Essence of Pine Bark, 2023. Frottage on canvas. 30″ x 24″.
(Frottage is the French word for rubbing.)
Moving Deer, 2023. Pigment Ink Print on Paper, 13-1/2″x20″.
Limited edition of 15.
Conundrum. Then there is the black & white version. I’ve mentioned this dilemma before in an earlier post – a rose image. I love the b&w too for varied reasons, impressions received back. Totally different feeling exuded, another subject even. Maybe that is the way it should be, and I should not interfere with making a judgement either/or. They each stand alone with individual styles of existence.
Moving Deer, 2023. Pigment Ink Print on Paper, 13-1/2″x20″.
Limited edition of 15.
I’ve heard it in the past, that color is more popular than b&w. More marketable in our culture. It may be true, but I know the aficionados also love to see b&w, like I do. My work was juried into a recent show…the color work was chosen, the monotone not. Black and white art is a separate reality, but what makes it so?
Valley Lake, 2023. Pigment Ink Print on Paper, 20″x26″ & 15″x19-1/2″. Limited edition of 15 each size.
I pulled out an old 8mp Canon Rebel XT that I had converted to infrared-only. They take a filter layer off the sensor internal to the camera. I had not used the camera for ages. I put a variable wavelength filter on the front of the standard 18-55mm zoom lens and set it to a medium infrared setting.
What drew me to the camera today was the state of the skies overhead. How could one not look up? I recalled the old aviation barnstormer’s saying, “Mare’s tails in the blue, weather within two.” The mare’s tails were flying, and sure enough, today a cold front, winds, came across the mountains. The infrared camera brought out the whimsy and portents in the clouds.
Clouds, 2023. Pigment Ink Print on Paper, 15×19-1/2″ & 20×26″. Limited edition of 15, each size.
Gold Feather, 2023, Monotype, 12″x12″.
Wild Garden, 2023, Monotype sun print, 17″x16-1/2″.
At the Garden Gate, 2023, Pigment Ink Print on Paper, 26″×20″ &
19-1/2″×15″. Limited edition of 15, each size.
Flowers and Errant Moon, 2023, Monotype & gold leaf, 21″x16″.
Watergrass, 2023, mixed media, 20″x16″.
Grass and Chinese Bowl, 2023, Pigment Ink Print on Paper,
20×26″ & 15×19-1/2″. Limited edition of 15, each size.