"Bonnie Brae Alley"

untitled_Alley_3, originally uploaded by jrlarimer.

16 x 20 Palette knife oil painting.

"Reflection" a Gum Bichromate Print

Reflection, originally uploaded by jrlarimer.

My printmaking has taken a new turn. For quite some time now I have been doing Gum Bichromate photographic prints. These are prints made by contact printing either B/W or RGB/CMYK digital negatives onto Watercolor paper using process specific chemicals mixed with watercolor pigment. The image shown here was made using a B/W negative that was first printed using the Cyanotype process ( historically, the process that became "Blueprinting") after this layer was processed using the sun for exposure and water for development, another layer was printed, using the same negative. This new layer was printed using Windsor Newton Lamp Black mixed with Ammonium Dichromate and Gum Arabic and the sun for exposure and water for development. After drying the whole process was repeated using the same negative but this time I mixed B Sienna W/C with the Gum Bichromate chemicals. The borders of this print show the different layers that produced this final print. You can see more of these alternative process prints at:
http://larimerphoto.blogspot.com

New Prints....Photograpic prints

My relief printmaking energies have been redirected to photograpic printmaking! This takes me back to where I started many, many years ago. I started my creative pursuits as a photographer but gravitated to painting and relief printmaking later. But photography always played a part in each of the different processes that I undertook. Well, now I am back to exploring photography as my sole means of expression. No longer are my photos for reference, but they are now seen as the art itself. The photo shown here is one of my recent shots that was taken with the intent to be shown as a photograph...not as a reference for work in another medium. More of my work can be seen at this site: PHOTOBLOG by Jim Larimer At this site you will see new work and old work (pics taken as ref pictures) that I have converted into "Fine Art Expressions". Take a look and let me know what you think. Limited edition prints are available of all the images that you see. Jim

"Colorado Farm"

This oil painting is 16" x 20 on MDF panel.

"Sydney Street Light"

This oip painting is 18" x 24" on MDF panel.

"Cold Country Morning"

This oil painting is 16" x 20 on MDF panel.

"Ryukin"

Most of my time has been spent painting for the past 2 or 3 months so I reoriented my studio and am now ready to do some more woodcuts. Mosy of my woodcuts have been printed in blacks and greys, but now I am going to venture into using more color. This is my first major attempt at incorporating color into my printing. This 7" x 7" print was made from 5 seperate carved blocks of 3/4 MDF and printed using Speedball Oil ink and Windsor Newton Oil paint mixed with Graphic Chemical "Tint Extender." I am looking forward to more exerimenting! Jim

"Gulls"

This print was carved on three seperate blocks of 3/4" MDF and printed by hand with oil based printers ink. The image size is 8" x 6"

"Beer At Meeko's"

This is a three color/value woodcut that I did based upon a photo taken recently on the trip to PEI. The two shown are Jerry and Kia from Toronto. The image size is 5.5" x 8" and three blocks of MDF were carved and printed with oil based ink.