Alternative Crossing, Middle Ground, 2017, copyright Douglas Stockdale Contextualize; the artist intends to explain, justify and extend their body of work. Similar to the write-up a gallery will provide for an artist's work that might need to be re-positioned as to it's artistic merit (such as being "collectible", thus you should buy it), as example... Continue Reading →
Feedback – Artist talk at Fabrik Projects
Douglas Stockdale, Artist talk, Fabrik Projects, photos by Kasey Taylor Having an opportunity to having an open discussion with those interested in your work is a great chance to create a dialog as well as get some really honest feedback from your work. Really honest. Yes, there was what one person called afterwards a little... Continue Reading →
Middle Ground – featured on New Landscape Photography
San Diego Point of Entry, Middle Ground, 2016 copyright Douglas Stockdale I am very happy to announce that yesterday my urban landscape project Middle Ground was featured on New Landscape Photography. Another nice validation of this project and the second time my work has been featured by Willson Cummer on his blog; with my Italian... Continue Reading →
Artist talk June 2nd at Fabrik Projects
Middle Ground exhibition, photograph by Don Webb II One of the requests that apparently reoccurred during my opening reception is for an artist talk about this exhibition and artist project. The artist talk is now scheduled to coincide with the exhibition closing reception at 4pm on Saturday, June 2nd (2018) at the Fabrik Projects gallery.... Continue Reading →
LACP exhibition opening Friday, May 25, 2018
America, Middle Ground/En Medio Tierra, 2016 copyright Douglas Stockdale I was pretty excited that two of my photographs from my Middle Ground/En Medio Tierra project were selected by Scott B. Davis for the Los Angeles Center of Photography (LACP) annual Fine Art Exhibition. The two photographs are America, above and the photograph San Diego Port... Continue Reading →
Middle Ground – Trial Proofs now available
Marker #34, Middle Ground/En Medio Tierra T/P (1/1) 16 x 20"/17 x 22" 2017 copyright Douglas Stockdale I currently have 22 unique prints now available for sale at my gallery, Fabrik Projects, in Los Angeles. While working on the final Edition for the Middle Ground/En Medio Tierra project I printed a series of these photographs... Continue Reading →
Artist Reception & book launch last night
Fabrik Projects, Culver City May 2018 Douglas Stockdale Last night was a wonderful evening celebrating the opening of my Middle Ground/En Medio Tierra exhibition at Fabrik Projects along with my family, friends and some new acquaintances. This artist reception was shared with Marilyn Sanders who has the other side of the gallery's walls with her... Continue Reading →
Artist book making: now fully engaged!
Books in Boxes, Middle Ground/En Medio Tierra 2018 Douglas Stockdale After meeting with the Dual Graphs pre-press team to provide the final tweaks and approval of the art work, the job went to the press. I also did a quick assembly of the hard copy prints to create a trial book dummy just to really,... Continue Reading →
Middle Ground/En Medio Tierra – Fabrik Projects opening
Douglas Stockdale, Middle Ground/En Medio Tierra, Fabrik Projects, May 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale I have to say that it is a really, really nice warm & fuzzy feeling to walk into a commercial gallery and see your name up on the wall. And my work hanging on the walls. A wonderful validation of my concept... Continue Reading →
Middle Ground/En Medio Tierra – Trial Proof
Middle Ground/En Medio Tierra book binding 2018 copyright Douglas Stockdale After spending the morning at Dual Graphics looking at the hard proofs earlier this week, I returned with three interior sets to develop a couple of Trial Proofs (T/P) of the assembled artist book. FYI, the T/P is a version that is made during the... Continue Reading →