Helen Beard

Remember Me as a Sunny Day

2021

Artist: Dan May (American, 1955-) Title: "Nudes on Towels" *Signed and numbered by May in pencil lower left Year: 1983 Medium: Original Screenprint on unbranded cream wove paper Limited edition: 104/150 Printer: the artist May himself, Oakland, CA Publisher: the artist May himself, Oakland, CA Sheet size: 31.75" x 29.63" Image size: 24.13" x 24.13" Condition: Light wear to lower right corner. In excellent condition. A fantastic image Notes: Titled and dated by May in pencil lower right. Biography: Dan May is an American painter and printmaker born on March 11, 1955 in San Francisco, CA. Raised in aesthetic surroundings heavily influenced by his architect father, May grew up learning to view all things with an eye for design, color, and shape. At age 5, he remembers his father cutting up a book of drawings by Henri Matisse and hanging them on the walls of their home. The French master Matisse as well as Richard Diebenkorn and David Hockney are his favorite art influences. He began his first attempts at painting at age 15, and later began to experiment with printmaking, teaching himself various techniques such as woodblock printing, etching, silkscreen printing, and monoprinting. Monoprinting soon became May's medium of choice due to its wide range of expression and spontaneity that he felt other techniques lacked. May - "With monoprinting, you can only work a piece for as a long as the paint stays wet, so the resulting print has a feeling of movement and immediacy. I also like how monoprinting allows the brush strokes to transfer a transparent light quality to the print. For me, this is a technique that bridges...

Screen print realized in 1976 by Nicolas Simbari. Hand Signed. Edition of 99 pieces.