Bare Field In The Palouse 2016 ©2024 Christopher Petrich
I rummaged through my flat files and found a project that I left incomplete. I have some stunning Pacific Northwest landscapes that print so beautifully to heavyweight paper. They look so nice that they project a lustrous feel of old world printmaking. I love the rich texture of heavy watercolor paper, particularly the Aquarelle Rag paper by the French company Arches. This is heavy stuff, laid in a cylinder mould with the mould pattern on front and back, and a deckle edge on all four sides. It’s 100% cotton. To hold a print in your hands is an unforgettable experience.
Bare Field In The Palouse is the first in the Aquarelle Print series. My mother lived in Lewiston Idaho about a hundred years ago. Lewiston is still a small city perched on the banks of the Snake River. She always loved the nearby rolling hills of the Palouse, so much resembling an ocean of the finest dryland soils. I took this image on a trip there about eight years ago. The pale blue sky showing just a hint of high white clouds contrasts beautifully with the rich brown wheatfield, newly plowed.
Its 100 % long cotton fibre composition gives the Aquarelle Watercolor Paper its beauty, a natural, lasting whiteness and an inimitable touch as well as strength.
I wanted to send this beautiful paper through my large aequeous pigment ink printer, and after some experimentation, I found the right combination of image processing and printing settings. Since the paper is not engineered for photographs, but for watercolor, I had to work to get the best, most vibrant print, with a lustrous gradation of color and contrast. They have the Arches watermark in the corner, and they’re full size sheets at around 30x22. I see them as floating in a mat and natural blond or dark frame, wood, or course, but you can frame them to suit your style. I sign in graphite pencil on the front, and I place my stamp on the back with a unique identifying number. $865 plus shipping.
Bare Field In The Palouse, Aquarelle Fine Art Prints, Today's Coolphoto 02/28/2024
Aquarelle Aequeous Pigment (Archival) :: Open Edition :: Size 30x22 :: Signed ©2024 Christopher Petrich
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Most Editions are small, 5 and under. I’ve been at this a very long time and I have hundreds of vintage silver collectibles. I’m always taking pictures in Tacoma, of Tacoma people. The best images, on the best paper, in small editions, from a Tacoma photographer, of Tacoma.
Vintage prints are made within a year of the photographs create date. My usual practice is to print within a few days or weeks of exposure. What you see is a scan of the actual print that is for sale. Price does not include shipping or taxes.
Please note that vintage prints are imperfect. They’re old, after all. If you’re worried about it, bring it up. I’ll do my best to answer your questions.
Vintage - When I print the photograph within a year of the original exposure, that becomes a Vintage Print.
Archival Pigment - When I print in my studio using computer technology with pigmented inks on acid and lignin free paper, I call that an Archival Pigment Print.
Silver - When I print in my darkroom on gelatin silver paper, that is a Silver Print. These prints are double weight on a cotton fiber base.
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