Jack Beal, Dam and Stump
Medium: Intaglio print: Line etching and aquatint
Initial processing and proofing: 1979, by Jennifer Melby
Edition pulled: 2004, by Roger Bailey
Ink and paper type: Bone black ink on Hahnemuhle bright white
Edition size: 41
Signed: in pencil, lower right
Image Size: 4.07" x 6.72"
Paper Size: 11" x 15"
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The Ouleout Creek (Jack pronounced it "crick") runs through the Beal/Freckelton property and heavy rains can cause it to change its mood rapidly. In this image, just after a heavy rain, the creek has brought down a tree stump that Jack has said reminds him of Medusa's crown of snakes.
A Closer Look ... Dam and Stump
Earlier stage of the copper plate with stop-out ground. Processing by Jennifer Melby.
Close-up of the completed plate.
The copper plate after it has been steel-faced.
Detail of the print showing both line etching and aquatint techniques.
A photograph of the dam on Ouleout Creek before a major flood essentially destroyed it.
Jack's signature, lower right, with close-up of the aquatint tones.
Developing his composition, Jack has drawn in ink a fence post and barbed wire, to a first stage proof. The aquatints will be added at a later stage.
Jack signing the edition, April 27, 2005.