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Joe De Yong

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For reasons that are fairly obvious, Santa Barbara through the decades has attracted a considerable number of artists to the Channel Area. These men and women have played a significant part, perhaps even a more significant part than have the story-tellers and other writers, in perpetuating the romantic charm that was so great a part of our early history. As I look at the work of this distinguished group, it seems to me that an unusually large proportion of them, at one time or another, have inter ested themselves in etching. Perhaps Henry Chapman Ford is the best known of those who worked here "before the earthquake," yet Peter Moran's magnificent plate of the Old Mission is considered by some to be the most appealing of all the pictures that have been made of this famous structure. Certainly, Edward Borein's work in this medium not only is great in itself but also it has encouraged many another artist here to try his hand at etching. With this in view, the editors of Noticias have put together in this present issue representations of a dozen of these etchers who have lived here briefly or for considerable periods of time and so have become known to us. Douglas Parshall, A.N.A., a widely known artist in oils, has been kind enough, as one of the few remaining "students" in a Borein Class in Etching during the early 1930s, to set down his recollections of that brief episode in his life. This Issue, "Occasional Papers No. 9," is presented as a companion number to "Borein Christmas Cards" of one year ago. We wish to thank, also, Joe De Yong for his active participation in the preparation of this issue.

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It was my privilege to attend a class in etching with Ed Borein in the twenties, for a brief period, along with other Santa Barbara artists. He had a studio in El Paseo at that time, and his etching press and equipment were there at the back of the establishment. At the outset I may as well admit that I was not cut out to be an etcher, and Ed probably sensed this. My impression was that he had a rather poor opinion of me as regarding my knowledge and ability as a horseman, and I think he was justified in this. Certainly as a cowpuncher I lacked experience and knowhow. He used to get together with his cronies occasionally and they would swap yarns. I happened to be present a few times — he was a really great story-teller! I think he told me at one time that I didn't know one end of a horse from the other.

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