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| Mixed Media Limited Edition Print on Hahnemühle Bamboo 290 Paper "Illuminated Vandas at Longwood" |
| Commemorative Limited Edition |
Orchid Species: Vanda coerulea Common Name: The Blue Orchid |
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Lichtenstein Custom Fine Art Prints - Ridgefield, Connecticut
–Gary Lichtenstein
mixed media limited edition prints utilizing silkscreen or serigraph printmaking. As and artist, his paintings have been shown and collected by such as New York’s Museum of Modern Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian Institute, and the San Francisco Art Institute, including solo exhibitions in New York, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. As a master printmaker, his collaborations with other artists on original silkscreen prints are in the collections of New York’s Whitney Museum and the Museum of Modern Art as well as San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art. Lichtenstein’s guiding philosophy at his studio focuses on respecting artistic integrity within the spontaneous process of producing exceptional prints of unparalleled caliber. The collaboration between artist and master printer creates a dialect allowing the synchronicity of the art to flourish. This synergy guided Lichtenstein and Laspino throughout the creation of the print, “Illuminated Vandas at Longwood”, in choosing direction and intent, color, feeling, texture, imagery and form. The collaborative print is the result of this unique dialog. The process of creating a limited edition mixed media prints is inherently freeing and allows each artist’s most intuitive strengths to emerge. |
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The Hahnemühle Fine Art Company is Germany’s oldest artist paper mill and has been in existence for over 420 years. It has succeeded in developing a premium, soft Fine Art paper from ultra-pure Bamboo fibers and pure spring water. This natural white paper is made from 90% highly renewable Bamboo fibers, hence helping to conserve valuable natural resources, and 10% cotton paper. It is the worlds’ first Fine Art inkjet paper made from Bamboo fibers. Bamboo represents spirituality, naturalness and resource-saving paper production. In addition to its classy feel and elegant appearance, “Bamboo 290” possesses the image quality associated with Hahnemühle, achieved through its wide color gamut, extreme color density and sharpness as well as good contrast. The paper is particularly suitable for warm-toned color and Bamboo really highlights the sensuality of image with a warm hue. Patricia Laspino’s mixed media limited edition print entitled, “Illuminated Vandas at Longwood” is printed on this premium quality paper. Environmental protection is an issue of concern for Hahnemühle. Patricia Laspino and the Orchid Alliance Project enthusiastically endorse and support Hahnemühle’s Green Rooster Environmental Initiative. (www.green-rooster.com) |
Illuminated Vandas at Longwood is the first in a series of special commemorative mixed media limited edition prints by
Patricia Laspino that are created for the Orchid Alliance Project Exhibitions. Each of these mixed media commemorative limited
edition prints are based on the artist’s original oil paintings of a rare or endangered orchid species. These fine art prints are a
creative collaboration between the artist and a master printmaker employing multiple fine art printmaking processes, including
serigraphy. Small edition, the highest quality environmentally conscious materials, (specifically Hahnemühle Bamboo 290 paper),
combined with superior craftsmanship makes this edition even more collectable.
The watchword of the Orchid Alliance Project – Bridging Art & Science is “Awareness”. Awareness and education form the threads that
are carefully interwoven throughout the project that seeks to increase awareness of conservation issues by carefully interweaving the
use of rare and endangered orchid species into the art world. The American Orchid Society is a significant collaborative participant in
the Orchid Alliance Project. The Orchid Alliance Project Exhibitions span a period of five years and travel throughout the United States
and Abroad to museums, botanical and educational institutions, and fine art galleries.
A donation of $100 from the sale of each Illuminated Vandas at Longwood commemorative print will be given to the American Orchid
Society to support the Society’s efforts.
Vanda coerulea Orchid
Originally described in 1847 Vanda coerulea, the inspiration for this piece, used to be widespread from the Khasia and Jyntea
mountains in India through South China as an epiphyte in dry oak forests at or above 4000 feet. This monopodial species, long
used by the indigenous peoples of the region as a treatment for lung disease, various digestive diseases and skin disorders
produces its spectacular blue flowers, rare in the orchid world, on long inflorescences arising from leaf axils near the top of the plant
and is presumably pollinated by large Carpenter bees of the genus Xylocopa.
We can only imagine what the early collectors thought when they came upon these large oak trees festooned with this beautiful
flower. Unfortunately due to severe pressure from over collecting and habitat destruction, these plants are virtually gone in the wild.
The good news is that they are no longer listed on CITES, Appendix I; those plants and animals threatened with imminent extinction,
thanks to captive breeding programs and line-bred seedlings are now relatively available.
- Ron McHatton, PhD.
Director of Education & Regional Operations
American Orchid Society www.aos.org
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About the Print
About the Orchid
Sunlight filters through the grand conservatory’s windows, warming my smiling face.
Elongated patterns of light and dark fall across the Vandas before me
Like fingers softly caressing,
Shadowing some, illuminating others.
I stand transfixed in the beauty of perfect petals, a lacework of repetitive markings.
Blue-violet and white
Radiating patterns, mimicking the panes of glass suspended above.
Both architectures designed to let light inspire.
Vandas dance as if on stage across beams of white light,
Little beacons themselves pulsating radiance
They wear the majestic costume of butterflies
Each a stunning masterpiece.
Some float on shadowy darkness, still they are animated and luminous
With delicate blooms, sensual and mysterious
Rising up to meet the warmth of light’s embrace
Hopeful in the promise of renewal.
-Patricia Laspino
From the Artist's Journal
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