Skull & Bones Gallery

Monday, October 24, 2011

"Dark Secret"

Announcing the release of Kurt Wiscombe's latest print "Dark Secret"...

"Dark Secret"
Kurt Wiscombe 2008
Limited Edition of 25
Signed and Numbered
Image Size 26 x 30 cm (4 cm border on print)
Offset Lithograph on Paper
$100. plus shipping

Friday, September 2, 2011

Announcing Kurt's newest print "Gallows Hill", this one is a limited edition of 12, each print is signed and numbered.

"Gallows Hill"

Kurt Wiscombe 2011

Etching on Paper

Limited Edition of 12

Signed and Numbered

Image Size- 8 x 15 cm (Overall Print Size- 25 x 32.5 cm)

$40. (Plus Shipping)

This print has been printed on high quality Arches lined paper, the reason I chose this paper was to be as close to the paper that was commonly used to print on in the early days of print (from about the 1400's to the 1800's), which is within the time period I was thinking about when creating this work (the late 1700's, before the days of the long drop). It is referred to as lined paper because when you hold it up to the light you can see lines (sort of like a water mark), this is due to the way the paper was made. - KW

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Hoodoo Vision

Announcing Kurt's latest print!

"Hoodoo Vision"

This one is a Stone Lithograph, printed on very high quality acid free paper (Peschia)

Limited Edition of 20, each print is signed and numbered.

Size 25.5 x 28 cm

$50. each (plus shipping)

E-mail us if you would like to order one.... skullandbonesgallery@gmail.com

"Hoodoo Vision"

Kurt Wiscombe 2011

Stone Lithograph on Paper

25.5 x 28 cm

Ltd. Edition of 20, Signed and Numbered

Thursday, June 9, 2011

"Death"

Alex and Kurt along with J. Majury will be a part of the upcoming " Death" art show in Toronto.
This group show, which features coffin shaped paintings expressing each artist idea of death, will take place on June, 16th at the Hilton in downtown Toronto.
For more info click here.
If you are in the Toronto area come down and check out the show!

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

"The Original Coffin of Louis Riel"

On the 16th of November,1885, Louis Riel, the founder of Manitoba and leader of the Metis people was hanged for treason in Regina, Saskatchewan. After the execution, his body was put into this coffin and was originally slated to be buried in the gallows enclosure in Regina, but an order from the Lieutenant-Governor changed that plan. Instead his body was sent home to his mother's home in St. Vital, where he was put into a more elaborate coffin and after a time of lying in state, was buried in the churchyard of the St. Boniface Cathedral.
The original coffin was kept by his family and for years held his personal belongings, and papers. Some years later, the family donated it to the St. Boniface cathedral where it remained until a fire destroyed the cathedral. Miraculously, the coffin survived but was damaged, losing most of the lower half of the coffin to the fire. Today the coffin resides in the St. Boniface Museum.