November 2021 and Current Printmaking Events

This year Chicago celebrates the One Hundred Year Birthdays  for two iconic city sites

The famed Chicago Theater on State Street celebrates its 100th Birthday 2021

          The Chicago Theater, originally known as the Balaban and Katz Chicago Theater, is a landmark theater located on North State Street in the Loop area of Chicago.  Built in 1921, the Chicago Theater was the flagship for Balaban and Katz.  Currently Madison Square Garden, Inc. owns the theater.

                             6 x 5 inch Aquatint Etching  with hand coloring

                                               Limited Edition of 35

                                              

The Wrigley Building is on the Chicago River at Michigan Avenue and is 100 this year.

When ground was broken for the Wrigley Building in 1920, there were no major office buildings north of the Chicago River. The Michigan Avenue Bridge now the Du Sable Bridge, which spans the river just south of the building, was still under construction. 

The land was selected by chewing gum magnate William Wrigley, Jr. for the headquarters of the company. The building was designed by the architectural firm of Graham, Anderson Probst, and White using the shape of the Giralda tower of Seville Cathedral combined with French Renaissance details.

The south tower was completed in September 1921 and the north tower in May 1924. 

The two towers are of differing heights, with the south tower rising to 30 stores and the north tower to 21 stories. The building is clad in six shades of white glazed terra-cotta.

6 x 6.25 inch Aquatint Etching with chine colle

Each of these images are from my portfolio of Etching Aquatints of Chicago.

After recent delays.....

32nd Annual International Small Print Show and Holiday Open House will begin at Chicago Printmakers Collaborative!

 Grand Opening Party: 

Saturday and Sunday, December 4-5, 2021, 11am-7pm both days.

Preview the exhibition Friday December 3, 12-5pm 

 

Extended Holiday hours:

Tuesdays - Sundays, December 7 through December 19th, 12-5pm.

 

All visitors must be masked and fully vaccinated.

Chicago Printmakers Collaborative

4912 North Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625

Two new etchings available at the CPC Small Print Show are :

                    Chicago  Skyline from Museum Park

                    Aquatint Etching with hand coloring

                                5 x 9  inch plate

 

                        River Point Chicago    Constellation by Calatrava*

                                Aquatint Etching with hand coloring

                                                9 x 7 inch plate

*Santiago Calatrava (born in 1951) is a Spanish architect, structural engineer, sculptor, and painter.

The sculpture Constellation 2019-2020 is in the park that borders the Chicago River at 444 West Lake Street.

River Walk Chicago

What an exhilarating time to be in Chicago. Renewed activities on the river feature a variety of musical venues and relaxed dining like Tiny Tapp.

A favorite crossroads on the Chicago River is always Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive as depicted in two of my etchings.  

The Summer is a time to check into the new Hot Spot on the Chicago River .... "The Tiny Tapp" between Clark and Dearborn streets and tell Mark that you heard it here. While the bridge is up, stop at The Tiny Tapp for a cup of coffee.

Etching that frames to 14 x 11 inches

Etching  that frames to 12 x 12 inches

The Bridge is Up at the Tiny Tapp...etching with hand coloring frames to 14 x 11 inches

Over The Rainbow  OTR 5 Year Anniversary Show is planned for a Thursday Reception July 12  
         5 to 7pm 
at 2030 Brown in Evanston 

On display will be this etching and art from other artists that have contributed to this worthwhile program.   Please stop in and visit.                       

                      "A Sunny Day in Daley Plaza".

etching with hand coloring  frames to 20 x 16 inches

The Fourth Quarter Aquatint Etching 2018

2018  I invite you to view my seasonal etchings of Chicago and a few of my new pieces. Please remember that my etchings can be seen at Sawbridge Studioes in Hubbard Woods.

Some of my work is available in this year's 29th Annual International Holiday Small Print show at the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative in Lincoln Square, Chicago.  Portfolios of my work are available at CPC.

Mark these dates:

November 30th,  Preview Party and Show, Saturday and Sunday, December 1st and 2nd 

11am -7pm

 

My newest etchings and seasonal images of the City are shown here:

Chicago Skyline from the Fisher Bridge the Lincoln Park Zoo

Plate 121
Aquatint Etching with Hand Coloring
Winter or Summer
frames to 9 x 12 inches

  A Chicago Winter at Cloud Gate in Millennium Park

Plate 143
Aquatint Etching with Hand Coloring
Winter or Summer
frames to 9 x 12 inches

Cloud Gate in Millennium Park

Plate 143  Aquatint Etching with Hand Coloring on Tan Paper Frames to 9 x 12 inches

 

On the Prowl  Winter     The Art Institute of Chicago

Plate 108
Aquatint Etching with Hand Coloring
Winter of Summer
frames to 10 x 8 inches

This is Wrigley Field   Clark and Addison Streets

Plate 159  Aquatint Etching with Hand Coloring Frames to 12 x 16 inches

Chicago   the Bridgetender at Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive

Plate 124  Etching Aquatint Frames to 12 x 9 inches

This is Home of the Chicago White Sox

Plate 163    Aquatint etching with Hand Coloring Frames to 14 x 14 inches

Riverside    Chicago

Plate 157   Aquatint Etching frames to 20 x 16 inches

The Wells Street Bridge

Plate 160   Aquatint Etching with Hand Coloring  Frames to 12 x 12 inches

                                           The Crossing

Plate 155 Aquatint Etching with Hand Coloring on Cream Paper frames to 20 x 16 inches

A Winter in the city   The Water Tower and Loyola University

Plate 64
Aquatint Etching with Hand Coloring
Winter or Summer
frames to 12 x 9 inches

 

 A Chicago Snowfall

The Bridgetender at Wacker Drive and Michigan Avenue

Plate 124  Aquatint Etching with Hand Coloring 12 x 9 inches