Image Ohio 11 and Toning Vandyke Browns

Yesterday I installed "Roots with Dirt Clumps in Sixteen Pieces" for Image Ohio 11. My first or second year in Ohio, I was part of what may have been the second or third version of this annual juried exhibition. That was back in 2001.

In the basement studio (my dimroom), I've been making a little progress on the Ohio Arts Council Governor's Awards. I am immersing the unfixed prints in separate toning baths to create gold and palladium toned vandyke brown prints. The results are warmish highlights and really deep brown shadow areas. The toning is being done to make them have a bit more longevity than an untoned silver image and to give them a bit of precious metal cachet. After all, they are awards.