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Edisto Gallery....Experience the magic of the Carolina Lowcountry
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Bill Wetherington
Edisto Gallery
1125 Gloria St. NE
Orangeburg, South Carolina 29115
wwetherington@sc.rr.com
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My name is Bill Wetherington. I am the nephew of the late Oscar Wetherington. I was left as the custodian of Oscar's works after his death. I decided to offer prints of his works to his family and friends. This is when I found out that there was a demand from the general public for his works and decided to go public with them. It is my quest to see his talent recognized as one of South Carolina's finest artist if not the best.
Please comment in our guest book.
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Artist History (1921-1997)
Wetherington had a long career in art which began in the Orangeburg schools, where he was encouraged in his endeavors in elementary grades. In high school he was artist for the annual. In 1942,he entered military service,and after training as a combat engineer,was assigned to General Eisenhower's Headquarters in England as graphic artist, and later, to the North African Campaign Headquarters in Algiers, and finally, to the Royal Palace at Caserta, Italy. After World War II, he attended the California School of Arts and Crafts at La Jolla where he received his degree of Bachelor of Arts. He continued there as a graduate student for teacher training. He then went to work as an art teacher of both children and adults, acting at the same time as Art Department Supervisor for the San Diego Union and Evening Tribune newspapers, a position he held for ten years. In 1960 he came home to South Carolina, and in Charleston, worked as art director for a national advertising agency. His next position was on the art staff of the R.L. Bryan Printing Company in Columbia where he concentrated on graphic and illustrative art. While there, he desiged the famous Universty of South Carolina's Fighting Gamecock emblem in 1965. In 1972, he retired from the graphic arts field, and devoted his time to fine arts. He was a special student of the great American watercolorist, Theodore Kausky, and also studied with Rex Brandt, eminent painter of the West Coast. Member of the Southeastern Watercolor Society and of the Orangeburg League of Arts, Wetherington taught master classes in watercolor and critique classes. He firmly believed that all artists should master watercolor before they attempt any other medium. For some time, he gave critique and final crituque on Jim Harrison's works before they went to print. He is mentioned in Jim Harrison's biography, entitled "His World Remembered." written by Gary Dickey. He had frequent one-man shows in South Carolina and Georgia. His studio and gallery were at No. 1894 Limestone Community Road, twelve miles north of Orangeburg. For more information contact William Wetherington, Jr. at 1125 Gloria St., Orangeburg, SC 29115, (803)534-0396. E-mail: wwetherington@sc.rr.com
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Irs Giclee Reproduction Information
Iris Giclee Prints
Giclee (zhee-clay) is a French term, in this case, meaning "spray of ink." An Iris ink jet print on watercolor paper is known as a Giclee. The Cornerstone of the process is the enhanced Iris 3047 digital ink jet printer which have been specifically modified for fine art precision. The printers use a continuous tone technology in which infinitely small pixels of color are capable of rendering an amazingly smooth and consistent image. The apparent resolution of the digital print is 1,800 dots per inch, which is higher than a traditional lithographic print and has a wider color gamut than serigraphy. Giclee prints render deep, saturated colors and have a beautiful painterly quality that retains minute detail, subtle tints and blends.
The substrate to be printed on (cotton duck canvas) is affixed to a drum and as the drum rotates at a high speed, individual droplets of color are sprayed on to the surface at a rate of 4-5 million droplets per second. Once completed, a 34" x 36" image is comprised of almost 20 billion droplets of ink, each measuring no more than 15 microns in diameter. The process makes use of the most archival water-based organic inks available in the world. The results are museum quality prints.
Iris Giclee prints have an impressive exhibition record.
They have been shown in museums and galleries throughout the world. A few are:
The Butler Institute of American Art (Youngstown)
The British Art Museum
The Metropolitan Museum (New York)
The Los Angeles County Museum
Philadelphia Museum of Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Laguna Art Museum
Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art
Zimmerli Museum - Rutgers University
National Gallery of Women in the Arts (Washington DC)
The New York Public Library Print Collection
The Cocoran Gallery (Washington DC)
The Washington Post Collection
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