Special North Dakota Print Folio #1

•March 24, 2011 • Comments Off on Special North Dakota Print Folio #1

I am now offering Volume I of a special edition of prints from my portfolio of images captured during my two trips to North Dakota last year.

The first folio contains ten prints captured in Rolette and Pierce Counties during the workshop with Tillman Crane in May, 2010. Future volumes will offer images from my second trip in September as well as others from both trips. The ten prints and descriptive information are packaged in a special folio cover. The folios are sequentially numbered and offered in an open edition.

The ten prints in this folio are printed one at a time in my studio using Epson Cold Press Natural 100% cotton fine art paper and archival pigment inks on an Epson Stylus Pro 3800 inkjet printer. The images are printed approximately 6×9 inches on 8-1/2 x 11 paper. Each print is carefully evaluated and guaranteed to meet the same standard as my larger exhibit prints.

The folio of prints is available for a special online only introductory price of $75.00 for the first 25 folios sold. For more information or to order, please go to:

http://www.sterlingimages.com/folios/

An electronic version of the folio is also available in PDF form as a free download from that page.

What is a folio?

The concept of this kind of print folio was developed by Brooks Jensen, publisher of Lenswork Magazine. He describes the folio as “a collection of loose, unbound prints defining a content that is more like a book than a random stack of unsequenced prints.” The prints are presented in a specially designed folio cover, also designed by Brooks, made from archival, acid free art paper.

The covers were custom produced for Lenswork and up until recently there was nothing equivalent generally available until Neil Enns started Dane Creek Folio Covers, which brought this concept to photographers at an affordable cost.

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A New Leaf

•March 12, 2011 • Comments Off on A New Leaf

Here’s another in this series of images of leaves. I used a somewhat different approach from the previous image. This, I believe is the best so far of the series. Does anyone agree or disagree?

A print is on display at North Mountain Arts in Hedgesville, WV if you would like to see the real thing.

These images are partially a result of a combination of boredom and a bit of guilt for not having done very much new work over the winter. Bored because I have been wanting to do something new and different and guilt because I have been mostly in hibernation mode over the winter.

I must also admit being inspired by some work I saw recently by George DeWolfe, who has created a stunning series of images of fallen leaves with his Forest Floor gallery. I have photographed fallen leaves a lot over the years but never really figured out what to do with them. After seeing George’s work, I was motivated to revisit some of my images to see what I could do. I won’t claim to have achieved the artistry that he achieved, and it is not my intention to duplicate his work, but I am enjoying exploring some new techniques.

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Leaf Study

•March 11, 2011 • Comments Off on Leaf Study

Leaf Study #2

The other day I started experimenting with some images I captured a while ago but never did anything with them.

This, I think, is the first successful result. Comments are welcome.

In Photoshop I applied a high level of local contrast enhancement and increased saturation to yield a painterly look.

I have a framed print of this now at the Washington Street Gallery and Gift if you want to see the real thing.

 

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FotoDC FLASH Exhibit

•February 20, 2011 • Comments Off on FotoDC FLASH Exhibit

I was pleased to learn the other day that four images from my North Dakota portfolio have been selected for the FLASH exhibit, a month long event created by FotoDC. The exhibit runs from March 17 – April 17 in Crystal City in Arlington, VA.

I am one of 30 photographers selected out of 250 who participated in an in-person curator assessment at the Corcoran Gallery of Art on February 6. It was a head-spinning review that lasted barely 8 minutes, but I did get some useful feedback and an interesting recommendation to look up a photographer who photographed rural areas in the 30’s and 40’s, Morris Wright. I was not familiar with the name but I found his work to be interesting and worth studying.

This will be the first formal showing of any of the images from my two trips to North Dakota last year. I am hoping to find a venue for a more extensive exhibit of the images later in the year.

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Update: Tri-State Photography Exhibit

•February 13, 2011 • Comments Off on Update: Tri-State Photography Exhibit

"A Place to Think"

“A Place to Think” won First Prize: Black and White in the 18th Annual Tri-State Photography Exhibit at the Saville Gallery in Cumberland, Maryland.

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North Dakota Project Update

•February 12, 2011 • 1 Comment

An abandoned grain elevator photographed in Cavalier County, North Dakota in September, 2010

Since the first of the year I have been gradually working through the images and finally making real progress in post-processing and organizing.

I have the approximately 2,400 images edited down to about 85, from which I will make a final selection of between 40 and 50 for a possible exhibit and book.

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Tri-State Photography Exhibit

•February 9, 2011 • Comments Off on Tri-State Photography Exhibit

"A Place to Think"

This is one of two of my images that were selected by the juror for the 18th Annual Tri-State Photography Exhibit in the Allegany Arts Council’s Saville Gallery in Cumberland, Maryland.

The reception will be Saturday, February 12 from 6-8pm.

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Architectronic Exhibit

•February 8, 2011 • Comments Off on Architectronic Exhibit

The East Building of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. One of five images being exhibited in the Tamarack "Architectronic" exhibit.

I recently delivered five prints for the Tamarack “Architectonic” invitational exhibit featuring “the beauty of architectural design throughout the world.” The reception will be Sunday, February 13 at 3:00pm.

Galleries

My work continues to be available at the Washington Street Gallery and Gift in Charles Town, WV, the Ice House Artists’ Co-op in Berkeley Springs, WV, and North Mountain Arts in Hedgesville, WV. A selection of small prints can be purchased directly from my online shop on etsy.com.

A wide range of images can be viewed in my online galleries and prints are available. Just drop me an email and I can fix you up with whatever you want.

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Getting Back in the Swing of Things

•January 5, 2011 • Comments Off on Getting Back in the Swing of Things

Greetings and Happy New Year to all,

The last few months have been very hectic. Since I returned from North Dakota I’ve been largely focused on activities in support of the Berkeley Arts Council. After a quiet and relaxing couple of weeks over the Holidays, I am getting back into the swing of things.

Eastern Panhandle Photography Project Exhibit

I will have two prints in a group exhibit at the Old Firehouse Gallery in Charles Town as part of The Eastern Panhandle Photography Project. There will be an opening reception at the Old Firehouse Gallery at 108 North George Street in Charles Town, Friday January 14 from 5 to 8pm. Stop by for some light refreshments and to see the photos from the project. The exhibit will run through January 31. The photographs result from a three-month workshop conceived and led by Jefferson County photographer Frank Robbins. The project team also included Carl Schultz, Mary LeMont, Nancy McKeithen, and Curt Mason.

Historic Buildings and Structures Juried Exhibition

My panoramic image of the Martinsburg Roundhouse was accepted to the Historic Buildings and Structures Juried Exhibition, which is one of a series of juried exhibits sponsored by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History.

The exhibit will be presented in the Commissioner’s Gallery at the Culture Center, State Capitol Complex in Charleston. The opening reception for the exhibit is January 24.

West Virginia Art and Craft Guild Competition

In November, I was pleased to have three images selected for the West Virginia Art and Craft Guild’s 8th biennial Guild Competition. My print of “View from the Court” was awarded Honorable Mention by the jurors.

The exhibit was on view at the Parkersburg Art Center through December 29 and will travel to the Wheeling Artisan Center where it will be on display from January 15 – February 26 and then the Beckley Art Center from March 12 – April 30.

Finally, a reminder that if you would like email notification of future posts here, you can subscribe using the link in the right column.

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North Dakota Update and Other Activities

•November 8, 2010 • Comments Off on North Dakota Update and Other Activities

I’m appalled that I have allowed so much time to go by without posting and update on the ND project. Since I returned home, I have been extremely busy with activities for the Berkeley Arts Council and some other things.

Although I have been doing some casual browsing and editing through the images, I have not done any serious editing or post processing. I have been content to let the images “cure” a little bit before I start any serious work on them. I think a little break at this point will help me approach the project with a fresh perspective when I return to it.

I’ll be sure to post progress here when I get back to it.

Next Saturday, November 13 from about 1:30-3:30pm, I’ll be at the Contemporary Art Gallery, 4 West Franklin Street in Hagerstown for a “Meet & Greet” during and encore showing of my “21st Century Hieroglyphics” prints.

Meanwhile, a friend from Boston has been visiting and, as we do when he is here, we spent some time exploring parts of the C&O Canal. The other day we were at Dam #4 on the Maryland side and I captured this shot of the small hydroelectric power station on the WV side:

Finally, if you would like email notification of future posts here, you can subscribe using the link in the right column.

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