Home for the Holidays
In the 1990’s when computers, printers, archival inks and papers weren’t capable of competing in quality with chem-based photography, I focused on making high resolution, 4-color digital collages from which I would have the wherewithal in the future to execute as fine digital prints.
Photoshop was still in its infancy. And I was still climbing its learning curve. My capabilities are significantly more advanced now. Rather than send work out to a third party, I continue to print everything myself in limited artist editions, on demand.
One of my favorite images from the ‘90’s is “Home for the Holidays”, 1996, inspired by an allergy to family-of-origin holiday gatherings and my considering, at the same time, what Jesus, after 2000 years, might have thought about how consumerism had transformed the official celebration of his birth into an annual, global sales fest, hosted by a fat guy bearing gifts in a red velveteen suit.
Some 20 years later, “Home for the Holidays” still feels relevant, and even more ironic, no matter what one’s spiritual beliefs might be.
Printed on archival 300gsm Moab Entrada Rag Bright paper with SureColor Epson 8-color pigmented inks in a limited artist’s edition of 20.
Alternative sizes out of edition available upon request.
In the 1990’s when computers, printers, archival inks and papers weren’t capable of competing in quality with chem-based photography, I focused on making high resolution, 4-color digital collages from which I would have the wherewithal in the future to execute as fine digital prints.
Photoshop was still in its infancy. And I was still climbing its learning curve. My capabilities are significantly more advanced now. Rather than send work out to a third party, I continue to print everything myself in limited artist editions, on demand.
One of my favorite images from the ‘90’s is “Home for the Holidays”, 1996, inspired by an allergy to family-of-origin holiday gatherings and my considering, at the same time, what Jesus, after 2000 years, might have thought about how consumerism had transformed the official celebration of his birth into an annual, global sales fest, hosted by a fat guy bearing gifts in a red velveteen suit.
Some 20 years later, “Home for the Holidays” still feels relevant, and even more ironic, no matter what one’s spiritual beliefs might be.
Printed on archival 300gsm Moab Entrada Rag Bright paper with SureColor Epson 8-color pigmented inks in a limited artist’s edition of 20.
Alternative sizes out of edition available upon request.
In the 1990’s when computers, printers, archival inks and papers weren’t capable of competing in quality with chem-based photography, I focused on making high resolution, 4-color digital collages from which I would have the wherewithal in the future to execute as fine digital prints.
Photoshop was still in its infancy. And I was still climbing its learning curve. My capabilities are significantly more advanced now. Rather than send work out to a third party, I continue to print everything myself in limited artist editions, on demand.
One of my favorite images from the ‘90’s is “Home for the Holidays”, 1996, inspired by an allergy to family-of-origin holiday gatherings and my considering, at the same time, what Jesus, after 2000 years, might have thought about how consumerism had transformed the official celebration of his birth into an annual, global sales fest, hosted by a fat guy bearing gifts in a red velveteen suit.
Some 20 years later, “Home for the Holidays” still feels relevant, and even more ironic, no matter what one’s spiritual beliefs might be.
Printed on archival 300gsm Moab Entrada Rag Bright paper with SureColor Epson 8-color pigmented inks in a limited artist’s edition of 20.
Alternative sizes out of edition available upon request.