Tulips as Still Life- photogravure print - The Weekly Edition

Tulips as Still Life- photogravure print - The Weekly EditionOver the years I have often turned to the genre of still life when I am wanting to make work and be alone with my thoughts. I set these tulips up in my bedroom one day when I really wanted to do some photography and my kids were at school. I wanted it to feel like the bedroom that it was with window light background of doors and curtains. This was a break from the canvas backgrounds I usually used at this time. This hand pulled photogravure print is

I found this tiny skull one day while photographing outdoors

After reading The DaVinci Code a novel by Dan Brown I became very interested in the golden rectangle and the divine proportion

This hand-pulled polymer photogravure print is made with Gamblin Portland Black and a touch of sepia ink on Rives BFK paper

Fashionable Parisiennes knew the importance of a good hat

I think partly because it is the part they can not easily see but the rest of us see much of the time

as an artist I am lucky to have days like these

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This is Rue Laplace

but I am struck by the patience of the animals and the will of the cowboys

I am wanting to have more writing for this book

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