Painted Prints in Progess

WARNING! If you have an aversion to bad digital images you might not want to look at this post. I know, this is getting old, and yes, I am a photographer, but I shoot in film, and while I am soooo thankful to have a lil' digital point and shoot I do think this thing is from the 80's, really.

Anyway, thought it would be nice to share a couple of images of the painted prints, pre print. For those just tuning in, what I call painted prints are my attempt to remember the color/atmosphere of a place from my travels from last years. I start out by painting the scene and then I digitally print the original black and white photograph over the top, hopefully in register. I keep getting closer to what I think I am trying to find, in particular, the skies. So yup - real excited to print on these, probably tomorrow... wish me luck. Oh, and check back for the results sometime soon.

a somewhat wintery wyoming scene

some of you folks might recognize this one

a behind the scenes glimpse of our mud room turned studio

A MakeWork ShoutOut!

Never before has working for myself felt so real and exciting. This week has been filled a variety of tasks, most of which make me feel very lucky to be doing what I am.

I started the week by preparing lil' tests of different collage and transfer techniques to bring up to Saint Andrews Sewanee School where I will be doing some workshops in conjunction with the show that I have up there right now... http://www.sasweb.org/sasgallery/index.aspx

I also got to start thinking about my next show that will happen in Raleigh this winter. I sent out some emails to some sweet book artists that I will collaborate with on some pieces for this show and also made my first public sculpture mock up in hopes of making my first public sculpture to coincide with the show...

And last but not least, I am printing, framing, crating and shipping some work for a show at the Nicolaysen Art Museum in Wyoming. The idea for the show is to exhibit the past Ucross Residency residents as some sort of retrospective for that rad cattle ranch that cradles an art residency gem on the rolling prairie . Below are a couple of images in the show that I have not printed until now...

Thanks CreateHere, for helping me to focus my attention on my work. I still pinch myself everyday.

Back from the Hills with new tricks up my sleeve

I have been back from the sweet, misty-mountain that is the Penland School of Crafts, for about a week. Thanks to my good pal Mark Boyd, who among other things, runs the photo studio there, I was able to assist a guru in the field of alternative process photography. Scott, not to be confused with Vince, McMahon was such an incredible force. He came down from Pennsylvania on his way to a residency in New Mexico equipped with his own inflatable cactus, chili pepper, and some pretty rad chili pepper lights that hung above our picnic table while we wound down and around each evening. Between helping Scott with the demos and cleaning crusty Cyanotype brushes I managed to make a few prints myself.

3 color Gum Bichromate of a structure on a playground in

Hale County, Alabama

Gum Bichromate over a Cyanotype of my best Dali meets Weston image

Cyanotype of a Deer Family in Eastern Tennessee

Cyanotype on some nice handmade paper by Jenna from the

kick ass paper class happening next door

Let your eyes adjust on this Anthotype, which was my favorite process from the two weeks. This is a sheet of paper coated in Crape Myrtle blossoms that has been exposed through a positive transparency in the sun for about 3 1/2 days. The sun bleaches out all of the areas that let the light through while the color remains in the blocked out areas.... ...MAGIC!