I am honored to be the Online Featured Artist at Verve Gallery, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I also have some prints at the Gallery, and look forward to being there for the public opening of their current exhibition on May 6. I hope to see you there! A big thanks to Jennifer Schlesinger, Verve Gallery Director.
So honored to have my image, Girl on a Swing (Tri-color gum print), as Don't Take Pictures' Photo of the Day! Thanks, Kat Kiernan!
Girl on a Swing (Tri-color gum bichromate print) ©Diana H. Bloomfield
I just returned from teaching a gum workshop at Art Intersection, in Gilbert, Arizona. I had a terrific group of students-- so much fun they were, open to all the possibilities of the gum bichromate process, and they made some beautiful prints in this intense two-day workshop! I'll be adding some images on my 'Workshops' page, so stay tuned.
Meanwhile, here we all are, at the end of the weekend, after an intense two days of gum printing!
Art Intersection Gum workshop, April 2016; photo by Caroline Hudson-Naef
Hibiscus, ©Tom Moore 2016 (gum bichromate print, 2 layers)
Just one of the many wonderful gum prints made in this workshop. This beautiful image and gum print above is by first-time gum printer, Tom Moore. So see more images made in this workshop, go here.
I am so pleased and honored to have my tricolor gum print, Girl with Pomegranate, featured on Your Daily Photograph today.
A big thanks goes out to the Duncan Miller Gallery. I'm thrilled!
Check it out!
After Gordon Holtslander introduced me to gumoil, and Jim Hoyle pointed me in the right direction with a Karl Koenig video-- and I managed to snag Koenig's book, Gumoil Photographic Printing, for a mere $30-- I was intrigued.
This is my first gumoil. No bleaching or etching was done, and only one layer of oil here. It could be better, for sure, but not a bad start. A fascinating process. I look forward to doing more.
This particular image (umbrella tree) itself was made by Art Howard, videographer and still photographer extraordinaire.
Image ©Art Howard 2016; gumoil print by me
I've added a few more gumoils here since this first one I made above. This is a very difficult process, and these are not yet where I want them to be, but here's what I printed so far that's worthy of being posted.
Annalee at the Highline ©DH Bloomfield 2016 (gumoil)
Tree in Floyd, VA ©DH Bloomfield 2016 (gumoil)
Altered Narratives opened last weekend at the City Gallery in Charleston was wonderful. All the participating artists but three made the trip. Stunning work and a broad range of alternative processes exhibited, including Maureen Delaney's lumen prints; Sandy King's carbon transfer prints; Rebecca Sexton Larson's bromoils; Doug Etheridge's lith prints; and more . . . Do go see this amazing array of compelling imagery if you're in or near Charleston! On exhibit through May 1.
Join me for another tricolor gum bichromate workshop at the amazing Art Intersection, located in Gilbert, Arizona. On April 9 and 10, we'll be learning tricolor gum bichromate printing, using separation negatives. You'll leave with some beautiful prints and the knowledge to continue on your own, after the workshop. This is such a fun, creative process, and a beautiful place in which to learn it. Check out all the details here.
You can also check out some beautiful gum prints from students in previous workshops of mine-- all first time gum printers-- on both my Journal page, and on my Workshops page.
Veiled Woman, tri-color gum bichromate print 2016 ©DH Bloomfield
The workshop will be on Saturday, April 9 from 10-4, and again on Sunday, April 10, from 10-4. I'll also be giving an artist lecture on Friday, April 9, from 6:30 to 8 pm, which is free and open to the public. And you can check out the details for that here.
No prior experience is necessary for this Workshop.
I hope to see you there!
I am honored to have one of my gum bichromate prints, In the River, accepted into the Raleigh Fine Arts Society 2016 North Carolina Artists Exhibition. This exhibit was juried by Bradley Sumrall, Chief Curator and Collections Manager of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, in New Orleans.
Bradley Sumrall is Chief Curator and Collections Manager of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans. The Ogden Museum is one of the leading museums in the United States focusing on the richness and diversity of art of the American South and houses the largest and most comprehensive assemblage of Southern art in the world from 1733 to the present.
The juror will be giving a lecture on Sunday, March 6, from 4-5, and the opening reception follows. Hope to see you there at the Betty McCain Gallery, in Meymandi Hall, downtown Raleigh.
I'm so proud and honored to be a part of Tilt Gallery, out in beautiful Scottsdale, Arizona. Michelle and Melanie Craven are the two amazing sisters who run this Gallery so beautifully. Congratulations to both of them. And don't miss their Silent Auction, curated by Ellee Bokharachi, celebrating 11 years!
