421 Nights Reach

Donald Furst has created a series of 10 mezzotints based on Highway 421.  U.S. Route 421 is a spur route of U.S. 21. It runs for 941 miles from Fort Fisher, North Carolina south of Wilmington to Michigan City, Indiana at U.S. 20. This image, "421 Nights: Reach",  shows the reach of some storage tanks.  This impression is #10 from an edition of just 30.   A member of the faculty since 1985, Donald Furst is Professor of Art and former chair (2002-2009) of the UNCW Department of Art and Art History. He has received the following recognitions for teaching: University of North Carolina Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1999; University Distinguished Professorship, UNCW, 1996-98; Board of Trustees Teaching Excellence Award, UNCW, 1996; College of Arts and Sciences Excellence in Teaching, UNCW, 1992.   Furst currently operates Ars Longa Press, a fine print atelier specializing in mezzotint and other forms of intaglio printmaking. He has shown widely in national and internat