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i am happy to report that the photographs are selling like crazy over at chimera! first to sell, and certainly the most asked about and talked about image in the show is all good dogs go to heaven this was taken on highway 50 somewhere (in the middle of nowhere) in utah.  that highway is the beaten path that i have been driving, back and forth to colorado to visit my mom on, since i moved to santa cruz in 1986.  it is commonly known as the loneliest road in america.  i love it out there.  it is home to some of the biggest sky, most expansive views, quietest spaces, hidden hot-springs, tucked away petroglyphs, and emptiest asphalt you will find just about anywhere. depending on which state you are in, if you are lucky you’ll get to see antelope, elk, deer, wild donkeys, wild horses (yes,really), and birds of prey of all varieties.  this road is also home to the recently destroyed “shoe-tree”.  one of these days i’ll dig out one of my photographs of that tree… i was really sad to hear it was cut down.  : (   because i can’t tell you for certain what happened in this picture, i can only speculate.  growing up in ranch country myself, i understand that it is common practice to kill and then “string-up” any predatory animal that kills livestock.  it is (i guess) a successful way to keep other predators away.  i saw it driving east last spring on a make-shift cattle pen out there in the high desert. never being one to pass up an opportunity to investigate anything remotely morbid, i pulled over and went back, camera in hand.  i assume it’s a coyote, with it’s white winter coat- thus the lovely paw fur, and skinned for that prize.   for those of you who are interested in purchasing any of the photographs in the show, (if you are not familiar) here’s a little primer on how art buying and collecting usually works: when an artist shows photographs,lithographs, screen prints, or any other “reproducible” media- it is normally done in a “limited edition”.  because other art forms like painting, sculpture, collage, assemblage, etc. are “one of a kind”- as an original- they are usually priced substantially higher than something that can be repeated.  although, a painter may choose to have prints made of the painting- which obviously isn’t possible with more three-dimensional art forms.   same thing here: the artist and gallery often agree on how many will be in the limited edition, and the value goes up based on the exclusivity of the piece. a limited edition is restricted in the number of copies produced, although in fact the number may be very low or very high.  thus:  more copies available= less expensive…  less copies available= more expensive.   all the photographs in the Heretics & Heathens show are limited edition prints in a series of five each.  they are all 20 x 30 inches and are mounted on a one inch stand-out backing and sprayed with a protective coating.  there is no need to frame them, they are ready to hang as they are.  what this means for you is, if you came to the opening and saw a “sold” tag on one of the pictures, chances are you can still own one.  just shoot me an email and let me know.  

i am happy to report that the photographs are selling like crazy over at chimera!

first to sell, and certainly the most asked about and talked about image in the show is

all good dogs go to heaven

all good dogs go to heaven

this was taken on highway 50 somewhere (in the middle of nowhere) in utah.  that highway is the beaten path that i have been driving, back and forth to colorado to visit my mom on, since i moved to santa cruz in 1986.  it is commonly known as the loneliest road in america.  i love it out there.  it is home to some of the biggest sky, most expansive views, quietest spaces, hidden hot-springs, tucked away petroglyphs, and emptiest asphalt you will find just about anywhere. depending on which state you are in, if you are lucky you’ll get to see antelope, elk, deer, wild donkeys, wild horses (yes,really), and birds of prey of all varieties.  this road is also home to the recently destroyed “shoe-tree”.  one of these days i’ll dig out one of my photographs of that tree… i was really sad to hear it was cut down.  : (  

because i can’t tell you for certain what happened in this picture, i can only speculate.  growing up in ranch country myself, i understand that it is common practice to kill and then “string-up” any predatory animal that kills livestock.  it is (i guess) a successful way to keep other predators away.  i saw it driving east last spring on a make-shift cattle pen out there in the high desert. never being one to pass up an opportunity to investigate anything remotely morbid, i pulled over and went back, camera in hand.  i assume it’s a coyote, with it’s white winter coat- thus the lovely paw fur, and skinned for that prize.  

for those of you who are interested in purchasing any of the photographs in the show, (if you are not familiar) here’s a little primer on how art buying and collecting usually works: when an artist shows photographs,lithographs, screen prints, or any other “reproducible” media- it is normally done in a “limited edition”.  because other art forms like painting, sculpture, collage, assemblage, etc. are “one of a kind”- as an original- they are usually priced substantially higher than something that can be repeated.  although, a painter may choose to have prints made of the painting- which obviously isn’t possible with more three-dimensional art forms.   same thing here: the artist and gallery often agree on how many will be in the limited edition, and the value goes up based on the exclusivity of the piece. a limited edition is restricted in the number of copies produced, although in fact the number may be very low or very high.
  thus:  more copies available= less expensive…
 less copies available= more expensive.  

all the photographs in the Heretics & Heathens show are limited edition prints in a series of five each.  they are all 20 x 30 inches and are mounted on a one inch stand-out backing and sprayed with a protective coating.  there is no need to frame them, they are ready to hang as they are.  what this means for you is, if you came to the opening and saw a “sold” tag on one of the pictures, chances are you can still own one.  just shoot me an email and let me know.  

Apr 5 2011

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