Asian Pear - Polymer photogravure print - Edition 2021

Asian Pear - Polymer photogravure print - Edition 2021The still life has long been a favorite genre for me, my heroes Irving Penn and Edward Weston filled me with a style of simple sets and directional light. This unusual pear came to me by way of my dear friend Susan, she had grown it in her garden and she handed it over with the idea that I would eat it. I kept it in the studio for a few days looking it over fearing that the single leaf would fall off, at last, I brought out the 8x10 camera and made a

I began to feel like they are commonplace in that they are home to the local community

However the rest is a two-way deal

I am enjoying using this new printmaking method I love so much to make reproductions of otherwise single objects

I printed an edition of 7 numbered prints and 2 A/P prints

As a small child growing up in Tucson Arizona and I often found myself at the Rodeo

" This is a perfect way to describe the pictures I was making in Paris

The Chapel at Château de Beynac Deux

Built in the 12th century

5 x 20 sheet

Chine Collé

I will teach you the needed printmaking and letterpress skills over the course of a series of short 3 hours sessions here at the studio

75 on an 11x14 sheet