Donald Teskey “Untitled”
Produced 2015
Master Printer: Kelvin Mann
Donald Teskey’s Untitled is the 2015 Presentation Print commissioned by the Print Club of New York to its members. This is a carborundum and intaglio print using 4 plates. It was printed at Stoney Road Press in Dublin, Ireland by master printer, Kelvin Mann. The paper is Hahnemühle German Etching paper 310 gsm. The paper size is 22.6 x 20.8 inches (57.5 x 53 cm) and the plate size is 12.4 x 12.8 inches (31.5 x 32.5 cm). The edition size is 200 impressions for Print Club of New York members plus 1 archival print and a limited number of artist and printer proofs.
Teskey’s print placesthe viewer off the north west coast of Ireland at a raised vantage pointobserving the interplay between shadow and light indarkening skies as they reveal rich and earthy colors among the rocks and cliffs below. The artist’s skill as a landscape painter shines through in this printed work as well as inhis many other paintings and printsdepicting the dramatic environment of Ireland’s western coastline, wooded river valleys, and vacant structures.