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Artist's Portfolio

John Gronwall

Water Lilies

inkAID Clear Gloss Type II
on rice paper.

inkAID is applied with a foam brush.

Abstract

inkAID Clear Gloss Type II on Aluminum. A foam roller was used in the application to minimize brush strokes.

Magnolia

inkAID Clear Gloss Type II on textured fabric. inkAID applied
with a foam brush.

Reflections

inkAID Clear Gloss Type II on textured fabric. inkAID applied with a foam brush.

Sea Oates

inkAID Clear Gloss Type II over a base coating of inkAID White Matte on textured fabric. inkAID coatings were applied with a foam brush.

John Gronwall is a self taught nature photographer, photo painter living and working in Tucker (Atlanta), Georgia. I hit a stagnant point in my photography and wanted to explore and take my photography in a different direction. I visited museums, photography exhibits, and art galleries closely examining the works of the old masters as well as contemporary artists. I discovered that as light moved across the surface, that brushstrokes added a third dimension to the paintings. How could I incorporate texture into digital photographic prints?

I began researching, reading and experimenting with various techniques and substrate materials such as cloth and aluminum to produce digitally printed images that have a texture, depth and in the case of aluminum a reflective glow. I found a dimensionally stable, non-paper substrate that I paint with a putty-like gel. By manipulating the gel, I can create ‘brushstrokes’.

inkAid, an inkjet receptive coating is applied to the textured surface that allows inkjet images to adhere to the gel and substrate material. Each piece is hand textured making each print unique and different. If the substrate material can be moved through a printer, I’ll try to print on it. Delicate rice paper is a particular favorite substrate material to use with water lily and flower images. Through my processes, I only use archival products including inks, substrate materials, gel mediums and matt board. Of course inkAid is archival. I would define my art as a mixture of photography and digital printmaking; creating a fusion of mixed medium images.

I am excited about these processes and have taught workshops and demonstrated my processes to a number of photo clubs and art guilds in the Atlanta area. I continue to experiment with different substrate materials and images creating photo art.

John Gronwall www.johngronwall.com

Loek de la Haye

Een nieuwe dag

A book cover made with 90 gsm Ingres paper coated with a thin layer of inkAID White Matte (thinned 50% with water) to allow the original beautiful green tint of the paper to show through. Printed on an Epson 9800 using the Ultrachrome K3 inkset with photo black ink. The print was then top coated with a few very thin layers of Golden MSA varnish.

This work is on display at the Dutch National Library.

Ostende - Belgium

BFK Rives paper with a thin base coat of Golden fine steel paint followed by a layer of inteference copper (Dahler Rowney). After drying for several hours, one heavy coating of inkAID Clear Semi-Gloss. Printed on an Epson 9800 using the Ultrachrome K3 inkset with photo black ink. The print exhibits very rich and beautiful colors which take on a "copper to greenish" cast depending upon the angle of the light.

Wall 423

Tyvek (1.1 meter x 1.1 meter size) substrate coated with 3 layers of inkAID White Matte using a foam brush. While wet, the final layer is textured with a crumpled plastic bag to provide depth to the image. Printed on an Epson 9800 using the Ultrachrome K3 inkset with matte black ink. The image was then top coated first with several layers of Eco Print Shield Gloss and then 1 or 2 layers of Eco Print Shield Matte to produce the desired visual effect.

Wall 0706

Tyvek (1.1 meter x 1.1 meter size) substrate first coated with 2 layers of inkAID White Matte using a foam brush. Then a piece of aluminum foil was placed in the lower middle section coated with inkAID Clear Gloss Type II over the surface and the edges. Finally, the remaining Tyvek surface is coated with another layer of White Matte coating. Printed with an Epson 9800 using the Ultrachrome K3 inkset with matte black ink. This piece was not top coated so as to preserve the beautiful visual effect of printed foil.

Loek de la Haye began his career as an engineer in occupational health care. He then returned to school in the mid-1990's to study art. Utilizing digital photography and modern ink jet printing technology, Loek is able to present his work in unique and captivating ways.

For his prints, Loek not only uses commercially made fine art papers (Innova/Hahnemuele) but also several different brands of watercolor papers coated with various dilutions of inkAID White Matte or inkAID Clear Gloss TypeII. The large prints (1 by 2 meters) are done on Tyvek coated with several layers of inkAID White Matte. He uses a diluted mixture of inkAID Semi-Gloss to print on pigskin for his art book covers. Loek uses Epson printers, the 9800 with a matte black inkset, and the 7600 with the photo black inkset. The latter mostly used to print on aluminum covered with gesso and inkAID White Matte.

Loek lives and works in the Netherlands. loek@fritzcatstudios.nl

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