April Gornik
Halang Bay, 2004
Cotton base sheet with linen pulp painting and etching
16 x 27 5/8 inches

Dieu Donné is pleased to announce a new edition by April Gornik. Halang Bay is an edition of 75 variable artworks in handmade paper.

Based on a large painting, the image was traced from an enlarged reproduction. This piece went through several test phases due to the great variations posed between the mediums used. Once the initial paper proof was produced the values appeared too intense especially in the sky area in relation to the thin information on the etching plate. Several states were made to the plate images to enhance the contrast in the mountain areas before the etching component was complete.

About the Artist

April Gornik shows in New York City, where she had been a resident since 1978, and now lives in North Haven, Long Island, NY. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1953, she received a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1976. She has work in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY, the Museum of Modern Art, NY, the National Museum of American Art in Washington, DC, the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC, the Cincinnati Museum, the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, the Modern Art Museum of Art of Fort Worth, the Orlando Museum of Art, and other major public and private collections. She has shown extensively, in one-person and group shows, in the United States and abroad.

For more information, please visit her website:
https://www.aprilgornik.com/