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My Work Made It Into a Gallery!

Luke — Sun, 20 May 2012 14:58:15 +0000

The owner of Broadway Jewelry & Visual Arts, a new gallery in Rochester, approached me recently and asked if I’d like display some of my work there. This was unexpected but came at a great time considering the new image transfer technique I have been working on where I transform my original photography into canvas based mixed-media art. It’s a fun process with very pleasing results.

The digitally captured image is reversed before being printed on standard-weight paper with a high quality laserjet printer. Using acrylic gel medium, water, time, and effort, the image is transfered from the paper to the gallery-wrapped canvas. The process of removing the paper pulp by hand is what creates the distress markings and makes each image completely unique; no two pieces will come out the same. Once the image is transferred and dry, I apply additional acrylic gel to create texture; this also adds a strong layer of protection to the piece. I finish off by signing the back, then installing the canvas into the custom floater frame.

These pieces, sized 8×10 or 11×14, are a result of this process:

I brought a few samples in to show and before too long my work was officially consigned and on display. You can find my canvas work along with prints and notecards for sale at Broadway Jewelry & Visual Arts in Rochester, MN. It’s a great shop and he’s got a lot of talented artists – I’m humbled to be included among them.

Go check it out and support local art!

Mayo Clinic Jacobson Building Update: Week 26

Luke — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 14:16:06 +0000

We have real progress! The crane has been up for the past two week and they have begun the foundation work. Here is the slide show – it begins with the newest images…

Mayo Clinic Jacobson Building: Week 20 Update

Luke — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:13:47 +0000

You may have noticed that I haven’t been posting weekly images of the Jacobson Building construction project. Don’t worry! I have been taking pictures (almost) every week but decided not to do a weekly post.

They are 20 weeks into the project and still in the dirt (rock) stage…

Check out the slideshow with progress up through week 20 (January 26, 2012):

Off the Cuff – Minneapolis Photo Center Exhibit

Luke — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:12:33 +0000

Come check out my picture “Vicarious Mustache”, which won an Honorable Mention at the Minneapolis Photo Center’s Exhibit: Off the Cuff!!

Thanksgiving In San Francisco

Luke — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:15:33 +0000

This year we spent Thanksgiving in San Francisco with the usual crowd plus an additional eight (yes, that’s 14 total!). The Bay Area is a fantastic place and we definitely had a good time- save for having to take the following Tuesday off of work due to a nasty cold that I’m still trying to get over.

While in San Francisco we mostly ate fantastic food and sampled a number of beverages (as was the norm in Chicago) but did manage to get out and about enough to snap some pictures. We even made it out to Lafayette to visit the Windhurst clan; but I didn’t have my camera with.

My favorite photos were captured on the Alcatraz night tour. Though I’ve visited the area a number of times I hadn’t yet been to Alcatraz. If you have the chance I really do recommend hitting the night tour; you get some spectacular views of San Francisco and the surrounding area plus the boat takes you around the entire island before docking, whereas the normal day tour just goes straight to the pier.

These images are available for sale in my Anthroscapes portfolio.

Here is a slideshow of pictures from the rest of the trip – if you are interested…

Vicarious Mustache

Luke — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 02:11:20 +0000

My image “Vicarious Mustache” has been selected out of over 1100 submitted images as an Honorable Mention in the Minneapolis Photo Center’s exhibit “Off the Cuff: The Spontaneous and Unrehearsed”. The selected images will be on exhibit at the MPC from January 20th to February 26th, 2011.

The juror for this exhibit is Madeline Yale.

According to the MPC, Madeline Yale:

…is an independent curator and photography specialist based in Dubai and London. She has produced over 30 exhibitions on photography and related media in the UAE, UK, and USA, where she served as Executive Director and Adjunct Curator for the Houston Center for Photography (HCP) from 2006-2010. She is a consultant to auction houses in the Middle East and London, contributes to several publications on art and photography including Contemporary Practices, Art Dubai Journal, and is on the Editorial Board for HCP’s spot magazine. Yale holds a MA in Photographic Studies and is a PhD candidate at the Chelsea College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London.

This shot is of Kirsten and features Dusten’s mustache. The whole thing was very spur of the moment and “off the cuff”. It was taken at Jake’s Dive Bar in Breckenridge CO during Stache Bang 2011 – I’m looking forward to more shenanigans at SB 2012.

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