These wood engravings are by Gerard Brender à Brandis, most carved as white light into the black “canvas” of a wood block. He is well known for his painstaking precision. (Above: One of his color engravings, Kettledrums)
Toronto artist Luke Painter produces large-scale fictional landscapes rendered with India ink and brush on paper that resemble traditional wood engravings. Woodlot House (with Victorian Stained Glass Windows) , Acrylic on board. 48″ × 60″ 2010. The surreal outdoor spaces lack a human presence, and create an unsettling […]