View of right rear section of exhibit area from the front of the gallery: Joel Elgin and work.

Joel Elgin : Images

Christine Herman : Images

Jayne Reid Jackson : Images

Jane Marshall : Images

Joel Elgin

Artist Statement

The rich history of my Irish roots drives me to explore the numerous myths, mysteries and truths that exist in the forms of text and image. To know my past I have traveled six times to Ireland and each time been lost in the mist that exists between myth and truth.

Most recently I have fallen under the influence of Ireland’s most ancient sites. Through the generosity of the Irish Government I was allowed to enter passage tombs built over five thousand year ago.

As I crawled underground through the narrow decorated tunnels, I was struck by the brilliance of the people who created these sacred spaces. In candlelight I ran my fingers over the beautifully carved stone and found myself enchanted by the magic of their mysterious message. The prints I make are a reflection of the deep respect I hold for the ancient Irish: for their creation myths/truths, for their gods and heroes and for the powerful gifts they have left us.

Christine Herman

Artist Statement for the Threshold Series

Sometimes the kernels of new work are born through seemingly insignificant moments. This is how the ‘Threshold series’ began, while on a recent trip to Oregon. Walking in the rain, I was enchanted with oak moss lichen that had fallen from the trees to the forest floor. I found these small symbiotic organisms made of fungi and algae to be astonishingly beautiful. They spoke to me through their humble and delicate forms, offering an invitation for further appreciation of Nature in all her guises.
The last decade of my artistic journey has centered on the notion of outer landscape as mirror and metaphor of the inner landscape. I am as equally mesmerized gazing into the minute world of a seedpod as I am standing within an expanse of windblown prairie grasses. Whatever the contours of the land, the quality of light or the textures of particular rocks or plants that captivate me, it is the feeling of a place that I want to recall when I return to the studio.

The Threshold series includes twelve monotypes (6 of which are part of this exhibition) and is an expression of the familiar yet ethereal qualities of the natural world. It is also an exploration beyond the earthly threshold –– to another place or state of being. A threshold represents a kind of nexus, the veil between the worldly and the divine. As the late Irish scholar and poet John O’Donohue writes in ‘Beauty’, “to recognize and celebrate beauty is to recognize the ultimate sacredness of experience, to glimpse the subtle embrace of belonging where we are wed to the divine, the beauty of every
moment, of everything”. Ultimately, my desire is to create work that can be seen and appreciated over time and expresses the lyrical and immense beauty around me.

Jayne Reid Jackson

Artist Statement

As someone whose artistic expression is firmly based in drawing, I find that printmaking, especially intaglio, provides me with the widest range of tools for my needs. I can be precise and controlled in my etchings and mezzotints, concentrating on the graphic quality of these techniques. Or in contrast, and to compliment this, the monotypes are more fluid, allowing the brushwork and color to define the image.

My still life images are built using everyday objects, most often using glass for its distortions and
reflections and combining these qualities with plants and pattern. I like to play with depth and light so sometimes I push the depth of the object against its background and other times I’m more interested in blurring the figure-ground aspect by playing with the pattern of shadows, objects and background as surface pattern.

Jayne Reid Jackson

Artist Resume

EDUCATION:

1992-2004 AGB Graphics Workshop, Madison, WI
1975-1977 University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.S. in Art
1973-1975 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

GALLERIES:
1996-present Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
2004-present Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2007-present High Street Gallery, Mineral Point, WI
2006-present www.portalwisconsin.org online gallery

GALLERY SHOWS & INVITATIONALS (group show unless indicated as Solo):

2009 Printmakers, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
International Mezzotint Festival, Ekaterinburg (then traveling to Cheliabinsk, Magnitogorsk, and Nizhniy Tagil) Russia
Seed: a passion for growing, Overture Galleries, Madison, WI
Home Sweet Home, Memorial Union Galleries (Theater Gallery), Madison, WI,
Then traveling to National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kiev, Ukraine
One From WI, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI (*Solo)
2008 Madison Open Art Studios 2008, Overture Center Galleries, Madison, WI
18th Remarkable Women, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Blue Notes: New Work from artsTRIBE, The Pyle Center, Madison, WI
Out of the Dark: Mezzotints and Color Prints by Jayne Reid Jackson, Alicia Ashman Branch Library, Madison, WI (*Solo)
Field Report: Members of The Boston Printmakers, Boston, MA and traveling through 2010
2007 Madison Open Art Studios 2007, Overture Center Galleries, Madison, WI
Making a Good Impression: Original Prints, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
4 of 9, Madison Arts Commission Galleries, Madison, WI
17th Annual Remarkable Women Show, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
O Fortuna!, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
2006 Impressions: Jayne Reid Jackson & Ann Fischer Athas, Central Library, Madison, WI
16th Remarkable Women, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Ten In Common, Common Wealth Gallery, Madison, WI
The Boston Printmakers (a selection), Francesca Anderson Fine Art/Portraits North, Lexington, MA
Stone Metal Press Invitational Small Works Exhibition, San Antonio, TX
2005 Layered Intentions, Overture Galleries, Madison, WI
15th Annual Remarkable Women, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2004 So Far/Solo Exhibition, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington, DC (*Solo)
Of Ink and Image, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI
Small Treasures, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
14th Annual Remarkable Women, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2003 Small Scale Works of Art: 18””x18””x18””, West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, WI
AGB Graphics Studio Artists, LaFollette High School Gallery, Madison, WI
Planting, Potting & Pruning, Racine Art Museum (RAM), Racine, WI
Wisconsin Artists Biennial Winners, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI (*Solo)
2002 Three Madison Public Library Artists, Central Library Gallery, Madison, WI
New Work: Kathy Armstrong & Jayne Reid Jackson, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
A Modern Bestiary, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
Women’s Printmaking Group, CitiARTspace Gallery, Madison, WI
Artful Women 2002, University Hospitals & Clinics, Madison, WI
Wisconsin Prints, John Michael Kohler Arts Center/Artspace, Kohler, WI
2001 Women Printmakers Group, CitiARTspace Gallery, Madison, WI
2000 M&Ms, Individual Exhibit at CitiARTspace Gallery, Madison, WI (*Solo)
Impressions 2000, Los Angeles Printmaking Society new members, Los Angeles, CA
AGB Graphics Studio Artists Exhibit, CitiArtspace Gallery, Madison, WI
1999 Wisconsin Women Printmakers Exhibit, CitiArtspace Gallery, Madison, WI
1998 Food, Gallery Artists Group Exhibit, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI

MOST RECENT JURIED SHOWS (* indicates award):

2009 Wisconsin Biennial 2009, Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, WI
2008 ArtMail Milwaukee, Juried Online Gallery, selection for the week of August 13, 2008
Concerts on the Square Juried Poster Competition Finalists, Wisconsin Chamber
Orchestra, various venues on the Capital Square and State St., Madison, WI
2007 Small Treasures, WP&S, Steenbock Gallery, Madison, WI
Wisconsin Artists Biennial, Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI
2006 *25th National Print Exhibition 2006, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT
Celebrating Contemporary Printmaking 2006, Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
Forging Connections (MAPC), Dairy Barn Art Center, Athens, OH
Sun and Shadows (LAPS), Tang Gallery, Bisbee, AZ
3rd Print Biennial, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
*26th Annual National Print Exhibition, Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN
Symmetry (WI Painters & Sculptors), Steenbock Gallery, Madison, WI
Sixty Square Inches 15th Biennial Small Print Exhibition, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN
Midwest Winter (16th Annual), Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI
2006 Pacific States Biennial National Print Exhibition, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, HI
The New Landscape, Boston Printmakers Members Show, Danforth Museum of Art,
Framingham, MA
Impress it Print Exhibition, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN
19th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, Kenosha, WI
National Printmaking 2006, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
2005 Mighty Midwest Biennial III, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI
* Brand 34 Works on Paper, Brand Gallery, Glendale, CA
2005 Juried MAPC Member’s Exhibition, Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant, MI
Washington Printmakers National Small Works 2005, Washington, DC
LAPS 18th National Exhibit, Saddleback College Art Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA
*The Print Show, Maryland Federation of Art City Gallery, Baltimore, MD
25th Annual National Print Exhibition, Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN
Grief and Trauma Exhibition, WP&S/WAAM, Wisconsin Academy Gallery, Madison, WI
Boston Printmakers 2005 North American Print Biennial, Boston, MA
2004 Mid-America Print Council ‘04, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
Printmaking Today, Anderson Art Center, Kenosha, WI
2nd LUC Print Biennial, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
Artlink 24th Annual National Print Exhibition, Fort Wayne, IN
Midwest Winter, Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI
Florida Printmaker’s 13th National, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Sixty Square Inches 14th Biennial Small Print Exhibition, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN
Time Remembered/Time Past, Boston Printmakers Members Show, Duxbury, MA
17th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, UW-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
Minnesota National Print Biennial 04, Minneapolis MN
2003 Works on Paper ‘03, Millikin University, Decatur, IL
Etchings & Drawings Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, MD
The Mighty Midwest Biennial II, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI
* Washington Printmakers National Small Works 2003, Washington, DC
Lessedra 2nd World Art Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria
23rd Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN
2003 MAPC Members Juried Small Print Exhibition, DeKalb, IL
LAPS Juried Membership Exhibition 2003, Glendale, CA
* Hand-Pulled Prints XI, StoneMetal Press, San Antonio, TX
16th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, Kenosha, WI
The Boston Printmakers 2003, Boston, MA
National Printmaking 2003, College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
Positive/Negative 18, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
(Juried Shows previous to 2003 available on request)

COLLECTIONS:

Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union, Madison, WI
Creede Arts Council, Creede, CO
Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
University Hospitals & Clinics, Madison, WI
University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, LaCrosse, WI
College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Amity Art Foundation, Woodbridge, CT

MEMBERSHIPS:

International Mezzotint Society
The Boston Printmakers
Los Angeles Printmaking Society
Mid-America Print Council
American Print Alliance
Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors
Madison Artists Alliance
artsTRIBE

Jane Marshall

Artist Statement

Life is a very interesting journey. My art is about telling stories some myths others metaphors from living. There are animals as well as sometimes people to talk about. Balance in nature and the fragility of life are ever present. There is always a perpetual struggle for survival and need to adapt
to change.
I was fortunate for so many things especially studing with my mentor Warrington Colescott.
He inspired me to be an artist. The large prints were possible because of two people Scott Stephns and my printer Nikki Hogan. The smaller prints were recently made 2008-09. The theme of people and birds has to do with spirit reflections. In 2007 I had return of breast cancer after eighteen years. The prints help me focus on living. At this point both mind and body are doing well.

Jane Marshall

Artist Resume

ONE AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS:

2008 "Leap: Jane Marshall and Lucy Jaffe," Bare Hands Gallery
2004 "Jane Marshall: New Work," Bare Hands Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2003 "Jane Marshall: Prints, Bare Hands Gallery, Birmingham, AL Gallery II, Western Michigan
University, Kalamazoo, MI
1999 Cabaniss Gallery, Altamont School, Birmingham, AL
1998 "Sacred and Unseen Places," Bloch Gallery, University of Montevallo, AL
1997 "Jane Marshall: Recent Work," Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
1995 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
1993 Jane Marshall and Hollis Sigler, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
1987 Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN
1983 Terre Haute Theater Guild, Terre Haute, IN
1980 Art Place/Center Gallery, Madison, WI
1979 Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1977 MF A Thesis Show, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1975 Auditorium, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
20th Century Gallery, Williamsburg, V A
1968 Art Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
1963 The Galleries, Ellison Bay, WI
1962 Master's Show, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1968 Traveling Show, Raleigh Art Museum, Annual Show, Raleigh, NC

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2007 Maralyn Wilson Gallery, Birmingham, AL
2006 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
2005 New Orleans Triennial, New Orleans Museum of Art
"New Work by Jane Marshall, Janice Kluge and Marie Weaver," Bare Hands Gallery,
Birmingham, AL
2004 Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
Maralyn Wilson Gallery, Birmingham, Al
2004 "Big Prints," Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, AL travels to
2003 Tennessee Valley Art Center, Florence, AL, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL,
Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL, Bloch Gallery, University of Montevallo,
Montevallo, AL, Alabama School of Fine Art, Birmingham, AL
2000 Bare Hands Gallery, Birmingham, AL
1998 "25th Anniversary Exhibition," Samuel Fleischer Art Memorial, Philadelphia, P A
1998 Twenty First Street Studio Show, Birmingham, AL
Windows Project, Space One Eleven, Birmingham

1994 " Artist's Sources," Battle Creek Art Center, Battle Creek, MI
1993 "Bittersweet Longings," Print Club, Philadelphia, P A
1993 "Icons," Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1991 "Collaborations," Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
1990 "Monotypes," Grace Chosey Gallery, Madison, WI
1990 Challenge Exhibitions, Samuel Fleischer Art Memorial, Philadelphia, P A
1988 Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, P A
1986 Metropolitan Museum of Art, T.J. Watson Library, New York, NY
1984 Georgia Southern College, Statesboro, GA
1984 "Artforms," Lafayette Museum, Terre Haute, IN
1984 "Currents 84," Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro
1984 "40th Wabash Valley Exhibition," Swope Gallery, Terre Haute, IN
1983 Seuferer Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
1983 Library of American Crafts, New York, NY
1983 "Breaking the Bindings: American Book Art Now,"
Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI
1982 "Paper Show," American Craft Museum, New York, NY
1981 "New Talent, New Visions," Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago, IL
1982 Cortland Museum, Cortland, NY
1981 "New Talent," Fanny Garver Gallery, Madison, WI
1981 Artist Collection, Turman Gallery, Terre Haute, IN
1980 "President's Invitational," Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
1980 "Paper," Alice Simsar Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI
1980 "Xerox Show," Art Place/Center Gallery, Madison, WI
1979 "Madison Paperworks," Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
1979 "Clay and Fiber," Wright Art Center, Beloit College, Beloit, WI
1979 Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1979 "Wisconsin Fiber Miniatures," Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
1978 "Prints," Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI
1978 "Wisconsin Designer-Craftsperson," Madison, WI
1977 "Paper Works," Bradley Gallery, Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, WI
1976 "Print and Drawing Show," MAMA Gallery, Madison, WI
1975 "Wisconsin Union Crafts Exhibition," Madison, WI
1974 Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, KS
1973 Springfield Show, Springfield, MO
1970- 1974 "Faculty Show," Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
1970-71 Traveling Exhibits, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS
1969 "Allied Arts Annual Show," Durham, NC
1968 Raleigh Art Museum Annual Show, Raleigh, NC
1965 Madison Art Center Annual Show, Madison, WI
1963 Madison Art Center Annual Show, Madison, WI
1964 Wisconsin Art Salon, Madison, WI
1963 Madison Art Center Annual Show, Madison, WI
1960 Wisconsin Art Salon, Madison, WI
"Midwestern Printmakers," Milwaukee Art Center, WI

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2003 Studio in the Woods Residency, New Orleans, LA
2002 Artist in Residence, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
2002 Visiting Printer, University of Montevallo, AL
1997 Visiting Artist/Printer, Tandem Press, Madison, WI
1989 Visiting Artist, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
1987 Visiting Lecturer, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
1981 Exhibitions Committee, Art Place/Center Gallery, Madison, WI
1979-80 Artist in Residence, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI

GRANTS AND AWARDS:

1988 Artist in Education, Pennsylvania Council for the Arts
1987 Purchase Award, Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN
1985 Purchase Award, Lafayette Art Museum, Lafayette, IN
1983 Purchase Award, "Breaking the Bindings: American Books Now," University of Wisconsin,
Madison, WI
1983 Artist in Education, Indiana Arts Commission, Indianapolis, IN
1981 Artist in Residence, Wisconsin Arts Board, Madison, WI
1980 Second Place, Xerox Show, Art Place/Center Gallery, Madison, WI
1980 Artist in Residence, Dane County Arts Board, Madison, WI
1977 Honorarium, Grand Valley State College, Allendale, MI
1969 First Place and Purchase Award, Allied Art Show, Durham, NC

COLLECTIONS:

Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, AL
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Mentor Graphics Corporation, Mobile, AL
Reynolds-Kirschbaum Collection, Key West, FL
Sheldon Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN
Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette, IN
New York City Library Rare Book Collection, New York, NY
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
University of ll1inois-Circle Campus, Chicago, IL
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
Helen Hooper Collection, Elvehjem Art Museum, Madison, WI
Dane County Office Collection, Madison, WI
Chatterton Law Offices, Madison, W

EDUCATION :

1975- 1977 M.F.A. University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI