Full-screen pages have direct links for purchasing the specific print shown. To start ordering, click the order button below the full-screen image. This links to a PayPal order page showing the number, title, and price of that print.
To select a short-list of prints of interest quickly, search by mood, texture, ink, paper, place, size, or price at Xpress. This enables quick identification of prints characterized as Dynamic, Reflective, Mysterious, Sensual, Spontaneous, Expansive, Elegiac, Intimate, Luminous; or by other qualities such as texture, ink, etc. (Scroll down to find the table of search terms.) Exploring the site in this way highlights the variety of photogravure impressions.
The Seascapes Series plunges into the turbulence of waves, flows with currents, picks up the traces left by wind and life forms on sand patterns, and reflects the depths of lakes.
The Pathways Series invites the eye to traverse wide expanses, sinuous trails, mysterious and dangerous destinations. Northern latitudes around the world share a rugged simplicity of character; in the North Country prints, glaciers, despite becoming an endangered species as the snows of yesteryear melt away, keep all of their grandeur. The Brambles, another set of Pathways, outline vortices, networks, nerve pathways, and other forms of interconnectedness. Prints venturing 'Beyond' extend the journey of the eye into unexplored terrirtory.
In Dreamscapes, images of dreams, ecstasies, transcendent experiences that reveal themselves for only a brief moment appear. Visions of other times and places than our own occur in memory, that curious sense of déja-vu that insists we've 'been there before', and in the reflections that bring the past into unexpected confluence with the present. In fantasy we express impossible and yet inspiring desires, themes that occur time and again in art and life. One of them is the pastoral fantasy, that vision of bucolic country life that enchants apartment-dweller and suburbanite alike. Japan's version of the pastoral fantasy is its cherry blossoms, a fleeting springtime idyll; but its temples and gardens and country towns (furusato) display their rural virtues year-round. Fantasy of another variety arises from mystery, which can provide a refuge from our overly rationalistic world. We cannot explain everything, and on occasion it is more satisfying to appreciate the moment in some other way. Children know this and often are completely absorbed in wonderment and play -- to which another subset of Dreamscapes is dedicated.
The Temples Series shows the temples, shrines, and gardens of Kamakura. Japanese hometowns and country byways are shown in the Furusato Series. The Mongolia Series gathers images of the Gobi Desert and the Altai Mountains. The Acts & Scenes Series looks at little dramas and momentary encounters of everyday life.
Recently published photogravure etchings, with links to works in progress.
Small prints are easy to buy and display anyplace, without the bother of framing -- see Collecting.
A navigation bar near the top of each Series page indicates the path from the Home Page. Another navigation bar near the bottom shows other Series and sub-Series pages. Full-screen views (obtained by clicking any image in any Series) can be viewed in sequence, using the navigation bar near the bottom of the screen, scrolling down if needed.
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