2006 Annual Print

$75.00

Brunie Kandora, Stonewall Birches, etching, 8” x 6”

Kandora notes “I like to share a moment of rest on an old stonewall, while hiking through a young birch-wood forest, wondering about the contrast of this time-worn structure and the fast-growing, beautiful birches. The history of the land, the builders, young or old, who collected and carried these rocks, piling them on top of each other and “who” or “what” lives in between those crevices and hollow spaces? This region is dotted with stonewalls, hidden
and exposed, each telling a story. To get a more spontaneous, loose quality to my print I paint the image on a metal plate with syrup and use the sugarlift-aquatint method which gives the work a more painterly image, though the actual work is complicated and requires a considerable investment of time.”

Brunie Kandora studied drawing at the Landeskunstschule in Hamburg, Germany, and printmaking at the Brooklyn Museum of Art School in Brooklyn, NY under Jan Carlisle and Jack Kaminsky. She has written for the national art education magazine School Arts. An award-winning artist, Ms. Kandora served as President of the Distinguished Artists League of Brooklyn from 1990 through 1994, and was a member of the Schoharie County Arts Council, The Greene County Council on the Arts and served on the Board of Directors of the Woodstock Artists Association and Museum. She had numerous one-person exhibitions throughout New York as well as participating in countless group shows. Ms. Kandora’s work is in private collections in the United States, Europe, and Africa.