Process

All film images are captured on medium or large format cameras, some contemporary, some from the early 20th century.

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All negatives are drum scanned at 5000 pixels per inch.

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Editions are printed on cotton paper with pigment inkjet with large format printers.

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Mixed media images are printed on mylar, then transferred to gessoed panel. Often I will paint into images on panel with solvent that liquifies the inkjet ink. Thus inkjet ink from the machines blend with the human gesture.

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Above and below the inkjet layer are many layers of acrylic mediums and varnishes, along with acrylic glazes. These are sanded to a reflective finish. When light is shined on the images the light reflects off the inkjet layer as well as the glazes gives a three dimensional look.

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Inkjet transfers are not limited to gessoed panel, but various Japanese papers of different weights. The Brushfires body of work is fused onto  paper that is thinner than facial tissue.