Charles Roy Purcell
"Elm"
This moody landscape showcases Purcell’s masterful printmaking technique, featuring a stark, solitary bare elm tree standing against a dramatic twilight sky. Deep blues and rich forest greens dominate the palette, with a serene pond in the foreground reflecting the last remnants of evening light.
Item Specifics:
Artist: Charles Roy Purcell (American, 1946–2008)
Title: Elm
Year of Production: 1978
Features: Hand-Signed, Numbered, Titled, and Dated in Pencil by the Artist
Production Technique: Etching / Aquatint
Medium: Print, Etching
Originality: Original Limited Edition Print (# received may be different than the one in the image provided)
Subject: Landscape, Solitary Tree, Pond, Twilight
Style: Atmospheric Realism, Contemporary Art
Framing: Professionally Framed & Matted (Black Frame, Double off white and seafoam coloring Matting)
Image Size: 17" x 21"
Framed Size: 28" x 24"
Framed in the USA
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Ready to hang hardware included
Charles Roy Purcell (1946–2008) was a highly accomplished American multimedia artist and master printmaker best known for his evocative, moody landscapes.
Background & Career: Based in New York for much of his career, Purcell operated out of Treadwell Trillium Studios, establishing a legacy through his publishing group, Pinxter Press, and his work with the Seedling Theatre. He was recognized as a brilliant, versatile artist who built an expansive body of print work during the 1970s and 1980s.
Style & Technique: Purcell was a master of intaglio processes, particularly etching and aquatint. His landscape prints are celebrated for their highly atmospheric, soft-focus quality, often utilizing complex gradients of deep blues, twilight violets, and deep forest greens. He frequently returned to themes of solitude in nature, using lone trees, rolling hills, and still waters to evoke a sense of quiet contemplation.
Commercial Success: His distinct visual language caught institutional attention; notably, his print High on Rabkins Pond was featured as the cover art for the 1990 hardback edition of Henry David Thoreau's timeless classic, Walden.
Legacy: Today, his limited-edition prints are highly collectible relics of late-20th-century American printmaking, found in private collections around the globe and regularly appearing at boutique art auctions and estate galleries.
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