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AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE (SMALL) original mixed media wall art

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Size & Details

Size & Details

A herd of bison depicted on individual antique bookcovers collaged with handwritten letters, vintage postage stamps, math lessons and other found printed treasures. Each bison is hand-illustrated, screenprinted and painted.

  • Medium: hand-drawn and painted, screen printed and collaged on vintage book covers, mounted on wood
  • Size: 35.25" H x 35.25" W (framed)
  • Frame: wood frame with Museum Plexi
  • Hardware: ready to hang with D-rings on back
  • Part of a limited series each produced with a unique set of rescued materials.
Story

Story

"Always, I am made speechless by the rhythm of a herd of bison in motion. It is all at once random and choreographed, an ensemble of players moving together to a silent drum – or perhaps, a drum an outsider cannot hear."

Always, I am made speechless by the rhythm of a herd of bison in motion. It is all at once random and choreographed, an ensemble of players moving together to a silent drum – or perhaps, a drum an outsider cannot hear.

I wanted to capture the simultaneous unpredictability and uniformity of this natural pattern. After much experimentation, not quite able to find one perfect media to depict them, I decided the most apt way would be to integrate several of my favorite techniques into a single work.

I keep an enormous collection of vintage books at my studio, most wrapped in book cloth covers circa the late 1800s and early 1900s. From a selection of these, I removed the covers and cut them to (nearly) uniform size before treating each with its own dash of paint and collage, using antique stamps, handwritten letters and other paper treasures collected over decades. These textures form the textured background that becomes the landscape throughout the piece.

Next, using a variety of my hand-drawn images, I screen-printed a bison in ink on each book cover before laying in cool blues and warm chocolate tones in acrylic paint. Finally, I applied the topmost silk screen layer to each bison to add shadow and contour, creating a herd of distinct individuals.

Like many of my original works, As Far As The Eye Can See is mounted on wood panel treated with vintage piano sheet music and a layer of white wash. The music pokes through, an homage to the underscoring of music that runs through our lives.

Process

Process

When books fall apart and are headed for that giant library in the sky, that's where I intervene and give them a new life. Dusting off the screen printing gear has been inspiring and I love giving a nod to the techniques which helped me get my start. I studied printmaking in college and during that time spent my non-studio hours printing on anything I could get my hands on. As I return to the printing arts, I'm excited to weave those techniques into my current body of work and see where it takes me.

Part of a new series exploring iconic Western mammals, this piece employs a handful of my favorite techniques. Look closely and you'll see that each of the small backgrounds that holds the image of a bison is actually the cover of an antique book. Each of these book covers has been cut and trimmed to size and makes the perfect surface to apply my imagery.

After cutting the book covers, I illustrated, screen-printed, and hand painted each of these images of bison you see here. Each small image is itself a small-scale work of art with its own personality, and when combined with the others, creates a beautiful herd of bison roaming the open plains of Colorado.

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Limited Series

Limited Series

Each work in Dolan Geiman’s portfolio is unique and hand-crafted. Works indicated with “limited series” are reiterations of a recurring theme or concept.

A Certificate of Authenticity is available upon request.

  • Each piece in a limited series is created with an inimitable collection of found materials: no two are exactly alike, although they may look similar at a glance.
  • Details, colors, specific materials, typography and frame will differ from work to work.

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Dolan Geiman Mixed Media

Not one to be constrained by any one artistic medium, Dolan uses a variety of found materials and techniques to create his mixed media wall art, including assemblage, painting, and screenprinting.