Art For Lunch Film Screening: RICHARD CALVER: A Life in Print

Join us at the Douglas Family Art Centre over your lunch hour to screen the film Richard Calver: A Life in Print by created by Ken Blackburn and Marjorie Greaves with the support of the Campbell River Arts Council in Association with Shaw TV. The screening will take place in the Multipurpose room.  Feel free to bring your lunch.

Admission is free. Donations appreciated.

FILM SYNOPSIS:

The life and work of Quadra Island artist Richard Calver is the focus of this documentary. Richard Calver: A life in Print, created by Ken Blackburn of the Campbell River Art Council and Marjorie Greaves of Shaw TV. It will give viewers a glimpse into Calver’s creative process and inspiration.

Calver was born in England in 1946 and moved to Quadra Island at the age of 19., settling on Quadra Island.  The turning point in his artistic life came in his 30s when he met renown artist Sybil Andrews in Campbell River. Andrews is famous worldwide for her linocuts – a printmaking technique in which a sheet of linoleum is used for the relief surface.

Inspired and encouraged by Andrews, Richard soon became more serious about his art and purchased his own linocut tools. As Andrews’ student, Calver’s style blossomed. Natural forms are the foundation of many of Calver’s pieces, many inspired from his garden.

Each linocut is created through an intensive process. Individual colours are printed from as many as five blocks with special care taken to ensure perfect alignment. Linocut printing can be a painstaking and laborious procedure that takes hours to achieve.

Runtime: 35 minutes