Sunday, February 22, 2004

Circles

Controlled chaos
Sharp angles
Ripped colors
Shapes alternating
Sharp and subdued

Tragedy
And rage
Pulled onto page
Within a
Continuous line,
Mat
And frame


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edited September 10, 2016
Circles – v3
edited January 7, 2016
Circles – v2
posted February 22, 2004
written 11/6/03 13:30, edits 11/8/03 12:46
Circles
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2004/02/circles.html
About the print show at Pierce Law by Aaron Brown of November 2003. He said the prints were about the events of 9/11/01, especially the twisted metal of the bombed buildings. They came months after the attack when he finally returned to print work after a lengthy hiatus when he wrote instead. His wife shared that they all came out in a burst of activity over a single week. Aaron would only get a few hours of sleep each night and was almost working round the clock in the studio. His activities were so frenetic and continuous that he left the paints out, and would merely spray them so they remained wet and fresh.

Email to the school by Sharon Callahan on 11/11/03 12:36 = Please enjoy our new exhibit which features the work of NH printmaker Aaron Brown. He will host a reception on Thursday, November 13th from 5:30 -7:30 if you would like to meet him. All exhibits at Pierce Law are donated by the artists for us to view, so this is a perfect time to say thank you.

Below is a news release on Aaron Brown's exhibit:

_OR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 7, 2003
Contact: Sharon Callahan, APR
Director of Public Relations and Publications
603/228-1541 x 1151 or 763-5641
scallahan@piercelaw.edu

WORK BY NEW HAMPSHIRE PRINTMAKER AARON BROWN ON DISPLAY AT FRANKLIN PIERCE LAW CENTER

CONCORD, NH -- The work of printmaker Aaron T. Brown of Lyndeboro, NH is currently on exhibit at Franklin Pierce Law Center, Two White St. The exhibit, which will be on view through January 5, 2004, features 55 abstract prints, utilizing intaglio and relief printing techniques.

A reception for the artist will be held on Thursday, November 13, from
5:30 to 7:30 p.m.. The public is welcome to attend.

“I have been drawing abstract shapes since I was a child,” says Brown. “The designs I cut today come to me spontaneously in the moment, the same way my abstract drawings come to me. The saw is my pen. Each plate cut is kind of a dance of shapes that relate and interact with each other. My forms, to be sure, have been influenced by the natural forms I see in nature, and in a less obvious way from my love of the rhythm and balance I find in movement and music.”                                              

A juried member of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen, Brown created and cut complex three-dimensional puzzles for 15 years. While working as a woodworker, he studied intaglio printing at the Sharon Arts Center.

“I hand roll the ink onto each shape of an individual plate, and reassemble them, before putting them through the printing press, “ explains Brown.  “The colors of course, add a whole new dimension to the piece, and I generally do quite a bit of experimentation before setting on a palette that inspires me. So it seems, I’ve come a full circle.”
The exhibit is open Monday through Friday from 8 am to 8 pm, and Saturday and Sunday from 10 am – 5 pm. For exhibit hours during the holidays, please call ahead for information, 603/228-1541.

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edited January 7, 2016
Terror – v2
posted February 17, 2004
written 9/11/01 22:12
Terror
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(editing version 2)
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14th anniversary of attacks of September 11, 2015
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September 11, 2012
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written about my experience at
Franklin Pierce Law Center
Concord, NH
on September 11, 2001
in the TV lounge
where we all stayed, transfixed by the images
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his body slumped
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As I woke this morning – v3
(editing version 2)
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all of my September 11, 2001 poems
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September 11, 2008
As I woke this morning
On the anniversary of September 11, 2001
watching it my first year of law school
Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH

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