Archival pigment print on Canson Infinity Edition Etching Rag
$600–$1,145Price range: $600 through $1,145
This limited edition is based on Seapker’s original oil on canvas, As Venus. The impressive range of highly saturated pools of color to the foggy swathes of neutral tones is printed with crisp clarity ensuring any detail within the work’s complex composition is captured.
Signed and numbered by the artist. All Haystack editions come with a Certificate of Authenticity.
About the Artwork
This limited edition is based on Seapker’s original oil on canvas, As Venus. The impressive range of highly saturated pools of color to the foggy swathes of neutral tones is printed with crisp clarity ensuring any detail within the work’s complex composition is captured.
This edition was digitally printed with a lab-calibrated inkjet printer using pigment-based inks (this process is also known as Giclée printing). The 100% cotton paper has a smooth texture and the purest natural white tone available, allowing for every visual subtlety and tonal transition in the artwork to be reproduced at the highest quality.
Curator's Note
In As Venus, painter Karen Seapker created depth for certain paint strokes by placing dark shadows behind them and utilizing unexpected color combinations.
The dark contours toss the composition into controlled chaos, and the strokes and swaths of pink glow confidently in the foreground. Venus is a classical subject in art history. The goddess has been depicted in various poses; emerging from a shell, lying supine on a bed. As the viewer here, we are tempted to find hints of her figure throughout the painting.
About the Artist
Karen Seapker (b.1982, Pittsburgh, PA) is a painter who navigates physical, emotional, and intellectual connections through use of bold color combinations, historical references, shifting lines, and disrupted spaces.
