Playing in Paint

 

It has been some time since I have sat down and really started a painting project. This is a black and white image mounted on archival board. 

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Painting it is going to be a "process" to get back in the groove of things.

Hello Tampa Museum of Art!

Tampa welcomed the new Museum of Art today..
with a line up of speakers and special guests. 

Director Todd Smith meets the press and thanks his staff!

Located in the newly redesigned Curtis Hixon Park, 
the museum is sure to be popular a gathering spot!

Coming Soon....

Ex Voto Project Underway....again

After some frustrating moments with printing  paper, I finally settled on a winner.....Bergger FINE-ART FB/DW Silver Supreme. This paper is great for handcoloring mainly because of it's sturdy weight and super blacks. It is a semi-matte photographic paper with a 100% cotton rag base.

Drying print on Bergger paper

Because of a particularly high silver content, the paper produces extremely deep blacks and a wide range of mid-tones. Love it!

Negative from Epson 4880 printer

This is a new venture for me trying to marry some of the digital world with my traditional way of working. For this project I am using digital negatives. 

Digital negs. waiting to be contact printed

The negs are scans from toycamera images, pinhole images and personal drawings. Composed using Photoshop the negs are output on an Epson 4880 printer using Pictorico film.

Prints in fixer

Once the negatives are dry, they are contact printed, processed and left to dry. Once the photos are completely dry they will be mounted on archival Ampersand boards. 

Hopefully the painting will go as smoothly as the printing.....

Website Re-design

I am working on re-doing my website. Looking to make it more user friendly and feature more work. With the new website you will have the option of purchasing work from the site. You will notice I have taken the "store" option off the blog. Here are a couple of the new pages. Let me know what you think. It will not be fully activated for another couple of weeks, but you can access it here.

 

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