Read a recent article about the photographer Jack Spencer of Nashville. He is hugely successful selling a self-professed 500G a year worth of prints a year. Google would undoubtedly come up with numerous links for those not familiar with his work. He shoots medium format - scans images, manipulates in photoshop, then makes large negs and contact prints onto fiber based papers. His unique technique for the lovely glowing quality of final works is an application of oleopasto. perhaps this might have applications for others - maybe one could develop cold or neutral substances and achieve a similar quality. from the article: Manufactured by Windsor and Newton, this is a resin-based substance that is not paint at all but an oil-painting medium. Think of it as a carrier for the paint, an additive that that makes the paint easier to manipulate. Once Spencer has a print ready he prepares a rough mixture of oleopasto, thinner and three shades of pure oil paint: gold ochre, brown and earth orange. This is applied directly to the surface of his print. First, he slops it on with a brush. Then he wipes it off before smoothing it over with another larger brush. And presto: he has a subtly glowing, richly textured image that appears to reach right out of the paper even as the image is buried further under treatments. the image becomes more liquid, somehow, and less flat... Unfortunately, links to the article are not online - the issue of the Tennessean was March 24, 2002 in the "Life" section. Jamie Gannon ...................... Surprise Media, Inc 1400 West Chestnut Chicago, IL 60622
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tinting technique
2002-04-12 by Jamie Gannon