About The Artist:
Donald O. Roberts
Donald O. Roberts passed away at his home in Athens, OH on Tuesday, March 17, 2015 at the age of 91. He was a nationally known lithographer, painter and sculptor as well as a highly-respected teacher during his long career. Donald was born in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire in 1923, where he graduated from Brewster Academy. He began studying at the Vesper George School of Art in Boston, Massachusetts in September of 1942. His studies were interrupted...
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About The Medium:
Screenprint
A stencil process employing a frame on which silk or synthetic fabric is stretched. Stencils are hand-drawn or hand-cut and placed on the stretched fabric and act as a block out when the ink passes through the screen by means of a squeegee onto the paper, the non-stencil areas create the image. Also known as silkscreen or serigraph.