BVJ Arts - Single Images

Most of my work is now pigment on paper. Here is why. Most images are approximately 8x10" printed on 11x14" paper - exceptions are noted. The prints are signed and numbered. They are printed on heavy weight Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 310gms/m² archival paper. Here is a look at a sample full sheet as they are printed. They are shipped in an archival crystal clear sleeve with archival backing board, packaged flat for shipping in appropriate shipping cartons. I offer a select group of images as, well, sort of samples of my work. Each of these selected individual prints is offered here for $20 plus shipping. Twenty dollars was good enough for Edward Weston; it is more than enough for the rest of us – even including inflation. The philosophical foundation of my uncommon pricing strategy for these selected prints. Click on the thumbnails for a larger image and print details.
	Fallen Log, Rain, Mt. Erie, Fidalgo Island, 2006 Purchase Also available in the folio Winter Trees I	I confess, I was out photographing simply to test my new Sony DSC-R1 camera -- and saw this wonderful composition and delicate, misty light. Who cares about testing when there are photographs to be made?
	Sunken Boat, Hood Canal, WA, 1983 Purchase	I photographed this sunken boat on New Year's Day in 1983 -- and have waited over 23 years to make this print. Shortly after I developed the film, my cat chewed the negative, badly damaging the surface and poking a couple of holes in the film. Thanks to Photoshop, I've now been able to repair the damage. I am sorry to say that the cat is long gone, but at least the image lives.
	Cape Perpetua #32 From the October Seas folio Purchase	Sometimes the gods smile on us photographers.
	Rock Wall & Wind Tracings, Hug Point from October Seas Purchase	I've photographed here many times, but I've never seen this phenomenon. The wind was blowing - hard. The sand was soaked from the occasional wave, but there was a handful of dry sand, lighter in color, twirling round and round as the wind rotated in this vortex of rocks.
	Big Horn Alpine Pasture, Wyoming, 1995 Purchase	Joe Lipka and I were wandering around the dirt roads of Wyoming, pretending like we were looking for photographs. Actually, we were just having fun, enjoying each other's company. We crested a hill and found this unexpected view.
	The Dalles Mountain Road, Oregon, 2000 Purchase	Eastern Oregon can be a dreary and desolate landscape. It can also be a spectacular one – particularly when the sky comes alive with light and clouds.
	Winter Trees #1, Mt Erie, Fidalgo Island, WA, 2003 Purchase Also available in the folio Winter Trees I	In the small image on the monitor, this image doesn't show the blowing, almost horizontal snow that is plainly visible in the larger print. It snowed for about half an hour, stopped, the sun came out, the wind shifted and by day's end I was in shirtsleeves.
	Winter Trees #2, John Day River, OR, 1989 Purchase Also available in the folio Winter Trees I	Chaos and more chaos. That was my first impression. Then I stood there and looked more deeply. The organic order of the leafless branched began to become visible as I let my eye adapt to what was there. This is one of my all-time favorite photographs – probably because of this personal lesson.
	Winter Trees #3, Clackamas River, OR, 1990 Purchase Also available in the folio Winter Trees I	There is a sense in this image that someone has place cotton puffs on all the winter tree branches for some unknown purpose. Of course it is just moss, but I have always felt the presence of fairies or leprechauns or something way up the Clackamas River. Silly, but it is so.
	Floating log, Ollalie Lake, 2000 Purchase	It had rained all week. We were stuck in a smoky cabin, a bit cold, with bad food and hard beds. Not that this has anything to do with the photograph, but it's what always comes to mind when I see this image. Finally, the weather broke, we hiked to the lake and found the water still and clear. This log simply glowed, floating above the murk. It seemed such a perfect metaphor for the process of making art in a difficult and often mundane world.