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Warren Roy
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9.25” x 9” |
The fifty original Christmas cards reproduced in this book were initially designed and printed by the author over a period of nearly six decades. The graphic arts employed to produce the original cards varied over the years. The first eleven cards were linocuts, an art described briefly in the book. The next twenty-five were serigraphs or “silk-screen prints”; this graphic process is described in some detail. Nine were not produced as graphics, but were simply reproductions of the author’s paintings or drawings. The last five were computer graphics in which the author explored the advantages and limitations of this new medium. In the production of this book, the author and the printers worked in close concert to retain the rich and varied colours of the original hand-printed cards.
The cards, together with the author’s succinct notes on each, present a vivid insight into the life of a family and the changing shape of society over the years. Subjects portrayed are greatly varied, ranging from the aurora borealis to world religions! A broad range of ordinary human interest subjects rounds out the overall appeal of this book.
Warren Roy received a broad education in the visual arts and made use of his training for a number of years as an art teacher and supervisor. However, like many others, his special interest in art became an avocation rather than a vocation. Teaching and later administering schools for the Canadian Air Force, in addition to raising a family of four, demanded most of his time. Warren’s painting hobby and his annual designing of a Christmas card helped to keep his artistic interests alive.
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