Bird in a Bush

 

Sylvia Solochek Walters

  1938 - PRESENT (biography)

1971  

color woodcut 

25 7/8 x 17 9/16" image 

pencil, lower right 

4 of 14  

titled, editioned and dated in pencil 

 

white Japanese Hosho 

published 

artist 

15208 

$700.00 

When questioned about her color woodcut "Bird in a Bush," the artist responded:

"The bird is a Guinea fowl, which I was interested in because it gave me an opportunity to explore the patterned textures of its feathers. The small leafy bush behind it has similar textures, which make [it] ideal for camouflage. The bird’s rounded shape allowed me to enclose it in a neat circle, a formal device, which helped to focus on how this bird survives because of its appearance. At the time that this print was made, I was experimenting with adding color to the heavily textured prints I was used to making using black and white as my primary palette. Over the years, that palette largely disappeared in favor of the full spectrum color I now use in my prints."