Cats in a Garden
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Title
Cats in a Garden
Subject
Jessie Wilber woodblock print
Description
19" by 11" single color woodblock print
In her woodblock print Cats in a Garden Wilber creates a unique sense
of space, the circles of cats and garden each stand their own ground. Again, she uses a monochromatic theme, so the brown of the paper – earth, soil, ground – becomes a changing background to the black ink as the viewer’s eye moves from one delineated area to the next. The gouged wood creates rich texture in both the background of the cat and the leaves of the foliage. In a partial break from the circle theme, Wilber acknowledges the horizon line but only in passing, not in an illusionistic sense; instead she is emphasizing the flatness of the paper. Wilber also uses shallow depths to explore space and the divisions of spaces. With each circle, it is as if she is drawing our attention to the importance of things: “this, this, this,” expounding with intent each aspect of her personal world while interlacing the indoors with the outdoors, leaving only simple lines as thresholds.
In her woodblock print Cats in a Garden Wilber creates a unique sense
of space, the circles of cats and garden each stand their own ground. Again, she uses a monochromatic theme, so the brown of the paper – earth, soil, ground – becomes a changing background to the black ink as the viewer’s eye moves from one delineated area to the next. The gouged wood creates rich texture in both the background of the cat and the leaves of the foliage. In a partial break from the circle theme, Wilber acknowledges the horizon line but only in passing, not in an illusionistic sense; instead she is emphasizing the flatness of the paper. Wilber also uses shallow depths to explore space and the divisions of spaces. With each circle, it is as if she is drawing our attention to the importance of things: “this, this, this,” expounding with intent each aspect of her personal world while interlacing the indoors with the outdoors, leaving only simple lines as thresholds.
Creator
Jessie Wilber
Source
Montana State University School of Art Archives
Publisher
Michele Corriel
Date
1950 - 1965
Contributor
School of Art
Rights
Montana State University
Relation
School of Art Archives
Format
19" by 11" one color woodblock print on paper
Language
English
Type
Modern art
Identifier
A woodblock print created by Jessie Wilber while she was an art professor at Montana State College.
Coverage
Montana Modernist art
Files
Citation
Jessie Wilber, “Cats in a Garden,” jessie wilber: a digital collection, accessed May 2, 2024, https://mcorriel.omeka.net/items/show/5.