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Collaborative Printing Since 1976

Harold Boyd

Harold Boyd was born March 24, 1938in Des Moines, Iowa. He was an artist and educator who lived and worked in Bloomington, Illinois since 1966. He retired from teaching in 2001. Boyd passed away on October 21, 2022.

Background

MFA, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (1965)

BFA, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (1959)

Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (1960)

Professor of Art Emeritus, School of Art, Illinois State University (active 1965-2000)

Normal Editions Projects

Boyd participated in a collaborative print project at Normal Editions Workshop during a short term residency in 2005 with public lecture on October 20.

Artist Harold Boyd works on his print at the Normal Editions Workshop in 2005.

Artist Harold Boyd drawing on a lithographic stone at Normal Editions Workshop in 2005.

Resources

Where are they now: Harold Boyd

Harold Boyd: 1938-2022 Legacy.com

Prints from Normal Editions

Mother & Child, Green Girl, and Child and Bully are included in the Marks from the Matrix and Illinois Artists traveling exhibitions available from Normal Editions Workshop.

Mother & Child

Mother & Child

Harold Boyd
five-color lithograph
30" x 22"
edition size: 15 arabic numbered impressions
and 15 roman numeral impressions
copyright 2008
N.E.W. work #05-103

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Available for sale

$800.00

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Green Girl

Green Girl

Harold Boyd
two-color lithograph
30" x 22"
edition size: 12
signed by the artist
copyright 2006
N.E.W. work #05-104

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Available for sale

$300.00

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Child and Bully

Child and Bully

Harold Boyd
one-color lithograph
22" x 15"
edition size: 20
signed by the artist
copyright 2008
N.E.W. work #06-101

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Available for sale

$125.00

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Collaboration with Harold Boyd

Harold Boyd drawing on the stone

Harold Boyd drawing on the stone

Harold Boyd drawing with charbonnel wash on a lithographic stone

Harold Boyd painting on mylar

Harold Boyd painting on mylar

Harold Boyd painting on mylar during the collaborative print project at Normal Editions in 2005

Harold Boyd's public lecture

Harold Boyd's public lecture

Harold Boyd speaking during his public lecture during the collabortive print project

Richard Finch and Harold Boyd with R.T.P. impression

Richard Finch and Harold Boyd with R.T.P. impression

Richard Finch and Harold Boyd discussion details with the R.T.P. (Right to Print) impression

Meda Rives and Lori Niemtschk mixing inks

Meda Rives and Lori Niemtschk mixing inks

Meda Rives and Lori Niemtschk mixing inks for the Boyd project edition printing

Harold Boyd drawing

Harold Boyd drawing

Harold Boyd drawing on a stone for the print, "Child and Bully"

Meda Rives mixing ink for run # 1

Meda Rives mixing ink for run # 1

Meda Rives mixing ink for run # 1 of the print, "Mother and Child" by Harold Boyd

Lori Niemtschk tearing paper

Lori Niemtschk tearing paper

Lori Niemtschk tearing paper for the Boyd edition project

Harold Boyd contemplating a printed proof

Harold Boyd contemplating a printed proof

Harold Boyd contemplating a printed color trial proof during the collaborative project in 2005. Note the change in the field of color surrounding the figures in the finished piece.

Richard Finch working the roller

Richard Finch working the roller

Richard Finch working the roller for the first color of the multi-color edition

Brandon Gunn and Jason Judd work the roller

Brandon Gunn and Jason Judd work the roller

Brandon Gunn and Jason Judd apply ink to the printing element during Run #1 of the Harold Boyd edition

Veda Rives and Richard Finch printing run #1

Veda Rives and Richard Finch printing run #1

Veda Rives and Richard Finch printing Run #1 during the editioning of the Harold Boyd collaborative edition

Brandon Gunn and Lea Friesen prepare the roller

Brandon Gunn and Lea Friesen prepare the roller

Brandon Gunn and Lea Friesen prepare to roll the plate for Run #1 during the Harold Boyd edition

Meda Rives and Veda Rives during Run #6

Meda Rives and Veda Rives during Run #6

Meda Rives sponging the plate and Veda Rives rolling ink during Run #6 of the Harold Boyd edition, "Mother and Child"

Meda Rives and Richard Finch printing

Meda Rives and Richard Finch printing

Meda Rives and Richard Finch printing during Run #6 of the Harold Boyd edition, "Mother and Child"

IACA Acknowledgement and Copyright

Normal Editions Workshop acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

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