Jorgen Bechmann, THUNDER & LIGHTNING, S/N Serigraph

Description

Thunder and Lightning
Jorgen Bechmann
On dark nights, when there is no difference between the colour of the sky and the sea, the black clouds are trying to bring back the rainbow colours to the universe.
Spectacular lightning is sent through the air, illuminating Australia for split seconds while other clouds are conducting a deep rumble to the oscillating               movements of the batons in all blends of cold and warm colours.
Blue is, of course, the most important colour to recover, since it has to revive the blue sky after a storm.  So, naturally, it is very common to see lightning strike into the deep blue sea, time and again.
However, most of the colours always remain on Earth.  But just enough is brought back by each lightning to create an exhilarating, fantastic rainbow across the sky when the clouds break up.
This serigraph is hand-colored (with metallic foil embossing)
This limited edition is: Signed and numbered
The edition size/date is: 90/1981
The issue price was: 5.00
The image size is: 23½”x33”
The serigraph was published by: Art Nouveau Publishers
This serigraph has never been framed
and has been stored flat since publication.
Please note: If this print is a ‘signed and numbered’ print and
we have included a photograph of the number or something showing
the number – we are NOT promising you will receive THAT numbered print.
We have more than one of the print and the photo is of one of them.
Jorgen Bechmann
Jorgen Bechmann arrived in Australia in 1980 and now lives in Sydney.  His Scandinavian heritage and training, evident in his crisp, clean style, give him the ability to simplify the complex, while retaining the essence of the object or the scene.  His work has an enormous appeal .... like a breath of fresh air.  It illustrates his infatuation with Australia’s natural environment, a fact which is obvious from his first series of screenprints, titled ‘If you saw through my eyes, Australia,’ and even more so in his latest paintings and prints, ‘Modern Australian Dreamtimes.’
Bechmann has lived and exhibited in the Middle East, Europe, America, England and North Africa.  His original prints are sold throughout the world and editions disappear fast.  They are
not
reproductions - but original works of art, conceived by an artist who is deliberately using his chosen medium to create an effect which could not be achieved any other way.
Whether lithographed, etched, collage screened, screen printed, relief-embossed or wood lino blocked - the print shows a vitality and clarity of image which cannot be achieved with mechanical reproduction.
The original prints were hand printed by JORGEN BECHMANN and his master screen printer, Mike Phelps, in very small editions.