Looking at one photograph at a time
Urban Ashes, multi-media monotypes, copyright 2024 Douglas Stockdale - Wow, for the second consecutive issue of The Hand magazine, I have a full page feature of my artwork submissions. Last issue #46 featured my cyanotypes I made from photographs from my assignment in China in 2008, while for issue #47 (above), a bit different subject... Continue Reading →
I am very honored to have the opportunity to co-exhibit with Paul Anderson at the OC Camera Gallery this coming March. Artist statement: Fragmented Realities is an exhibition of two complementary bodies of art by Paul Anderson and myself that investigates the contemporary urban landscape. Both are very divergent in their respective methodologies, pairing the... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Entanglement series) 2024 copyright Douglas Stockdale – Over the holidays, I did some experimentation with polymer photogravure plate making and printing as a potential alternative process for my Urban Ashes project. Nevertheless, the first image I printed as a photogravure was from my Entanglement series, above, as my intaglio print coach recommended using an image that was... Continue Reading →
China cyanotype series, copyright 2008/2024 Douglas Stockdale I am really honored that Issue #46 of The Hand magazine (Fall 2024) provided me with a full page feature of my China cyanotype series. My cyanotypes had been featured twice before in The Hand, while either singular images or as a pair. So a full page feature... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Entanglement series) 2024 copyright Douglas Stockdale – After summarizing some of my 2024 accomplishments, sort of as a new years resolution, is looking ahead to some goals for 2025. Probably what is resonating with me right now is from a recent exchange with David Marsh that what we are working on now is Art Therapy, in as... Continue Reading →
Untitled (Entanglement series) 2024 copyright Douglas Stockdale – As I have for many years, a look back on my accomplishments in 2024. I mentioned that this was a healthy task for creatives in my last end of year update for 2023. Likewise, I will probably post my 2025 goals next week, as I did here for 2024. I... Continue Reading →
Overdue for an update. Back in April I wrote an article about how I might combine coffee toning with my cyanotype prints for my Urban Ashes project. The thinking was that the Prussian blue cyanotype print color did not entirely resonate with this particular project's narrative for me and I wanted to make this subject... Continue Reading →
Blue Horizon No. 193104, cyanotype, 2024 copyright Douglas Stockdale – The last couple of months have been an artistic challenge for my cyanotype printing as well as life in general. Losing a friend who appeared to be well on the way to recovery is difficult. It keeps the other set backs in one's artistic life in... Continue Reading →
Urban Ashes (No. 094853) copyright 2022/2024 Douglas Stockdale – For my on-going environmental project Urban Ashes (yes, the project name as slightly morphed again), while evaluating some cyanotypes prints, the blue just did not entire resonate with me. Seemed too cheerful and not dire enough for my subjects. I was intrigued in how other alternative photographic... Continue Reading →
Entanglement: Transformation 43716-1, copyright 2023/2024 Douglas Stockdale – Sometimes, one thing leads to another. Maybe the endless story of creative journeys, eh? The first time I created a print weave from my Entanglement series, I did not know where this might lead to. I will have to admit, the first time I did the hand embroidery on... Continue Reading →
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