Archival Prints on Paper or Canvas for Peanuts!

Anthony Holdsworth July 28, 2011

If you, like most of us, have tightened your belt in this ailing economy you've probably decided to forgo purchasing luxuries like original art.

I am offering limited edition, archival prints on paper or canvas of some of my best paintings at unusually low prices. Prices that are one half to one quarter the going rate for archival reproductions!

To view the full inventory click on 'Shop' at the top of this page.

Created under my supervision at Magnolia Editions in Oakland, the prints on paper are pigmented ink-jet on archival paper. The prints on canvas, which to the casual eye are indistinguishable from original paintings, are stretched and ready to hang. They are protected with two layers of UV resistant matt varnish.

These are not the original works, but they are as close as you can get for a fraction of the price.

Because they are signed, limited editions they will appreciate modestly over time. Properly cared for they should remain vibrant for four to five generations.

Painted on location in San Francisco, Italy, Istria, Oakland, Mexico and Cuba the more than forty images start at $ 125 for a square foot print on paper (edition limited to 200). The large prints on canvas (five square feet – edition limited to forty) signed and ready to hang are $ 700.

Consider purchasing these archival prints not only for your home or office but as special gifts for close friends and family.

For rebates on shipping and handling fees::

If you are within driving distance of my studio, phone me when you make your order. We can arrange for you to pick up your purchase and I will refund the shipping and handling fees at that time.(It may take me two or three days to return your call. Production of prints may take up to ten days.)

Purchasing the original works:

Some of the original oil paintings are available for sale at my Studio or at SFMOMA Artists Gallery at Fort Mason in San Francisco

Revisit my site every few months to view new additions to my inventory.

Two Exhibitions Highlight the Environment

Anthony Holdsworth May 1, 2011

These exhibitions are a response to our government's censorship and misrepresentation of urgent environmental issues.

To listen to an interview conducted by Eric Klein for 'Radio Chronicles' on KPFA while I painted 'Fire over Water' , click the link below. There is a slide show of photos by Justin Beck that accompanies this interview. The Censored Climate Change Streetscapes of Anthony Holdsworth

'Lawrence Ferlinghetti at the Trieste' 2011, oil/canvas, 30" X 45" at Caffe Museo SFMOMA June 2 - July 13

'The Climate Change Quartet'

and Recent SF Cityscapes

June 2 - July 13: Caffe Museo at SFMOMA

151 3rd St., San Francisco

My reception for this exhibition on June 2nd was attended by over 100 people. Among the many distinguished guests was Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti who posed in front of the painting that contains him seated at the Trieste.

The Caffe and Museum are closed on Wednesdays.

The Censored Paintings

and 'Season of the Sunflower'

May 27: The Schoolhouse,

1592 Market , San Francisco

Reception Friday, May 27 7- 9 PM

The events at the Schoolhouse are now over. I will be embedding a youtube video of these events soon.

'Season of the Sunflower' & video at the Schoolhouse May 27

Geoff Hoyle in 'Geezer' at the Marsh

Anthony Holdsworth April 7, 2011

Last weekend I was considering writing a brief review of my friend Geoff Hoyle's remarkable performance of 'Geezer' at the Marsh, when I encountered Robert Hurwitt's highly favorable review. I recommend that you read it. ('Geezer review: Hoyle solo show laughs years away')

Hoyle, well known in the San Francisco Bay Area as a long time member of the Pickle Family Circus, a consummate mime and actor, is a serious man with an imagination that shirks neither angst nor discomfort. He dishes up bitter fare in Geezer but with such manic energy and humor that we willingly accompany him. These dark moments alternate in dizzying succession with touching reminiscences and brilliant metaphors.

One of my favorites is his variation on the 'venerable Bede's' image of a bird flying from the dark night into the lofty heights of a great hall and then on out into the dark as a metaphor for life. Hoyle, with his effortless metamorphosis into this bird, alights upon a high rafter to warm himself. As he glances apprehensively down at the multitudes below we are so entranced that, like children, we see a bird's eye view of that eighth century hall. This is the stuff of great performance.

Hoyle's power is due, in no small part, to his mastery of mime and commedia dell' arte, but I suspect that his early decision to perform on the street and in circus settings has honed his remarkable ability to reach across the stage and into the hearts and imaginations of us all.

ABOUT THESE PAINTINGS

A couple of years ago I began a collaborative series of portraits with Hoyle. We put the project on indefinite hold due to our divergent schedules. I offer this sneak preview in the hope that it will encourage you to see 'Geezer' at the 'Marsh' in San Francisco: http://www.themarsh.org/

Censorship, the environment and nuclear power : upcoming exhibitions

Anthony Holdsworth March 31, 2011

On June 7th, 2010 my exhibition of Global Warming paintings in our nation's first green Federal Building was abruptly canceled. A half hour before my reception, I was ordered by a GSA lawyer to take my work down. As I exited the building, I remember thinking ' If our government prefers censorship to actively dealing with ecological issues this building will some day be standing in sea water!' (A full account below at Censored!...)

The rejected paintings are neither predictions nor statements of fact. They are cautionary tales, a glimpse, through a glass darkly, of a road that should not to be taken.

Unfortunately, our Federal government, driven by corporate dinosaurs and cowed by the Mad Tea Partiers, seems hell-bent on ignoring the best advice of the world's leading scientists. Its principle 'green' solutions to climate change are 'clean coal' , an untested technology, and nuclear power which is neither 'clean' nor 'safe' as Japan tragically reminds us.

My father, Dennis Holdsworth, who ran research and development programs from the fifties to the seventies, began as a strong advocate of Nuclear Power. But before he died he declared “Nuclear power is an incredible technology which would be perfect if we could guarantee perfection in our technology and in our operators. We can't . We're human. We make mistakes. The price of for nuclear mistakes is too high”

There is no safe level of radioactivity.(See John Gofman) Nuclear plants constantly raise the level of radioactivity in our environment. Dr Ernest Sternglast, who led the movement to stop nuclear weapons testing, asserts that every reactor he's investigated in this country leaks significant amounts of radiation. There are high levels of strontium-90 in children's teeth downwind of these reactors as well as other toxic isotopes. ( More detailed information at radiation.org or youtube press conference) Our reactors here in California, which are no more prepared for a major quake than those in Japan, regularly vent radioactive wastes into our coastal waters.

Representatives of the nuclear industry speak of 'safe levels' and regularly downplay the dangers. They brazenly deny the real costs of Chernobyl - possibly a million casualties ( Environment News Service ) and continue to deny any deleterious effects from Three Mile Island despite evidence to the contrary (http://www.unc.edu/news/archives/feb97/wing.html). Our government officials, many of whom make careers of sweeping troublesome issues under the rug, depend on these questionable sources for their advice.

Environmental issues should not be swept under the rug. It is time we demanded complete disclosure and an end to censorship of 'controversial' points of view. We owe this to our children and our planet.

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

I've decided that these censured paintings deserve further exposure in light of current events so I will be exhibiting them at ‘ The Schoolhouse’ , May 27- 30 ( Reception May 27, 7-9 PM) 1592 Market @ Franklin, San Francisco near Zuni Cafe

I will be following this brief reprise with the public unveiling of my new 'Climate Change Quartet' at the Caffe Museo at SFMOMA, June 2 – July 14: (Reception June 2, 5:30 – 7:30 PM)151 3rd St, San Francisco

Paint outdoors in Italy 2012

Anthony Holdsworth January 19, 2011

I am leading painting groups to Tuscany and Liguria, Italy in June 2012. Early registration is necessary for Italy.

Tuscany:

We paint Florence in the rain. Linda and Niccolo serve dinner. A view from our windows.

Liguria:

View from our farmhouse Portovenere

For information about this painting expedition and to view a short video go to the Classes section of my website and scroll down to 'Outdoor painting in Tuscany and Liguria, Italy'

Beginners and one or two non-painters are welcome on these trips.

About the artist

Anthony Holdsworth was born in England in 1945. He was introduced to oil painting in high school by the New England painter, Loring Coleman. Holdsworth embarked on a painting career while working as Head of Outdoor Restoration for the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy after the flood of 1966. He continued his studies at the Bournemouth College of Art in England where he studied with master draftsman Samuel Rabin and color theorist Jon Fish and at the San Francisco Art Institute where he studied with Julius Hatofsky, Bruce McGaw and Fred Martin. He has shown with major galleries in Oakland, San Francisco, Sacramento and Los Angeles. He has participated in two exhibitions at the Oakland Museum. He was included in the California Cityscapes exhibition at the San Diego Museum. He was a recipient of WESTAF-NEA fellowship in 1990. His work is in corporate and private collections worldwide.