Evan Summer is an artist that pays a great deal of attention to detail. Fortunately I was able to take in this great detail first hand. Although I was unable to make it to the opening of his gallery, I found attending his workshop the following Monday was by far a greater experience than that I would have gotten from simply viewing his work in the gallery. I was a great event to take part in to view his portfolio and see him make demonstrations of his work. Not only was he able to explain his work and process of how he executes his work, but the students and faculty were able to interact and ask him questions to dig deeper into his work or get advice on print making.

By first viewing Summer's portfolio we were able to see the variations in his work. As we went through various pieces he had sample prints where he explained his rough draft process then alterations he was able to make and how and finally his finished product. As a student who has not yet taken a print making class some of the materials he explained in the process was hard to understand but he was very open to questions and discussion. The majority of his portfolio that he shared were prints of which he created landscapes and architecture. The views he displayed were all elevated or areal views of the subject matter which I found interesting but opened my curiosity as to why he rarely, or if he ever, didn't use a typical horizontal straight on view of the landscape. As he explained in the techniques he used to print, it was clear to see the difference of the type of print he used whether it was as a lithograph, drypoint, engraving, or a collagraph. I did prefer the collagraph prints considering the different materials you could use to make these prints although they were tricky and time consuming. The use of dull or black and white colors and tones were a nice addition to the pieces. As a personal preference I do prefer these types of tones rather than extreme bright colors. The hues that he combined together along with the lack of use of color displayed a great deal of contrast that created a pleasing view. These pieces with the crisp contrast were among my favorite pieces in his portfolio.