Over seven years ”the war on terror” has frayed the nerves and paved the way for the Barack
Obama presidency. The continual threat of an invasion of Iran, and the constant daily death and
devastation in Iraq and Afghanistan has eaten away at the heart as the financial meltdown eats
away at the pocket book. The tone underlying the most mundane of daily affairs this past year
gave way to the feeling that America has lost its way. No doubt in this age of mass communication,
of instant messaging, wireless phones, computers and internet blogs, the word is out: we will have
a new and fresh beginning. As a species our antennae are up, and onto this scene comes Anima,
Folio IV of WELBEING.
Sarojini Jha Johnson from Ball State University in Bloomington Indiana brings us two aquatints
on Somerset, “Fish World“ and “Fish and Flower.“ Oscar Gillespie from Bradley University in
Peoria Illinois has given us two engravings on BFK Rives Creme, “Still Point I” and “Still Point II”.
These intaglio prints featuring aquatint and engraving plus the essay, “Well-Being in the Twenty-First
Century” by Donald R. Wehrs of Auburn University comprise Folio IV, the last in a series of four
folios on WELBEING in the 21st century from Wycross Press. The typeface is 16th century Plantin.
The tipped in white etching ground “Vine Flowers” is by Conrad Ross. The cover is a reductive
woodcut on Mohawk. The dingbat a silkscreen.
Oscar Gillespie ....................................................................................
Still Point I Still Point II
For more information about Oscar see http://hilltop.bradley.edu/~ojg/bio.html
Sarojini Jha Johnson ............................................................................
Fish World Fish and Flower
For more information about Sarojni see http://www.art.unt.edu/print/collection/jha/jha.html