Guy Diehl created these latest efforts over a five-month period, again working in close collaboration with Magnolia Editions Master Printer, Rick Dula. Still Life with Three Pears was pulled on a flatbed transfer press. Each of the 12 runs was drawn separately by Guy Diehl on translucent mylar. The drawings were transferred to plates via contact exposure. The prints were pulled individually, one color run (or rainbow) at a time. The artist made changes and refinements and added more runs to the print during the editioning.
The smaller, more intimate Still Life with Three Pears and Magnolia Bud with Glass operate in a similar manner. Although they bear a resemblance to turn-of-the-century photogravures, Diehl’s lack of nostalgia along with his use of contemporary glasses and vases renders these new works decidedly contemporary. They, like Canaletto, hover delicately between past and present, both embracing and skillfully updating the tradition of still life painting.
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