A striking shift from the heavily incised stonecuts that channel the raw energy of Parr’s graphite drawings, Blue Geese Feeding occupies a unique place in the artist’s oeuvre. Among the first four prints drawn from his early work, it is the only one executed not as a stonecut but as a stencil. This change in technique alters the tone entirely. Gone are the jagged marks and carved textures that echo Parr’s vigorous linework. In their place, we find something more ethereal: a procession of geese rendered as radiant silhouettes, their forms simplified and luminous, shimmering in blue. Master printmaker Iyola Kingwatsiak brought Parr’s vision to life using the stencil method, allowing the birds to hover between figuration and abstraction. They drift across the surface with the hypnotic unreality of a dream. 

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