Richard Stockham's "Afterward"

“Afterward” is Richard Stockham’s show of works on paper. Mr. Stockham is a woodblock printer who occasionally works with other print methods. His prints are personal visual narratives, windows into floating worlds, framed to lead the viewer to consider not only what is happening at the moment presented, but also what follows. Mr Stockham is attracted to Japanese prints, especially of the “floating world” (ukiyo-e). In 2000 he began studying Japanese style color woodblock printmaking at a school on Vancouver Island, British Colombia, Cananda. These prints are time consuming to make because the image must be broken down into its component colors and a separate woodblock carved for each color. Each block is then inked and pressed onto the paper. Mr Stockham has practiced law in Birmingham for 30 years and has established a second career as a printmaker. He is a member of PaperWorkers Local, a cooperative printmaker’s studio and gallery space located on Clairmont Ave. PaperWorkers Local is pleased to present “Afterward.”