Conservation Union global center of plant diversity, a World Wildlife Fund Global 2000 ecoregion and proposed United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) designation as a biosphere reserve.”

 
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