Fall Arts Teton Journal

Fall 2011 | Sept. - Oct.

Artist Michael Parkes: In His Own Words

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If I Had My Life to Live OverFIVE TIPS FOR PLANNING A WEDDING

Contemporary Master Michael Parkes on drawing, Vellum, and his 30 year career. Page 12

Five tips for making your special day as stress free as possible. Page 20

Erma Bombeck reflects on the past. Page 4

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D E A R R E A D E R ,

Crazy. That's how my Summer has been. I'm sure that many of Jackson's residents can relate during the Summer months to the way that I have been feeling lately: overwhelmed, and exhausted. Even while I am feeling this way, I have to say that I will be looking forward to next Summer come November!

This Issue is very arts centered, and fittingly so. September is a month saturated with the arts here in Jackson. I personally am going to take some personal time to browse through the galleries and hopefully meet some of the greatest artists of our time, which will be visiting Jackson during Fall Arts Festival. This Fall Arts Festival, visit the galleries, and if you find one, acquire a piece that can inspire you for years to come.

Best,

Zachariah

Senior Editor, Teton Journal

Editor’s Letter

September - October 2011

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ArtMichael Parkes. Contemporary Master Michael Parkes on drawing, Vellum, and his 30 year career.

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SpiritualWhat Does It Mean to Seek the Lord?

Thoughts on seeking the Lord.

By John Piper

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If I Had My Life to Live Over

Reflections on if life offered you a second chance.

By Erma Bombeck

LivingFIVE TIPS FOR PLANNING A WEDDING AND LOVING IT

Five tips for making your special day as stress free as possible.

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This month I had the opportunity of sitting down with the Editor of Teton Journal and having lunch. In our lunch conversation he made the comment about the greatness and brevity of life, “It is strange how as you get older things change.” For a while we talked about the importance of taking advantage of the moment, before the moments are gone. I was reminded of the famous author, Erma Bombeck and told him I would send this along for the Fall Issue. Some of the lines might be a little “old school,” but others are perfect for anyone in Jackson Hole.

The following was written by the late Erma Bombeck after she found out she had a fatal disease.

If I had my life to live over, I would have talked less and listened more.

I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained and the sofa faded.

I would have eaten the popcorn in the 'good' living room and worried

much less about the dirt when someone wanted to light a fire in the fireplace.

I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth.

I would never have insisted the car windows be rolled up on a summer day because my hair had just been teased and sprayed.

I would have burned the pink candle sculpted like a rose before it melted in storage.

I would have sat on the lawn with my children and not worried about grass stains.

I would have cried and laughed less while watching television - and more while watching life.

I would have shared more of the responsibility carried by my husband.

I would have gone to bed when I was sick instead of pretending the

earth would go into a holding pattern if I weren't there for the day.

I would never have bought anything just because it was practical, wouldn't show soil or was guaranteed to last a lifetime.

Instead of wishing away nine months of pregnancy, I'd have cherished every moment and realized that the wonderment growing inside me was the only chance in life to assist God in a miracle.

When my kids kissed me impetuously, I would never have said, "Later. Now go get washed up for dinner."

There would have been more "I love you's".. More "I'm sorrys" ...

But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute... look at it and really see it ... live it...and never give it back.

By Erma Bombeck


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What Does It Mean to Seek the Lord?

Seeking the Lord means seeking his presence. “Presence” is a common translation of the Hebrew word “face.” Literally, we are to seek his “face.” But this is the Hebraic way of having access to God. To be before his face is to be in his presence.But aren't his children always in his presence? Yes and no. Yes in two senses: First, in the sense that God is omnipresent and therefore always near everything and everyone. He holds everything in being. His power is ever-present in sustaining and governing all things.And second, yes, he is always present with his children in the sense of his covenant commitment to always stand by us and work for us and turn everything for our good. “Behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age” (Matthew 28:20).But there is a sense in which God’s presence is not with us always. For this reason, the Bible repeatedly calls us to “seek the Lord...seek his presence continually.” God’s manifest, conscious, trusted presence is not our constant experience. There are seasons when we become neglectful of the Lord and give him no thought and do not put trust in him and we find him “unmanifested”—that is, unperceived as great and beautiful and valuable by the eyes of our hearts.His face—the brightness of his personal character—is hidden behind the curtain of our carnal desires. This condition is always ready to overtake us. That is why we are told to “seek his presence continually.” God calls us to enjoy continual consciousness of his supreme greatness and beauty and worth.This happens through “seeking.” Continual seeking. But what does that mean practically? Both the Old and New Testaments say it is a “setting of the mind and heart” on God. It is the conscious fixing or focusing of our mind’s attention and our heart’s affection on God.“Now set your mind and heart to seek the Lord your God.” (1 Chronicles 22:19)“If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.” (Colossians 3:1–2)This setting of the mind is the opposite of mental coasting. It is a conscious choice to direct the heart toward God. This is what Paul prays for the church: “May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ” (2 Thessalonians 3:5). It is a conscious effort on our part. But that effort to seek God is a gift from God.We do not make this mental and emotional effort to seek God because he is lost. That’s why we would seek a coin or a

sheep. But God is not lost. Nevertheless, there is always something through which or around which we must go to meet him consciously. This going through or around is what seeking is. He is often hidden. Veiled. We must go through mediators and around obstacles.The heavens are telling the glory of God. So we can seek him through that. He reveals himself in his word. So we can seek him through that. He shows himself to us in the evidences of grace in other people. So we can seek him through that. The seeking is the conscious effort to get through the natural means to God himself—to constantly set our minds toward God in all our experiences, to direct our minds and hearts

toward him through the means of his revelation. This is what seeking God means.And there are endless obstacles that we must get around in order to see him clearly, and so that we can be in the light of his presence. We must flee every spiritually dulling activity. We must run from it and get around it. It is blocking our way.We know what makes us vitally sensitive to God’s appearances in the world and in the word. And we know what dulls us and blinds us and makes us not even want to seek him. These things we must move away from and go around if we would see God. That is what seeking God involves.And as we direct our minds and hearts Godward in all our experiences, we cry out to him. This too is what seeking him means.

“Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near.” (Isaiah 55:6)“If you will seek God and plead with the Almighty for mercy...” (Job 8:5)Seeking involves calling and pleading. O Lord, open my eyes. O Lord, pull back the curtain of my own blindness. Lord, have mercy and reveal yourself. I long to see your face.The great obstacle to seeking the Lord is pride. “In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him” (Psalm 10:4). Therefore, humility is essential to seeking the Lord.The great promise to those who seek the Lord is that he will be found. “If you seek him, he will be found by you” (1 Chronicles 28:9). And when he is found, there is great reward. “Whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him” (Hebrews 11:6). God himself is our greatest reward. And when we have him, we have everything. Therefore, “Seek the Lord and his strength; seek his presence continually!”Seeking with you,

Pastor John

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Literally from the first day that I walked into the stone lithograph atelier outside of Zurich, Switzerland in 1982 to make my first stone lithograph, I began working on vellum. The stone lithography process entails transferring an image multiple times where the registration has to be exact. The transparency of the vellum and its extra weight made it perfect for lying on the stone and drawing the transfer designs for the different colors.

Over the years while working on a stone, I found myself also making notes and sketches on scrap pieces of vellum for future stone lithography ideas. The material was so enjoyable to work on that I preferred it to a paper sketch book. At the end of each session in Switzerland, I started to bring these vellum sketches, drawings and ideas back to my studio as references for future stone lithographs or often for the beginnings of paintings. The years of these sketches built up to quite a composite of ideas. It never occurred to me that this material could be used

Contemporary Master Michael Parkes: In His Own Words

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to produce a finished product until my long experience with stone lithography came to an end in 2007 with the retirement of my master printers. More than a year passed, and then one of the owner’s of a Gallery that represents my work caught a glimpse that I had posted to YouTube explaining my painting techniques. In the video there was one passing moment when I opened the vellum drawer to show the viewers what I had collected throughout the years. In just that split second the Gallery Owner saw me open the drawer, which prompted her to ask me if I would ever consider selling the drawings and sketches. I then revisited the idea of these sketches becoming a more complete art form. Ironically this was easier to accomplish than I would have originally thought because I used the multiple layered techniques learned in my more than 30 year experience with stone lithography in the creation of a colored finished drawing. So instead of doing each color separately and printing it for an edition of stone lithography, I laid one color transparently on top of another on one sheet of vellum to create a unique one of a kind drawing.Velum however is not like paper and it takes a different technique of drawing to slowly build up the subtle colors. Everything drawn must be transparent to a certain extent because the idea of the vellum drawings is that the light passes through all the layers of color and then reflects off a white background back to the viewer. That is the reason for this wonderful luminosity quality to the drawings. Light is a composite to the finished product.After the positive response to the first few completed vellum drawings, we decided to produce an entire exhibition of these vellum drawings. I was very skeptical that a collective group of these soft, illusive drawings could have the strength to create an effective impact for a strong exhibition. Every artist knows when the strength of the exhibition as a whole is significant enough, it is more than the sum of the individual pieces.And wow was it ever a success! Now that I had an ever increasing demand for the drawings, I ran into a unique and somewhat paradoxical situation. The ideal next step for me as an artist would be to take some of the ideas from these vellum drawings and recreate them as stone lithographic editions. However there was no longer a printer, either working or alive, who could successfully print them. It was then suggested, why not turn to a new process and print on special etching paper to try to create the subtle effects that are present in stone lithography? With the help of Marcel Salome, a master printer in Amsterdam, we began to research the possibilities of techniques that could reproduce the subtlety of

these drawings transferred from the vellum originals to both paper and now to Vellum. Keep in mind, the effect of the vellums is created by light passing through the color and hitting a white background bouncing back to the viewer.The result was numerous editions on paper that have been very well received and all sold out. But we wanted to continue our research and experiment on printing directly on other materials including vellum to see if the ultimate image could be achieved that directly matches my vellum originals. Discussions with companies from Germany, Belgium, England and the United States produced a variety of vellum samples to begin our tests. The new vellum prototype had to be tested for ultraviolet resistance and longevity. It had to be an acid free material to further reduce aging. Ultimately the printing surface had to be able to accept archival inks that are water proof and still produce the most beautiful images. Now, for the first time, and after considerable testing we are able to show you a limited edition print on vellum with the identical luminosity and quality of the vellum originals…a completely new creation, thus the term Masterworks on Vellum.”

Interview

Q:" What appeals to you about drawing as a medium?a:# If a large atmospheric oil painting is like a blockbuster film, then a drawing is more like a boutique independent production. A drawing gives you the chance to talk about subjects in a much more intimate setting on a smaller stage. Subjects that do not need the grand production can be personal. There are certain themes that simply work better in a smaller, less complex format. In recent years I have tried to push the drawing medium a little further in the direction of painting to give me the broadest scope in subject matters. But ultimately drawings have the wonderful ability to allow the viewer to access the subject personally because a drawing, by definition, is a work in progress and more open to interpretation.

Q:" How have your drawings changed by using vellum?a:# The technique for drawing on vellum came from my many years of making stone lithographs. In making drawings on vellum, layers of transparent color are applied to the vellum so that light shines through the surface and bounces

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back to the viewer. The technique is more complicated than a normal drawing or watercolor but the luminosity it achieves is well worth it. # In the process of refining this technique of using transparent colors in stone lithography, I believe I have produced something quite new in these drawings on vellum. The drawings have stretched beyond what is possible on paper and have become something uniquely their own. # The vellum drawings have become an extension of the technique I used in stone lithography, and therefore, to some extent, a continuation of the imagery that I developed while I was doing the stone lithographs.

Q:" Why is it so important that collectors understand the vellum medium?a:# When people see the vellum originals they are struck by the luminosity and softness of the images. They want to know how these drawings are different from normal drawings or watercolors. When they understand the idea that light is passing through the transparent colors on the vellum and is reflected back to the eye of the viewer, the reason for the images’ uniqueness becomes clear. In other words, to make a successful drawing, I have to consider subject, composition, color, AND light.

Q:" How do you compare the Masterworks on Vellum editions to the originals?a:# The ultimate goal for the vellum editions was to be able to duplicate the luminosity of the original drawings. When we first translated the originals on vellum to paper the result was excellent but it was a translation from one medium to another. When we discovered a way of transferring a vellum original directly to another vellum surface, we were able to exactly duplicate the luminosity of the original. This makes these artworks truly unique.

Q:" How close are the Masterworks on Vellum to the originals?a:# There is nothing like this in the marketplace today. The quality of the images in the Masterworks on Vellum is so remarkably high. I normally work on several original vellum drawings at the same time. Honestly, with test images on vellum from the editions, lying in my studio, I cannot tell the difference between the originals and edition proofs.# To make sure that there is no confusion between the original and the edition vellums, the size of edition image is different from the original, and of course, each image is signed, numbered and comes with a certificate of authenticity.

Q:" Since this new process you have created is revolutionary, can you tell me of the safe guards you have put into place for the vellum editions?a:# My prototype vellums were tested to be UV safe with an acid free surface for printing. Then archival inks were used to produce the highest quality and added longevity. They are also waterproof.

Q:" Will this new method replace printing on paper in the future for you? a:# We are at the point of releasing the vellum editions to the public. Since our paper editions have been so successful, we will continue releasing both paper and vellum editions.

Q:" Is there anyone else who has the skill or number of years doing what you are doing today?a:# I started working with vellum making stone lithographs 30 years ago. It was the not easiest material to work with. Thinking of color in terms of transparencies and what happens when one color is laid over another can also be difficult. However, I think to some extent, it is what each artist relates to. I find watercolor impossible but am comfortable with oil painting. The vellum drawing process somehow seems to fit my personality. # The drawings on vellum and the resulting Masterworks on Vellum evolved over a long period of time and therefore has the legitimacy of something that has grown naturally. I would never have started this process with the idea of just making something new. It is way too difficult.

Circus Memories by Michael Parkes

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FIVE TIPS FOR PLANNING A WEDDING AND LOVING IT

By Rachel Warren

What my roaring fiancé was laughing at was not funny: he had just pointed out the fact that I had written half of the addresses upside down on our wedding invitations. I personally did not find the mistake nearly as funny as he did, but I did learn an important lesson that day: sometimes the things that I consider of utmost importance, in the end, are not important at all. As I went on planning the wedding, I remembered that lesson. While I did not appreciate the mistake at the time, the lesson helped me tremendously as I planned. I hope to teach you a few of the tips I discovered as I planned my wedding. Planning a wedding will never be stress-free, but, with a little help, it can be a lot of fun.

Tip #1: Know What You Want

# This should be the preplanning stage. The principle is this: you don’t go grocery shopping when you’re hungry because you will buy things you don’t need and will probably never eat. The same is true for your wedding: you don’t go shopping for wedding materials when you have no idea what you want. Go to get ideas, but leave your checkbook at home. Read books and magazines, look on the Internet, and sketch out ideas. When you have a good idea of what you are looking for, that is the time to go shopping. Everyone enjoys working with a bride who knows what she wants.# Helpful Tips:Go to a local bookstore and spend the afternoon sipping coffee and browsing magazines for ideas. Be sure to take a note pad to jot down any ideas. Check out craft stores for flower and vase varieties. You would be amazed at all the possibilities!

Tip #2: Lighten Up!

The first thing to remember is the lesson I learned the day I wrote my invitations: Not everything is of utmost importance! If

half of the wedding invitations get written upside down, do not go buy new ones! Laugh and send them out. If the wedding dress of your dreams is $1,400, smile, take a picture, and find one you can afford. If you can’t afford sterling silver place card holders, be thankful you don’t have to put each card in each individual holder and just place a card with a special note to the guest at each seat. If you remember this lesson, you will save money and be on your way to a less stressful wedding. Helpful Tips: Remember to have fun at every stage in the wedding. Make sure you try on several dresses before choosing “the one.”Don’t settle. The perfect item is out there! If it is your dress or centerpiece or favors, remember persistence pays off!

Tip #3: Stay Focused!

# Do one thing at a time. Get that one thing done. Then move onto the next thing. If you go into Hobby Lobby to look at vases for centerpieces, do not stop in the flower section on the way there. Go to the vases, find what you are looking for, and then go back and look at the flowers. If you apply this principle in each area of the wedding, you will maintain a more organized, and, in the long run, smoother wedding. A focused bride is a happy bride. Helpful Tips:Take a list with you. If you take a list, you will stay more focused.Take a friend. Not only is shopping with friends more fun, you can also ask them to help you take on a task.

Tip #4: Stay Organized

# I touched on this in tip # 3. Focus and organization go hand in hand. This principle becomes more important as the wedding draws closer, the closer the wedding gets the more things you have to keep up with. Bottom line is this, if you start losing things (wedding site contracts, dress measurements, your


fiancé’s parents address list, etc.) you will start losing your sanity, and your dream wedding will turn into a nightmare. So, discover a system that works for you and stick with it! An organized bride is a rational bride. Helpful Tips: Have a specific planner or calendar only for wedding plans. Get a folder and keep all of your important papers in it (travel records, invitation addresses, a list of everything you registered for, etc.) so you know exactly where it is.As you accumulate small personal items for the wedding such as your shoes, jewelry, or clothing items, designate a specific drawer or chest to store them all together.

Tip #5: Be Open to Suggestions

I will never forget learning this principle. I was sold on having live fish in my centerpieces. Because my fiancé had proposed to me in the world’s largest aquarium in Atlanta, I was convinced that fish, and only neon, orange fish, would do for my centerpieces. None of my friends had the heart to tell me that they thought it was a terrible idea. I am happy to tell you

that I did not have dead, floating fish at my wedding! Thankfully, a lady at my church convinced me that it was a bad

idea. I cringe to think what could have resulted if I had not listened to her advise. As you plan your wedding, remember that many have walked down the aisle before you. Use their wisdom and ideas to make your day better than you could imagine on your own. #Helpful Tips:When you have an idea, ask family and friends what they think about it. Just like my fish idea, you never know the headaches they may save you from!Ask your older family and friends what they did in their weddings. Some of their ideas may just be the idea you’re looking for.

Many tips and pieces of advise could be given when it comes to weddings. But none is more heart felt than this: have fun! This is an amazing time in your life. It is a time you will always look back on. May it always be a time that gives you joy, and may these tips help you to spend more time laughing on your way to the alter.

TJ



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