{"id":1036,"date":"2009-07-26T13:04:03","date_gmt":"2009-07-26T19:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artorg.info\/?page_id=1036"},"modified":"2009-10-10T16:53:02","modified_gmt":"2009-10-10T21:53:02","slug":"fred-somers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/artorg.info\/?page_id=1036","title":{"rendered":"Fred Somers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c1\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/artorg.info\/wp-content\/files\/title-the-20-views.jpg\" alt=\"Twenty Views of Dundas\" title=\"Twenty Views of Dundas\" width=\"480\" height=\"28\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1804\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artorg.info\/wp-content\/files\/title-the-20-views.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artorg.info\/wp-content\/files\/title-the-20-views-300x17.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/artorg.info\/wp-content\/files\/20-v-lr-fred.jpg\" alt=\"Fred Somers\" title=\"Fred Somers: Twenty Views of Dundas\" width=\"480\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artorg.info\/wp-content\/files\/20-v-lr-fred.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artorg.info\/wp-content\/files\/20-v-lr-fred-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Title:<\/strong><br \/>\nSpring Thaw<br \/>\n<strong>Artist Statement:<\/strong><br \/>\nMarch 19, 1920 was the date on this photograph of the so-called \u201cCastle Mill\u201d named for the parapet along the roof.  The photo shows the break up of ice in the Cannon River: the end of a long winter and the promise of spring and summer warmth. I talked with Stuart Chester who remembers riding the ice floes as a boy.  He went on to serve in WWII and still lives in Dundas today.  This piece represents rebirth after winter, and also connects with the people and the mill history of Dundas.<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/artorg.info\/wp-content\/files\/title-the-first-edition.jpg\" alt=\"The First Edition\" title=\"The First Edition\" width=\"480\" height=\"28\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artorg.info\/wp-content\/files\/title-the-first-edition.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artorg.info\/wp-content\/files\/title-the-first-edition-300x17.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/artorg.info\/wp-content\/files\/1st-lr-fred.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/artorg.info\/wp-content\/files\/1st-lr-fred.jpg\" alt=\"Fred Somers\" title=\"Fred Somers: The First Edition\" width=\"480\" height=\"610\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artorg.info\/wp-content\/files\/1st-lr-fred.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artorg.info\/wp-content\/files\/1st-lr-fred-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c2\">\n<h2>Artist<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fredericksomers.com\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Fred Somers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pastelinternational.com\/COMPETITIONS\/thirteenth\/thirteenthjuried.html\" class=\"broken_link\">&#8220;Prix de Pastel&#8221; IAPS Award<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Projects<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artorg.info\/?page_id=296\">The Twenty Views of Dundas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artorg.info\/?page_id=1257\">The First Edition<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/artorg.info\/wp-content\/files\/Somers-240.jpg\" alt=\"Somers 240\" title=\"Fred and Steven Nunez\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artorg.info\/wp-content\/files\/Somers-240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/artorg.info\/wp-content\/files\/Somers-240-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/artorg.info\/wp-content\/files\/Fred-signing.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/artorg.info\/wp-content\/files\/Fred-signing.jpg\" alt=\"Fred signing First Edition\" title=\"Fred signing First Edition\" width=\"240\" height=\"188\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1252\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1013\/1062263634_69be3284ab_m.jpg\" title=\"Model Sarah\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: Spring Thaw Artist Statement: March 19, 1920 was the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":896,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1036","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PyxFx-gI","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artorg.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artorg.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artorg.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artorg.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artorg.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1036"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/artorg.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3292,"href":"https:\/\/artorg.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1036\/revisions\/3292"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artorg.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artorg.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artorg.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}