/WOODCUT AND WOODCUT ENGRAVING: CRAFT AND ART
Evan Charney
Project Spaces
September 8 - October 9, 2022
/STATEMENT
My goal is to create an original and beautiful work of art. Yes, pretentious, but goals are meant to be aspirational and not easily achieved.
Three indicators measure its success: First, printmaking is as much craft as art, and the work should display technical skill, the craftsmanship evident. Second, the design should be interesting, the composition dynamic. And third, the work should elicit an emotional reaction: it should resonate with the viewer.
The best indicator of success is that you enjoy living with the work and continue to contemplate it over time.
/ABOUT THE ARTIST
Evan Charney
Evan Charney is a graduate of the High School of Music and Art in New York City, and studied printmaking at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Maryland Institute of Art, and the Worcester Art Museum. He has taken workshops in advanced printmaking techniques at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Maine, Art New England in Vermont, Truro Center for the Arts in Massachusetts, and Zea Mays Studio in Massachusetts.
Evan is a member of Wood Engravers’ Network, Society of American Graphic Artists, Boston Printmakers, and Printmakers of Cape Cod. Evan’s prints have been selected for juried exhibits in regional and national venues, and received numerous awards, most recently First Prize at Manhattan Graphics Fifth International Mini-Print Exhibit. He has had one-person shows at the Mashpee Public Library, the Cotuit Center for the Arts, and the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center.
/EXHIBITED WORKS

Jane Floats
color woodcut
11″ x 14″
2018

Winter Dusk
color woodcut
4″ x 6″
2019

Lark Ascendin
wood engraving
5″ x 7″
2019

Banyan
wood engraving
4″ x 6″
2020

Storm Approach
wood engraving
5″ x 5″
2019

Wave Dancer
wood engraving/woodcut
4″ x 6″
2018

At the Lake
wood engraving
5″ x 6″
2020

Patio July
color woodcut
6″ x 8″
2017

Day is Done
color woodcut
9″ x 12″
2022

Eventide
color woodcut
8″ x 12″
2021

Mindfulness
color woodcut
5″ x 11″
2021

Poolside
color woodcut
8″ x 11″
2022

Kayak at Rest
color woodcut
8″ x 9″
2018

Afternoon Rest
color woodcut
9″ x 12″
2017

Skimmer Sortie
color woodcut
12″ x 16″
2017

Wavedance
color woodcut
7″ x 11.5″
2021
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