Plate for Pantheon (Eclipse)

Chuck Webster's triptych print portfolio "Pantheon: Stone, Timber, Eclipse," showcases the iconography, compositional elements, and elaborately drawn constructions for which he has received acclaim. In both title and imagery, the prints draw on the artist’s recent experience in Italy when he was a resident at the American Academy of Rome. Each print--a lithograph, a woodcut, and an intaglio work--is dominated by an elaborately-patterned circle, whose form resembles that of the Pantheon domed cella, as viewed from below. This construction, repeated in different tones and variations in each print, stands atop a hilly terrain made of interconnected forms comprising the peaks and valleys of a region that concurrently evokes a lunar surface, small towns embedded in hills and mountains, and a kind of no-mans’ land are the distinct croquet mallets that Webster has made a signature element in his work. This is the plate he used for the five-color etching with aquatint, spit bite, and drypoint he made with Wingate Studio.