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On the Denver and Rio Grande

Name: On the Denver and Rio Grande
Brand: RoGallery
SKU: 15125

Roy Purcell

$400

American (1936)

Date: 1980
Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 250
Size: 29 x 43 in. (73.66 x 109.22 cm)

$400

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about On the Denver and Rio Grande

In this detailed rendering of the Rio Grande through Denver, Colorado, Roy Purcell depicts a horse-drawn wagon heading along a trail parallel to the river while a train billowing smoke winds through the cliffs above the river.

About The Artist: Roy Purcell

Roy Purcell has lived and worked as an artist in Las Vegas since 1970 and has created a large body of American artwork in various media. While known throughout the southwest for his etchings, he has mastered watercolor, oil, pastel, ink, acrylic and pencil to express the world around him. Born in 1936, Roy grew up in rural Utah, where he learned an appreciation of the earth and developed a sensitivity for its beauty. He appears to have sprung...

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About The Medium: Aquatint

An etching process in which tone is created by treating a plate with fine particles of acid resistant material (like powder resin) and then placing the plate in an acid bath. The acid bites into the plate between the grains of resin and when printed, the mass of tiny spots produces a textured area with tonal effects similar to watercolor wash.

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