The works presented here are derived from the Northern Zephyr Collection. Encompassing Art & Architecture in many forms from the 17th through the 20th century. These derivatives are from glass plate negatives, etchings, engravings, woodcuts, lithographs, 70mm film ( experimented with in the early 1920's), contact prints, glass slides, drawings, watercolors and paintings.

This body of work was done in a passion to re-introduce years of artworks originally delivered to the public in small, sometimes tiny black & white images.

The Process

The foundation of these works presented are curated from thousands of collected images, selected for the graphic impact in reflection of the original artist and/or original moment. From that beginning image, an extremely high resolution photograph was taken, followed by a restoration of that image. 

The Experiment

To pursue the vision color and style I did create over 100 digital paintings, all geometric with pallets of  Colors as a foundation to transform the Black & White images into my sense of impact color; That in combination with multitudes of digital adjustments and layers of various applied paintings married into the original, actually, 1000's of experiments and a few years of work, these "Collections" are the result.

A Note

While I was in this process, the internet lit up with AI, and automations of AI to create images. To be brief, right or wrong, I did not go there. I have found it to be challenging enough to not know how something was going to come out (in my one step at a time) digital process. Not knowing the actual result until the ink hit the paper. This is digital art by my eye, not AI.

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