Hayley Barker - Orb Weaver, Late Summer - 2024
This large-scale etching by Los Angeles–based artist Hayley Barker, now available in an edition of 30, depicts the orb weaver spider, a subject she explored in paintings based on her parents’ backyard in Oregon.
Barker is known for large-scale, delicately rendered, ethereal landscapes painted on raw linen that feature a sumptuous palette and fine brushwork reminiscent of French impressionism and the dreamlike imagery of nineteenth-century symbolist art.
Orb Weaver, Late Summer, measuring more than three feet in height, is Barker’s largest print to date. The expanded dimensions of the etching allowed Barker to work on a scale closer to that of her paintings, adopting a gestural and direct approach to her mark making. The result is a finished print that uniquely mirrors the experimental nature of her painting practice.
Medium: Six-plate etching with aquatint, soft ground, and spit bite on Somerset paper
Size: 101.6 x 78.7 cm
Edition of 30 + 8 AP
Signed and numbered
Price: $ 5,000
You can order this Hayley Barker etching from Utopia Editions.
