About Me
About Me
About Me
George T. Wogan, Jr. was born in New Orleans, LA and now resides in Covington, LA. He is a self taught Scratchboard Artist and an active member of the International Society of Scratchboard Artist. George was first introduced to scratchboard while attending an art class at The University of New Orleans. After working various mediums he realized that scratchboard was the medium he wished to pursue, mainly because of the stark contrast between light and dark as well as the 3D component of the medium. His subjects are basically pets, wildlife, farm animals and an occasional miscellaneous piece shown for interest.
A scratchboard is a 1/8 inch thick hardboard coated with kaolin clay ground with India ink. The ink is removed with various instruments revealing the white clay underneath and ultimately an image by the artist. Scratchboard art is a very time consuming medium which can take 5 hours to as many as 30 hours or more to complete depending on the size of the image. Scratchboard art is also an unforgiving art form: a mistake may not be fixable and the piece is then discarded.
The art offered here for sale are prints on quality paper and when they are mounted on foam board are very similar to the original (see comparison of the two in photo gallery) the only difference is that the original will last forever - prints will last for many years if kept out of direct sun light. Prices for the prints are noted on the art work. Prints come in many sizes; contact me for prices. All originals are available for $150.00
In the photo gallery I have included several photos showing the progressive steps toward the
completion of a Scratchboard piece.
