The
LARGER Rectangular
(& Square)
Thematic Projects & Misc.
Inkjet Print collections
2023-2044
Introduction
The impulse to make inkjet prints after many years of creating only published blog projects was, I believe, initiated largely by the three years of isolation due to the Pandemic and the feeling that the retrospective exhibition & publication that was publicly announced in late October, 2019 by the Museum of Wisconsin Art . . . would be placed "on hold" . . . perhaps indefinitely. It seemed that making physical prints would 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 Print project.)
Making prints again--physical tangible images which embodied all that I was feeling at that time--was the best way for me to begin coming to some kind of terms with that period of my life that seemed threatened constantly by the virus. (I had struggled many of my childhood years with asthma and whooping cough and consequently I felt particularly vulnerable to covid-19. I had felt so out of touch and discontent with all that was happening in my world at that time.And on top of that, there was Trump's unimaginable presidency which had certainly added another level of anxiety to my Pandemic experience.
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As I was beginning the Pandemic Inkjet Print project Epson stopped making the inks I needed for my old (but excellent) Epson 7600 printer. I tried using alternative inks which proved to be of unsatisfactory quality to make the high quality prints I demanded. And shortly after I got the alternative inks, my old printer died on me.
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I ordered a new printer, the Epson 6000P in January, 2023 and by the time I got it all set up, in mid January, I had to have my first of two eye pre-scheduled surgeries to have the cataracts removed from 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. ~ Despite the gas bubble that had been placed in my left eye to help heal the wounded eye, and despite the oil bubble that had been placed in my right eye, I went a head and began re-printing my Pandemic Inkjet Prints with my new printer 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 through June with my new Epson P6000 printer. Then I went on to make the prints for my Blue Angels project, Silent Dialogues, and then the
Double-page Illuminations for An Imaginary Book project (listed below).
To say the least, it was a challenging time for me and I have written a more detailed account about all this in my Introduction to the Pandemic Inkjet Prints blog project. If you click on the hyperlinked blog title you will see 25 images all of which were published with the files I had created for the actual 16x20"prints made with my new 600oP printer.
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I have structured this blog page into four parts:
Part I of this blog project provides Hyperlinked Titles to thematic projects, including the Pandemic Inspired Inkjet Prints already introduced above.
Part II of this blog project is devoted to the EXTRA-LARGE SIZED Rectangular Symmetrical Inkjet Prints.
Part III includes 16x20" prints and some larger 18 x 21-22" prints; all are printed on a paper base of 20x24."
Part IV includes a misc. collection of 18x18" square images printed on 20x24" base.
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All of the images are surrounded by a tonal matte of varying sizes and tonalities. The indicate image sizes include the tonal mattes, for I consider the mattes an integral part of the image. Each print is surrounded by an inch or more of a white paper base as indicated under the published blog images along with usually a descriptive title, and I have added some additional textual commentary or related information under certain select images.
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The complete 2023-24 Inkjet Print Project exists in blog form as three separate blog projects:
All the project before you now, beginning below with Part I:
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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.
Part I
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The Blog-Published Thematic
2023-24 Large sized Inkjet Print Projects
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Revised May & June, 2023
16x20"images on 20x24"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
(Note: the printed projects and their blog versions which I have listed (above) are in chronological order. All of the published blog images were based on the files I use for making the new inkjet prints made with my new Epson P6000 printer.)
Part II
EXTRA-LARGE SIZED
Rectangular Symmetrical Inkjet Prints
A non-thematic collection of images
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"
XL #2 Symmetrical Photograph Tent Lights behind glass window grid 18x24"
XL #3 Symmetrical Photograph Puddle, reflections on driveway 20x23
XL #4 Symmetrical Photograph Tree Branches, leaves, roof 20x22"
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XL #5 Symmetrical Photograph After a Rain Storm (Plant shadows on house siding) 21x22.5"
XL #6 Symmetrical Photograph Costa Rica Mangrove Forest (Transparent Veil) 20x24
XL #7 Symmetrical Photograph Creation Dissolution - Storm Over Meadow 21x26
(This image and the next two below are from my Creation-Destruction project)
XL #8 Symmetrical Photograph Meadow & Pond transformed by fog 20x24"
XL #9 Symmetrical Photograph Meadow-Pond Fog Fantasy 21x25"
XL #10 Symmetrical Photograph Meadow Sky 21x25" (I Was Happy To See My Friend's Face)
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XL #11 Symmetrical Photograph Inversed snow image with plant stems 21x24" (Mouth & Teeth)
#12 Symmetrical Photograph Sunset Lake, Vt. 18x21"
XL #13 Symmetrical Photograph Khidr - Green Man - (Angel of the face) 21x25"
XL #14 Symmetrical Photograph (Tree Trunk with radiating shadows) 21x23"
XL #15 Symmetrical Photograph 20x22"
(The light inside a dark stone in the green waters of Broad Brook after a rain storm)
XL #16 Symmetrical Photograph (Translucent Vermont Leaves) 21x24"
Note: This image and the next one below are from my Field of Vision project
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XL #17 Symmetrical Photograph (Vermont leaves, Tibetan-like Mandala) 21x25"
XL #18 Symmetrical Photograph (Red & Yellow Star Flowers) 21x25"
XL #19 Symmetrical Photograph Broad Brook Pool (with Blue edges& leaves) 21x26.5"
XL #20 Abstract Symmetrical Photograph (Pos/Neg room corner) "An Imaginary Book" 19x25"
XL #21 Symmetrical Photograph (snow drifts) Angel of the Blue Pearl 20x22"
(Visit my Blue Pearl project)
Part III
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MISCELLANEOUS
LARGE Rectangular & Square
inkjet prints
A Non-Thematic Collection of images
Varying Size Images, all printed on a 20x24" paper base
(The size of the print is indicated under each image following the title)
Misc. LARGE Rectangles #5 Symmetrical Photograph Bedside Lamps 18x20 (on 20x24")
Misc. LARGE Rectangles #6 Bleachers & round tables 18x22" (on 20x24")
Misc. LARGE Rectangles #7 Garden pool, sculpture & coins 16x20" (on a 20x24" paper base)
Misc. LARGE Rectangles #8 Hudson River (Faint photograph) 18x22" (on 20x24 base)
Misc. LARGE Rectangles #9 View from Kilbourn Building through venation blinds
16x20" (on 20x24")
Misc. LARGE Rectangles #10 S Meadow ground fog, blue sky, just before sunrise
16x20 (on 20x24")
Misc. LARGE Rectangles #11 S Meadow, fog, pink sky 16x20" (on 20x24")
Misc. LARGE Rectangles #12 N Meadow, pond & echoing cloud shapes 16x20 (on 20x24")
Misc. LARGE Rectangles #13 N Meadow & Pond Purple storm sky 16x20" (on 20x24")
Misc. LARGE Rectangles #14 S Meadow & fog, View with neighbor's back yard
16x20" (on 20x24")
Misc. LARGE Rectangles #15 N Meadow, pond, two levels of fog 16x20" (on 20x24")
16x20" (on 20x24")
Misc. LARGE Rectangles #17 N Meadow, Twilight, Dark/Light & houses w lights on
16x20" on 20x24"
Misc. LARGE Rectangles #19 S Meadow, view over the pond, low heavy fog at sunset
16x20" (on 20x24")
of early morning fog lifting over the South Meadow & Woods
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(on the East side of Chatham Lane)
Misc. LARGE PRINT #23 N Meadow, sunset, clouds with angelic presence 16x20" (on 20x24")
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Misc. LARGE PRINT #24 N Meadow, Early morning light ground fog 16x20" (on 20x24")
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(Note: The next three images (Right, Middle, Left)
were made on the same morning in this order)
(1st Right) Misc. LARGE PRINT #28 North Meadow & Pond, early morning fog 16x20" (20x24")
(2nd Middle) Misc. LARGE PRINT #29 16x20" (20x24")
South Meadow with early morning fog, viewed through our picture window
(3rd Left) Misc. LARGE PRINT #30 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
(3rd Left) Misc. LARGE PRINT #31 16x20" (20x24" paper base)
Elongated cloud in setting sun light over the South Meadow & Pond
(3rd Left) Misc. LARGE PRINT #32 16x20" (20x24" paper base)
Sunset with Falling Rain Clouds over the South Meadow and Pond
(3rd Left) Misc. LARGE PRINT #33 16x20" (20x24" paper base)
Cold Late Fall Morning with Early Snow on the North Meadow and Pond
Part IV
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MISCELLANEOUS
18x18: Square Square
inkjet prints
A Non-Thematic Collection of images
printed on a 20x24 paper base
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #12 #1 Symmetrical photo
(Snow Circle Symbol)
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Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #2 Symmetrical photo
(Ivy, Garage Window Interior, ICON)
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #4 (Face, Out of Focus, Hands on both sides of face)
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Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #5 (Faint Photograph, Bull in foggy landscape)
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #6
(Late evening, golden-red storm clouds over North Meadow &pond)
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #7 (Bird & Rain drops on window, S. Meadow)
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #8 Illuminated Spider Webs
(from the project In the Woods)
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Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #10 (Snail's drawing on a window with lamp reflection)
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #11 Motel window view of swimming pool area)
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #12 (Still life: Juice glass drying on a dish drainer)
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #14 (Still Life, tall skinny vase with dried flowers)
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #15 Symmetrical Photo
(The Sacred Lingam, Egg, Blue Pearl)
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #16 Symmetrical Photograph
(Fig tree plant, basement window light)
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #17 Symmetrical Photo (Angelic Music-Instrument)
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #18 Symmetrical Photograph
(Luminous Blue Snow Angel)
Foggy Meadow, Pond, Trees in the Distant Woods
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #39 Symmetrical Photograph
Foggy Meadow, Pond, pond bank & Trees in the Distant Woods
(note: the digital noise in this image is not visible in the 18x18" Print)
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #19 Symmetrical Photo
(Goldfish in pond : Homage to Paul Klee)
Blue fish with red mouth in green water
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #32
Setting sun with Dark Fiery Red cloud over the South Meadow
Sun setting over the South Meadow and Pond, with an approaching dark, disk-like cloud
Dark North Meadow with illuminated Foreground and a string of clouds in a blue sky
Golden Storm Clouds over South Meadow at Sunset
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Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #30
Basement Window View of Birds in flight over the weeping apple tree
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #36
Mr. Blue looking out of our steamed basement window with snail drawings
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #20 (Falling leaves along the edge of the River)
from the project: River Songs
(Broad Brook Stones Underwater, leaves floating above on the water)
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #22
(Steamy picture window with the rising sun illuminating the N Meadow &
a Still life of tomatoes ripening on the window sill)
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #23
(Telephone Pole, Train Bridge, & railroad tracks underneath)
An image which serves as a remembrance to me of the day my dad died
(See Death, Art & Writing, story #5)
(An inversed photograph of Spray painted images of electrical wall plates left on a concrete slab)
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #25 Faint Photo: Soft Luminous Leaves
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #26
Fog over the North Meadow Pond, ground level view
Upside-down V Formation of snow drifts
(note: the digital noise in this image is not visible in the 18x18" Print)
(note: the digital noise in this image is not visible in the 18x18" Print)
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #27 Snow & Plants Drawing
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #28 Faint Photo: Windswept Pompeii
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Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #29 Faint Photo: Waving Goodbye
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #40 Dark Wave, The Lake Series
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Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #41 Swan (Negative/Positive with suspended jewel)
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #42
In the Woods Collage (Falling Leaves over a landscape)
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #43
Negative/Positive Triadic figure behind lines (Homage to Giacometti)
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Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #41 Fence, fence shadow, light, red line, black dot
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #42 Symmetrical Photograph
(Homage to Mompou / New Mexico Landscape)
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #43 Symmetrical Photograph
(Homage to Mompou / New Mexico Landscape) (Four diamonds)
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #44 Symmetrical Photograph
(Homage to Mompou / New Mexico Landscape) (Musical notations /ritual mask)
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #45 Symmetrical Photograph
(Iced Bush at sunrise)
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #46 Symmetrical Photograph
(Ice on an overhead skylight window)
Misc. 18x18 Square Prints (on 20x24"base) #47 Symmetrical Photograph
(Blue puddle-jewel on our black top driveway with sunlight and shadows)
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This project is a work in progress:
First published and announced on
my bog's Welcome Page
February 1, 2024
Updated March 1, 2024 & October 17, 2024 Revised October 31, 2024
Nov 25 & 29, 2024 December 4 & 12 & 19, 2024
(#48 square 18x18" will be the next posted image #)
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.
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