Prints

PAX Poster Repressing

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PAX is a fine art poster produced from an original Benjamin Vierling ink illustration. This is the second edition, printed at Monolith Press in 2021. The poster measures 18 x 24 inches, and is screen printed in two colors on Classic Crest 100 pound paper. Each print is signed and numbered by the artist. Both posters are available online via Samaritan Press, and also retail at Kitkitdizzi, in Nevada City, CA.

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Inspired by the complex patterns of birds in flight, the starburst of doves evokes both radiance and harmony. PAX. Peace under sovereignty, the attainment of equilibrium through concerted action. The ancient Romans bestowed the daughter of Jupiter with the name PAX, a springtime Goddess whose reign was renown for benevolent equanimity. Rejoice in the illumination of synergic avigation!

The image was originally created as an album cover for the German band, Fyrnask, for their Eldir Nótt release. The album art was nominated for the Best Art Vinyl 2013 prize in the United Kingdom, and selected amongst Redefine Magazine's best album covers of the year.

  • Original illustration by Benjamin A. Vierling

  • 2 color screen print with metallic gold by Monolith Press, California.

  • 18 x 24 inches

  • Printed on 100# Classic Crest Epic Black, and 100# Cougar Natural.

  • Edition of 100 on Black, Edition of 50 on White.

  • Signed and numbered

  • Available via Samaritan Press

Et in Aracadia Ego 5 color poster

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  • Original Artwork featured on the cover of Fiddler’s Green 7, Gods of the Afternoon. 2020

  • 5 color screen poster printed by Broken Press, Seattle.

  • 16 x 20 inches on 100# Classic Crest Pewter paper.

  • Limited edition of 100, signed and numbered .

  • Poster is available to purchase from Samaritan Press

Even in Arcadia, there am I. So reads the memorial inscription on a crumbling tomb, inadvertently discovered by shepherds in a beguiling grove, amidst the idyllic rural landscape. An enigmatic pall descends, darkening the luster of the enchanted wood. Who erected this archaic monument, and whose corporal shell is interred within? The poets of ancient Rome pondered this query in brooding prose, rendered eloquent by Virgil in his Eclogues, wherein the pastoral utopia of the Great God Pan is tempered by cognizance of the ephemeral nature of all things.

The Spiral Stair - Letterpress Print

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The Spiral Stair. Two color letterpress print, produced for the Ascent Through Descent print exposition at Mortlake & Company, Seattle. The show features many luminaries of esoteric print making, including: David D'Andrea, Joseph Uccello, William Kiesel, Liv Rainey-Smith, and many others.

The Spiral Stair. Letterpess Print.

‘The Spiral Stair' Print measures 8 x 10 inches, limited edition of 90, signed and numbered. Printed letterpress on RealGrey Colorplan 100# paper, at Full Circle Press in Nevada City, CA.
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Opening Reception at 6 PM, Friday, September 7th. 2018. Mortlake & CO. Seattle.

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And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. - Genesis 28:12

And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. - John 1:51

But yet it is not possible for me either to hold my peace, or not to hold my peace touching these my fortunes. For having bestowed boons upon mortals, I am enthralled unhappy in these hardships. And I am he that searched out the source of fire, by stealth borne-off inclosed in a fennel-rod, which has shown itself a teacher of every art to mortals, and a great resource. Such then as this is the vengeance that I endure for my trespasses, being riveted in fetters beneath the naked sky. - Prometheus Bound. - Æschylus . 6th century BC