Kit Boyd Prints and Multiples

There is a natural and raw understanding in Mukesh Sharma’s prints that both depict, and are influenced by, the Rajastani communities of his home town in rural India. In these Limited Edition fine-art prints, made over a period of twenty years, we are offered the colours of India’s ancient land, the textures, light and the patterns that are everywhere. In the patterns of the arable fields to the jali's (carved screens) in the architecture. This work is however not romantic nor nostalgic but shows a deeper rooted need to offer a visual heritage of place, of where the artist is from and the journey that he is taking. The results are both compelling and honest. Mukesh Sharma, Celebration B, Lino-cut on Drawing paper Edition: 3 of 5, 2005 Image size: 47 x 39 cm / Sheet size: 79 x 55 cm Unframed Mukesh Sharma's work: It is often in childhood that paths are set for what we will become. Mukesh Sharma hails from a rural, agricultural village in Rajasthan, India. His Father is a craftsman who fixed and mended farm machinery and understood the working parts in the processes. Sharma followed in his Father’s footsteps, as is often the case in Indian families, but his was not the machines of the fields but the presses of the printing studio. Like his Father, Mukesh Sharma is fascinated with understanding how things work and how he can manipulate the metal in his hands. It is not surprising then that his medium of choice is printing. One of the most physically challenging of all the practices, it can often be physically challenging as well as technical and detailed. In his youth, Sharma would draw with stones on walls and floors. He was lucky his family encouraged this and he is grateful for his early art-training at the Jaipur School of Art but it was at the Baroda Art Department that he was introduced to the great printing traditions of Jyoti Bhatt...

New York: c 1920. Etching with aquatint printed in brownish black ink on cream wove paper, 8 3/4 x 12 inches (220 x 304 mm), full margins. Signed and titled in pencil in the lower ma...

Donald Baechler, Creamsicle, 1999: A fun, whimsical, and highly decorative signed limited edition Baechler piece that works well in any setting. Medium: Soft-ground etching and aq...

Although best known for his portraits, Katz has depicted landscapes both inside the studio and out of doors since the beginning of his career. This print of a boat on the water feat...

Etching with aquatint on cream wove paper, 6 11/16 x 9 15/16 inches (170 x 252 mm), full margins. Signed in pencil in the lower right margin. With significant toning and moderate mat...

In No Thru Traffic, master printmaker Art Werger offers a striking aerial view of an archetypal suburban neighborhood, rendered with his characteristic precision and subtle wit. Curv...

Medium: Color Etching with aquatint Year: 2024 Edition: 25 Image Size: 24 x 18 inches Signed, titled and numbered in pencil by the artist Dramatic etching of high wire walker Philip...

Pine tree. 1978, Paper, linocut, print size 50x40 cm; paper size 70x55 cm Dainis Rozkalns (1928 - 2018) Artist, graphic artist, illustrator of folklore and fiction publications. Th...

Peter Doig (born 1959 in Edinburgh) Maracas, 2004 Medium: Etching and aquatint on wove paper Dimensions: 53.2 x 38.1 cm (20 9/10 × 15 in) Edition of 120 + 10 AP: Hand-signed and numb...

Donald Baechler, Blue Muffin, 1999: A fun, whimsical, and highly decorative signed limited edition Baechler piece that works well in any setting. Medium: Soft-ground etching and a...

A market scene; the spot on which the execution of Joan of Arc took place. London: R. Bower, 1825. Aquatint with hand-coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, 10 3/4 x 13 5/8 inc...

Donald Baechler, Ice Cream Cone, 1999: A fun, whimsical, and highly decorative signed limited edition Baechler piece that works well in any setting. Medium: Soft-ground etching an...