A Choir of Stones Metal Print
by Nick Payne
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A Choir of Stones metal print by Nick Payne. Bring your artwork to life with the stylish lines and added depth of a metal print. Your image gets printed directly onto a sheet of 1/16" thick aluminum. The aluminum sheet is offset from the wall by a 3/4" thick wooden frame which is attached to the back. The high gloss of the aluminum sheet complements the rich colors of any image to produce stunning results.
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An appreciation for rocks has a long history. Historians, for example, say that at least two millenia back, the Chinese collected special rocks for... more
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Artist's Description
An appreciation for rocks has a long history. Historians, for example, say that at least two millenia back, the Chinese collected special rocks for aesthetic purposes. For Taoist monks certain stones represented the Tao. They used "scholar's stones" for contemplation and meditation in preparation for writing and painting.
Gongshi is the Chinese term for special stones that meet the above criteria and evoke something from the viewer. The transliterated word gong means "spirit" and shi equals "stone".
I share the Taoist appreciation for stones. Although beach rocks are too ordinary to be scholar's stones, I regard my paintings of rocks as representing the Creative Forces in the earth, and in that sense they are gongshi.
About Nick Payne
Nick Payne credits William Arthur Phillips, a gifted artist and teacher in Tacoma, WA, as an important early influence who developed Nick's art, and who inspired a career in art and education. Paintings posted on this site span four decades. Following graduation from the University of Washington, Nick spent two years in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Then he returned to the USA, and taught at a rural public school in northeastern Washington State. During this time he married. Several paintings from this time feature his children. After 20 years in the classroom, he returned to western WA and served as a principal for 13 years in the Bellingham and Ferndale school districts. Through most of his career in education, Nick�s parallel career...
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