Pomegranates - photogravure print - Edition 2021

Pomegranates - photogravure print - Edition 2021When I was a child my grandparents has a pomegranate tree in their backyard. My mother and grandmother made jelly from the fruit and I loved it, I can remember being disappointed that pomegranate jelly was not in the store or in the kitchens of any of my friends. These days, as an artist, I am mostly drawn to the beauty of this fruit with its lumpy, bumpy skin and beautiful sheen. This hand pulled polymer photogravure print is made with Gamblinbone

and Sanguine inks on Hahnemühle copperplate paper

The space and light were fantastic and the session was productive

I had some friends with plenty of experience in the genre

I was at the time working to change the plane of focus in the frame as a way to introduce mystery and I made this picture

A different collaboration but still important

I made this picture working in the landscape with a model who lived on this land

and an edition of 12 numbered prints and 2 A/P prints

7-1/2 x 9-1/2 on an 11x15 sheet

Matted in 4-ply white rag mat size 11x14

and calling to me while I set up my 8x10 camera and made this picture

I printed an edition of 6 numbered prints and 3 A/P prints

I was thinking about all of this when I made this portrait of Madison in the backyard studio