
"Courage — May It Be Common" Silkscreen by Dave Eggers
This silkscreen measures 22" x 30" and is printed on 100% acid-free Stonehenge paper. It is signed by the artist and printed in an edition of 100. All proceeds go to ScholarMatch.org, a non-profit founded by Eggers that sends deserving students to college. Here are some words from Dave: So what are these images of animals? I’ll explain as much as I know.I was trained in the classical way of drawing — to be able to capture a likeness or shape in a realistic way. As a disciple of Manet and Caillebotte, for years I painted people in a representational way, usually in some slightly surreal or (I hoped) thought-provoking setting or situation. Then I stopped painting in earnest for the better part of fifteen years. Recently, I’ve come back to drawing and painting, with animals as the subject. I honestly can’t remember exactly when it started, but I began drawing bison from photos I’d taken in Alaska and Idaho, and once I’d finished a given drawing, it seemed incomplete without text — and