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Wesley W. Bates studied painting and printmaking at Mount Allison University. His engravings are held in public and private collections in China, Spain, Japan, England, the US and Canada. He lives in Clifford, Ontario.Gerard Brender a Brandis' career in wood engraving spans forty-five years. Many of his images are conceived as part of his handmade artist's books. His studio is located in Stratford, Ontario.Tony Drehfal graduated in Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Inspired by the landscape around his Wisconsin home, he uses wood engraving to portray the intricate detail of the natural world. Tony is an active member of the Wood Engravers' Network.After studying printmaking at UC Berkeley, Colleen Dwire was introduced to wood engraving tools and techniques in a workshop given by John DePol. Colleen enjoys illustrating and has been a member of WEN since 1994.Leslie Evans graduated with a BFA in printmaking from Rhode Island School of Design. In 1980 Leslie established her letterpress studio, Sea Dog Press, where she prints art for her illustration business and publishes posters, cards and limited edition prints.Judith Jaidinger received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has participated in exhibitions since 1966. Her prints are held by galleries across the US. She is a member of the Society of Wood Engravers.After art college, Rosemary Kilbourn taught herself engraving by illustrating three books. Enjoying the direct simplicity, she began creating much larger prints than are typical for engraving. She is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy and the Society of Wood Engravers.John McWilliams has worked as a photographer, artist and educator. In 2003 he was the Director of the Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design in Atlanta. John's studio is in McClellanville, SC, where he primarily works in relief printmaking and drawing.Motivated by a desire to produce Christmas cards, Gale Mueller has been a hobby letterpress printer for over fifty years. Linoleum blocks and woodcuts were used for early images, but wood engraving has been the preferred medium since the 1980s. Gale is a member of WEN.After she bought a kit and instruction book from David Sanders in 1977, Sylvia Pixley has been making wood engravings. She sells her prints at art fairs throughout the eastern half of the United States. Sylvia is an original member of WEN.Michelle Post apprenticed with renowned wood engraver Stefan Martin in 1976. In addition to wood engraving, she enjoys linocuts and reduction linocuts. Her highly detailed work in printmaking led to sculpture which is now her main artistic focus. 'Le Corbeau' is a wood engraving of her bronze piece 'On Guard'.Keri Safranski has been creating wood engravings since 1984. She has shown her prints in numerous galleries across North America and has been a member of WEN since 1995. Keri lives in West Lafayette, Indiana.Richard Wagener is the artist/author of Zebra Noise with a Flatted Seventh (Peter Koch Printers, 1998), Cracked Sidewalks (Mixolydian Editions, 2006), California in Relief (Book Club of California, 2009) and Mountains & Religion (Mixolydian Editions, 2011). He works and lives in northern California.Jim Westergard lives in Red Deer, Alberta where he works out of his studio. After an MFA in printmaking he began teaching at colleges and universities in Colorado, Illinois, and finally at Red Deer College in Alberta. He's been a Canadian citizen since 1980 and retired from teaching since 1999.Richard Woodman is the inventor of Resingrave, a more affordable alternative to end grain boxwood, which Barry Moser used for his wood engravings in the 1999 Pennyroyal Caxton Bible. Richard's favourite source of inspiration is a genre style of illustration from the recent past. |
