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Each press release is a Word doc that will download in the .zip format. Doubleclick the zip file to open... Headline: "Constitution Day: Calligrapher Is Hand-Lettering the United States Constitution" (short release 280 words) [Download Short Constitution Day Press Release Now]
Headline: "Constitution Day: Calligrapher Is Hand-Lettering the United States Constitution" (long release 750 words) [Download Long Constitution Day Press Release Now]
Headline: "Calligrapher lettering U.S. Constitution is exhibiting at "XYZ" Arts & Craft Show" (substitute the name of your show) [Download Exhibiting Artist Press Release Now]
Please Note: If you'd prefer to receive any of the press releases as an email attachment, please [contact] Ron Ayers You can also download and include any of the .jpg photographs below. |
Artist Susan Loy with Preamble and Article I of her U.S. Constitution series of paintings.
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Artist Susan Loy shows her U.S. Constitution paintings while husband Ron Ayers, dressed as the original Constitution calligrapher Jacob Shallus, proofreads.
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Article I of the Constitution is about the Congress. Using color change in the letterforms, Loy created a glowing landscape for the backdrop of her drawing of the Capitol Building, which is superimposed on the words of Article I. This painting took the artist more than 500 hours over 5 months to complete.
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Article II of the Constitution is about the Executive branch. Susan hand-lettered Article II over a background drawing of the White House, viewed from the North Grounds. She carried over the colors of black, brown, red, white, and blue and the themes established in "The Preamble" into this piece. "We the people," lettered in deep red Gothic capitals, looms above the White House.
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Article III of the Constitution is about the Judicial branch. Carrying over the colors of black, brown, red, white, and blue and the themes established in "The Preamble," Susan Loy outlined the words, "Justice" and "We the People." She used elements from the Supreme Court Building in the design, lettering the words incised on the architrave above the west and east porticos, "Equal Justice Under Law" and "Justice the Guardian of Liberty."
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Individual art prints of portions of the U.S. Constitution are available at Literary Calligraphy's "Constitution Gallery"
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