| "If one paints a picture of a beautiful
animal, one might pull at the heartstrings of a person who loves
wildlife art. If one uses a more unusual medium like scratchboard,
one also attracts those who love the detail, the realism of it.
Camouflage can appeal to yet another group -- people who love the
visual challenge who like to see more." |
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- Judy Larson
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Judy's unique approach to her work is through
the use of the rare and demanding scratchboard technique. Working on smooth
Clayboard, a board with a white china clay surface, she paints her subject
solidly with black India ink. Then, using an X-Acto knife and blades that
she changes every few minutes, she scratches out magnificent detail.
Two themes predominate, and often converge, in Judy's "art of concealed
imagery": the precarious balance of wildlife in today's environment and
the fate of Native Americans whom Larson especially admires for their
intuitive understanding of ecological balance.
After receiving a B.S. in Commercial Art from Pacific Union College in
California, Judy spent 17 years as a commercial artist, illustrator and
art director. In addition to limited edition fine art prints, her work
has been published in two books, Hidden Spirits: Search-and-Find Scenes
from the American West, a children's book, and The Spirit Within.
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