Still Life + Spring - photogravure print - The Weekly Edition

Still Life + Spring - photogravure print - The Weekly EditionStill Life + Spring Spring weather has arrived in Portland where I live and I am swooning. + The solar eclipse that happened today has me a little shook, yet excited for what is next. Hand pulled photogravure print is made with Gamblin bone black, Charbonnel burnt umber, and madder red 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 7"x 7" inches on

I like it this way and the work is meaningful to me and a joy to make

I was struck by the feeling that this woman stepped out on the porch at midnight under a full moon

I printed an edition of 8 numbered prints and  3 A/P prints

5" inches on an 11 x 15

Features Hahnemuhle copperplate paper with Charbonnel black 55981and warm sepia inks

I understand that there are myths and lore about these berries and trees in other cultures

This is a quiet view of a hallway and staircase in the Château de Baynac

When I made this picture I was using a very old Petzval lens that a good friend had loaned me for an extended time

France we lived in a small apartment on an everyday street

Oregon where I live and see photographs simply

I look up and see this wonderful and beautiful shape hanging there in the sky

The project will be completed in the first weeks of September 2024 and while some of the details are defined many others are in a fluid state of being realized