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Krause creates "Black Gold" as
von Hess Visiting Artist

at the University of the Arts Borowsky Center, Philadelphia

In November 2007 Krause was the von Hess Visiting Artist at the University of the Arts Borowsky Center, in Philadelphia.

She created "Black Gold", referencing our dependence on oil and the damage to the environment caused by the burning of fossil fuels.

The print, made on the Heidelberg Offset Lithographic Press, used silver, gold and black oil-based inks and has a chine colle silk tissue inset printed on the HP Z3100.

The image size is 24" x 17.5" on Arches hotpress 28" x 20". In an edition of 100, with 6 artist proofs, prints can be obtained from the judi rotenberg gallery for $1400 unframed.

"Black Gold" is included in the 30th "Birthday" edition of Umbrella, Vol 30, No 4, Dec. 2007, the Spring 2008 issue of Boston Printmakers Newsletter and the World Printmakers Website.

"Black Gold" is being shown in the Boston Printmaker's Traveling Exhibition, "Field Report" and in the 2nd International Printmaking Exhibition, a collaboration between the Maritime and Atlantic Printmakers Society (MAAPS), Chinese Artists' Association, Korean Contemporary Printmakers Association and American Print Alliance. This exhibition, with twelve artists/ printmakers each from Canada, China, South Korea and the U. S. opens with an exhibition during the Olympic Games in Bejing, China at the Amelie Gallery and continues to Seoul, Korea, Boston, MA, Miami, FL, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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The series Viewpoint was shown at judi rotenberg gallery in 2007 and selected pieces are still available there. A PDF catalog of the series may be viewed and/or downloaded. There is also a review of the exhibition by Cate McQuaid from the Boston Globe and an article by Sheryl Seyfert in South Shore Living magazine, "Intrusion Meets Infusion", focuses on this series. "Snowfence", from this series, won the Best Mixed Media award in the North River Arts Society's 2007 Festival of the Arts. An interview by Fabiano Busdraghi, featuring this work, iis in the current issue of "Camera Obscura".

The News contains information on current exhibitions, publications and presentations. Three page turning flipbooks and an article on how they came into being is on the Digital Art Guild Website. A new page turning flipbook presentation, Palimpsest, which contains imbedded flash movies, exists only as a virtual book.

Galleries carrying Krause work include judi rotenberg gallery LLC, Walker Fine Art, 119 Gallery, Williams Gallery, Mulford Gallery, World Printmakers and Digital Atelier.

Dorothy Simpson Krause • P.O. Box 421 • Marshfield Hills, MA, 02051 • 781 837 1682 • DotKrause@DotKrause.com