With Roses - photogravure print

With Roses - photogravure printSometimes my friends and family bring me props from nature to use in my work, these roses were given to me by a dear friend. the bouquet lent itself well to my work in the studio this day. Hand pulled photogravure print is made with Gamblin bone black, Charbonnel Bistre, and sanguine inks on Hahnemhle copperplate paper. I printed an edition of 6 numbered prints and 2 A P prints. Hand pulled print by Ray Bidegain Limited edition of 6 5"x 5" inches on

My wife Kathleen had volunteered to chair the committee for the school auction this year and she received this bouquet of tulips as a thank you

Build in the 13th Century The Hofburg Palace was for the Habsburg dynasty in Austria

The girls came home with these Two very beautiful pears and like many other volunteer still life objects that come to me I made some pictures

I am a city kid all the way through

I was stunned by the beauty of this Oak tree with a light fog in the air

ornate old Cathedrals in France they start to seem commonplace

I find this activity similar to the way I work when I am traveling

We can talk about what you are expecting from the model and I will see what I can arrange

Four years ago I began making pictures that reflected my feeling about age

Kathleen commented " we walked past that spot every day and I never noticed it like this

Église Sainte-Croix de Bordeaux | Bordeaux

This was a break from the canvas backgrounds I usually used at this time