Digital BW, The Print

I just wanted to make a few quick comments before Steve's show comes
down, if it hasn't already.
Steve has managed to exhibit quad tone inkjet prints for some time
now, and may have been one of the first people in the country to have
them widely accepted. His work is very unique, and is a marriage
between content and print quality, careful paper choice, ink tint,
etc.. In other words, he picked the appropriate process to enhance the
imagery. Digital wasn't selected for the sake of convenience. The
monitor doesn't begin to do his work justice as his print quality
does, but-
http://www.xray-art.com/
Ken Smith, in the same show, hasn't been mentioned much, and deserves
to be. He makes beautiful still lives and again unusual print process
is part of what brings it alive.
Muted color with pigment inks on uncoated stock, and also unorthodox
use of MIS quad inks, also on uncoated stock, makes for a totally
valid and gorgeous print when combined with his imagery.
Interestingly, I suspect some on this list would consider his
workflows as marginal, yet could not produce a piece of work as
beautiful. He also has exhibited widely-
http://www.kensmithart.com/

I guess what struck me is that both of these guys are a departure from
the norm one way or another, and the reason their techniques are
effective is that they come to printmaking from the standpoint of a
creative artist, not a technician. 
So, go see this stuff, break out of these numbers and get inspired.
Tyler, just ranting