Larry Elbroch and Victoria Elbroch have been collaborating on prints and mixed media works that explore ancient trees. They will be discussing their process which involves traditional media, such as drawing and printmaking, as well as photographic processes.
Victoria Elbroch is a Maine-based artist. She creates meticulous drawings and etchings of ancient trees. Elbroch studied etching in Florida and at the University of Oklahoma, also spending three years working with master printmaker, Loraine Moore. She has continued to take every opportunity to learn and evolve in the 42 years she has made her living from her art. The artist was born in England, and has also lived in India and Pakistan. In 2020, she spent 6 weeks in the UK meticulously drawing ancients trees. Elbroch exhibits nationally, and has won numerous awards for her prints and drawings.
“I draw ancient trees, sometimes as large, isolated portraits and sometimes buried in the enduring landscape. The portraits are detailed renderings celebrating all the gnarly protrusions, textures, and anomalies of bark, the smaller works tell stories by incorporating historical newspaper collage and a cut paper root system, so both the trunk and the fungal network beneath can be imagined. The trees are a metaphor for all I hold dear, I draw with a reverence for the natural world, inspired by “these penetrating preachers,” letting them teach that everything alive is connected and it is not about competition but cooperation.”
Larry Elbroch is a photographic, who “finds most of his inspiration traveling and interacting with other cultures and have learnt that people are more alike than different and there is wonder around every corner. He is particularly drawn to spirituality, nature, and those people who live closer to the earth and find that people are similar no matter where we find ourselves. Many of the photographs are taken off the beaten track. He likes to wander and witness in an unobtrusive way.”
The demonstration will be live from the artists’ York, ME studios.
