Note: I am in the process of adding new images and revising this page in various ways. SF
The LARGER Inkjet Prints
The LARGER Inkjet Prints
2023-2044
Introduction
The impulse to make inkjet prints after many years of creating only published blog projects was, I believe, initiated by the three years of isolation due to the pandemic and the feeling that the retrospective exhibition & publication I was publicly promised in late October, 2019 by the Museum of Wisconsin Art would be placed "on hold" . . . perhaps indefinitely . . . Making physical prints would perhaps help give me a (false) sense of control over my life . . . my destiny . . .
(See my blog project Snapshots for the detailed story)
The series of 18 pandemic inspired blog photography projects I created between the winter of 2020 and the fall of 2022 culminated in a decision (in September 2022) to make a collection of inkjet prints of what were for me the essential images that came out of the pandemic experience. (See my Pandemic Inkjet Prints project.) Making prints again, physical tangible images which embodied all that I was feeling at that time, was the best way I could think of for coming to some kind of terms with all that time I had felt so out of touch and discontent with all that was happening in my world at that time.
~ Trump's unimaginable presidency certainly added another level of anxiety to my Pandemic experience. ~ And then Epson stopped making the inks I needed for my old Epson 7600 printer. I tried using alternative inks which proved to be of unsatisfactory quality to make the high quality prints I demanded. When testing the the alternate inks in my old printer it died on me. ~ I ordered a new printer, the Epson 6000 in January, 2023. ~ In mid January I scheduled to have cataract surgeries on my eyes. A few weeks after the the second surgery I experienced a retinal tear in my left eye, then a few weeks after that I experience a retinal tear in my right eye. ~ I had to begin re-printing my Pandemic Inkjet Prints with my new printer with a gas bubble in the left eye, then an oil bubble in my right eye, through February and March 2023. ~ After the removal of the gas and oil bubbles in my eyes, I was at last able to initiate and complete the Pandemic project in May (and June) then initiate new inkjet print projects with my new Epson P6000 printer. (The Blue Angels project, Silent Dialogues, and then the
Double-page Illuminations for An Imaginary Book project.)
To say the least, it was a challenging time for me, and I felt obsessed with the need to complete the Pandemic Inkjet Print project before I could move on with my creative process. (I have written a more detailed account about all this in my Introduction to the Pandemic Inkjet Prints blog project.)
All of the 25 images in the Pandemic Inkjet Print project you will be seeing here, via the hyperlinked blog title (below) are the published blog versions of the new 16x20" prints I had made with my new 600oP printer.
Revised May & June, 2023
16x20"images on 18x24"paper Inkjet prints made in 2023
Revised April, 2023
A Photography Project about Death, Angels & the Blue Pearl
Inkjet prints made in 2023 (image sizes vary from 16x20" to 18x21")
June 6, 2023
18x18" images on 20x24" paper Inkjet prints made in 2023
March 1, 2024
18x21" images on 20"x24" paper Inkjet prints made in February, 2024
I printing projects and their blog versions which I have listed (above) are in chronological order. The published blog images were based on the files I use for making the new inkjet prints made with my new Epson P6000 printer.
By far the most involved printing project has been the 12x12" inkjet Project: The Complete list of 12x12" Inkjet Print BOOKS & PROJECTS which was initiated after I produced my first Book of inkjet prints, dated May-June 2024. (Click on the link to see the full listing of 12x12" Books & PROJECTS. Each title is hyperlinked to the actual blog project.)
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Throughout the time between April 2023 and the present, while working on the 12x12" Books, I have also made a number of images in larger print sizes exceeding the 12x12" format. I love the intimacy of the smaller 12x12" inkjet prints, but some images work best in larger sizes, and not all images can be reduced to the square format in a satisfactory way. Certainly the Symmetrical Photographs I have made benefit from the larger print sizes.
(Note: I also should note here that many of the 12x12" inkjet image files are large enough that I can make in LARGER sized inkjet prints. The straight photographs are, however, limited to the 16x20" format including tonal surrounding mattes; the symmetrical images can be printed much larger, but I am limited by my printer and the maximum paper size it can take, which is 24" wide and 100 feet long.)
My new Epson P6000 printer has served me wonderfully. It produces prints at a much faster speed compared to my old Epson 7600, the new Epson Ultra-chrome HD inks for the new printer provide a bit more brightness and slightly broader range in certain colors. The new inks combined with the Epson Enhanced Matte paper I use, have been laboratory tested to be of archival quality for 200 years. I have found that the quality of the earlier prints made with the 7600 Epson printer to be of an equally high quality and are have been made with archival inks and paper as well.
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I have presented below my collection of the LARGER inkjet prints in in three parts; each part is a non-thematic collection of my most favorite images.
Part I includes 21x21" sized square images on a 24x24" white paper base. Most of these images as Symmetrical Photographs, and essentially enlarged versions of their 12x12" inkjet print predecessors.
Part II includes what I call the Extra Large prints (maximum hight 21" with lengths varying to 26" long.) All of these images are symmetrical photographs, but in longer formats. There are duplications in some cases in which the square and longer rectangular versions of the same image have been prints. (The paper base varies according to the image size. Below each image I have indicated image and paper base sizes.)
Part III includes 16x20" prints and some larger 18 x 21 or 22" prints; all are printed on a paper base of 20x24."
All of the images include a tonal matte that surrounds the image. I consider the mattes an integral part of the image. Each print is surrounded by an inch or more of a white paper base.
I have indicated the image sizes and the paper base sizes titles for each Part, and in some instances under each image along with a descriptive title, and some additional text is included under certain select images.
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I am very concerned that you see my blog images of the inkjet prints with the greatest possible image fidelity; if you are viewing this blog project on a desktop or laptop computer, I want to encourage you to click on each of the images (twice) which--I hope--will give you access to an alternate viewing mode that's possible with my blog projects and images. Please read the brief statement below, and if you would like more technical information, click on the highlighted blog page title How to Best View My . . . .
A brief note about "How to Best View My Online Blog Images"
If you are viewing this project on a desktop computer or a laptop, I encourage you to read my blog explanation regarding How to Best View My Online Blog Images. In brief, click on the images once, then once again; this will (hopefully) enlarge the image and present it in a dark tonal environment at its maximum viewing quality in terms of image sharpness, luminance, tonal gradations, etc. Once you have entered this alternate viewing space you can then use your zoom-in & zoom-out keyboard (or menu) options to adjust the image size, and darken or lighten your computer's screen brightness to suit your equipment and viewing preferences.
Note: I am in the process of adding new images SF
I re-vised the Intro text October 17, 2024.
Part I
21x21" Square Symmetrical
inkjet Prints
including surrounding tonal matte
(all are printed on a 24x24" white paper base)
21x21" Square Image #2 Symmetrical Photograph (Translucent Vermont Leaves)
21x21" Square Image #3 Symmetrical Photograph (Vermont leaves, Tibetan-like Mandala)
(Golden Apparition in the Vermont Woods Over Broad Brook)
21x21" Square Image #5 Symmetrical Photograph (In the Woods, Faint, Lace)
21x21" Square Image #6 Symmetrical Photograph
(View through a sliding door screen & reflections)
Sunset, South Meadow suspended in orange and blue sky with dark clouds
21x21" Square Image #8 Symmetrical Photograph (Blue Angel of Tears)
21x21" Square Image #10 Symmetrical Photograph (White flowering green bush )
21x21" Square Image #11 Symmetrical Photograph (Snow Burst)
21x21" Square Image #12 Symmetrical Photograph (Niagara Falls)
21x21" Square Image #13 Symmetrical Photograph (Blue Angel - Blue Pearl)
21x21" Square Image #14 Symmetrical Photograph (Broad Brook, Green pool)
21x21" Square Image #15 Symmetrical Photograph Broad Brook Pool (with Blue edges)
21x21" Square Image #17 Symmetrical Photograph (Tree Trunk with radiating shadows)
21x21" Square Image #20 Symmetrical Photograph (Rock Flower with a jewel-like center)
21x21" Square Image #21 Symmetrical Photograph (Eye - Golden Shadows)
21x21" Square Image #22 Symmetrical Photograph
(Encounter with a pile of colorful Fall Leaves inside expanding Shadows on Broad Brook Road)
21x21" Square Image #23 Symmetrical Photograph
(Butterfly, with green center (the stone wall that runs next to Broad Brook Road)
21x21" Square Image #24 Symmetrical Photograph (Silvery Light)
21x21" Square Image #25 Symmetrical Photograph
(Broad Brook Pool with colorful stones and reflections of the sky)
21x21" Square Image #26 Symmetrical Photograph
(Two Blue Stones Broad Brook)
Additional 21x21 inkjet prints
on 24x24" paper base
21x21" Square Image #28 "Moon"
(Inversed, Circled, Birds on Telephone lines collage Chromatic Field)
(Industrial Fenced-off Space & Shadow)
21x21" Square Image #31 Faint Photograph, Hudson River
Part II
Extra-LARGE SIZED Prints
All print sizes include the tonal matte surrounding the image
with a white paper base border of 1, 1/12 or 2" added to the size of the print
XL #1 Symmetrical Photograph Deck table and chairs 21x23.5"
#2 Symmetrical Photograph Reflection in window (Ryman Project) 18x20"
XL #3 Symmetrical Photograph Tent Lights behind glass window grid 18x24"
XL #4 Symmetrical Photograph Tree Branches, leaves, roof 20x22"
XL #5 Symmetrical Photograph Puddle, reflections on driveway 20x23
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XL #6 Symmetrical Photograph After a Rain Storm (Plant shadows on house siding) 21x22.5"
XL #7 Abstract Symmetrical Photograph (Pos/Neg room corner) "An Imaginary Book" 19x25"
XL #8 Symmetrical Photograph Costa Rica Sunset 20x22"
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XL #9 Symmetrical Photograph Inversed snow image with plant stems 21x24"
XL #10 Symmetrical Photograph Creation Dissolution - Storm Over Meadow 21x26
XL #11 Symmetrical Photograph Meadow & Pond transformed by fog 20x24"
XL #12 Symmetrical Photograph Meadow-Pond Fog Fantasy 21x25"
XL #13 Symmetrical Photograph Meadow Sky 21x25" (I Was Happy To See My Friend's Face)
XL #14 Symmetrical Photograph (snow drifts) Angel of the Blue Pearl 20x22"
XL #15 Symmetrical Photograph Costa Rica Mangrove Forest (Transparent Veil) 20x24
#16 Symmetrical Photograph Sunset Lake, Vt. 18x21"
XL #18 Symmetrical Photograph Khidr - Green Man - (Angel of the face) 21x25"
XL #19 Symmetrical Photograph 20x22"
(The light inside a dark stone in the green waters of Broad Brook after a rain storm)
XL #20 Symmetrical Photograph (Tree Trunk with radiating shadows) 21x23"
XL #21 Symmetrical Photograph (Translucent Vermont Leaves) 21x24"
Note: This image and the next (#22) are from my Field of Vision project
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XL #22 Symmetrical Photograph (Vermont leaves, Tibetan-like Mandala) 21x25"
XL #24 Symmetrical Photograph (Red & Yellow Star Flowers) 21x25"
XL #25 Symmetrical Photograph Broad Brook Pool (with Blue edges& leaves) 21x26.5"
Part III
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MISCELLANEOUS
LARGE inkjet prints
A Non-Thematic Collection of images
Two sizes: 16x20 & 18x22 on 20x24 paper base
(The size of the print is indicated under each image following the title)
Misc. LARGE PRINT #1 Garden pool, sculpture & coins 16x20" (on a 20x24" paper base)
Misc. LARGE PRINT #2 Hudson River (Faint photograph) 18x22" (on 20x24 base)
Misc. LARGE PRINT #3 S Meadow & fog, View with neighbor's back yard 16x20" (on 20x24")
Misc. LARGE PRINT #4 N Meadow, pond, two levels of fog 16x20" (on 20x24")
Misc. LARGE PRINT #5 N Meadow sunset with angelic presence 16x20" (on 20x24")
Misc. LARGE PRINT #6 N Meadow, pond, fog 16x20" (on 20x24")
Misc. LARGE PRINT #7 Bleachers & round tables 18x22" (on 20x24")
Misc. LARGE PRINT #8 View from Kilbourn Building through venation blinds 16x20" (on 20x24")
Misc. LARGE PRINT #9 Symmetrical Photograph (Industrial fence & shadow) 18x18" (on 20x24")
Misc. LARGE PRINT #10 Symmetrical Photograph Bedside Lamps 18x20 (on 20x24")
Misc. LARGE PRINT #11 S Meadow ground fog, blue sky, just before sunrise 16x20 (on 20x24")
Misc. LARGE PRINT #12 S Meadow, fog, pink sky 16x20" (on 20x24")
Misc. LARGE PRINT #13 N Meadow, pond & echoing cloud shapes 16x20 (on 20x24")
Misc. LARGE PRINT #14 N Pond Purple storm sky 16x20"
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(Note: The next three images (Right, Middle, Left) were made on the same morning in that order)
(1st Right) Misc. LARGE PRINT #16 North Meadow & Pond, early morning fog 16x20" (20x24")
(2nd Middle) Misc. LARGE PRINT #17 16x20" (20x24")
South Meadow with early morning fog, viewed through our picture window
(3rd Left) Misc. LARGE PRINT #18 16x20" (20x24" paper base)
South Meadow & Pond, with a thin layer of low lying morning fog
and a sky that's about to become illuminated by the red rising sun
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Misc. LARGE PRINT #19 16x20" (0n 20x24" paper base)
Back deck railing, North Meadow & Pond, snow, fog, birds flying
(Note: The photo was taken through the far right living room window)
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This project was first published and announced on
my bog's Welcome Page
February 1, 2024
Updated March 1, 2024 & October 18, 2024
Related Blog Project Links
Please visit the Welcome Page to my blog The Departing Landscape. It includes the complete hyperlinked listing of my online photography projects dating from the most recent to those dating back to the 1960's. You will also find on the Welcome Page my resume, contact information . . . and much more.
