Ctein's Online Gallery

**Digital Prints**
Hand-printed and signed Epson Ultrachrome inkjet prints. These durable pigment-ink prints fully meet my same exacting artistic standards as my dye transfer prints. I print the digital prints up to 17" x 22" on the finest quality double-weight semiglossy fiber base paper (similar in look to the air-dried F surface of the dye transfer prints). The larger digital prints are on heavyweight semiglossy RC paper. All prints have at least 1" of white paper around the image area. I title and sign the prints in archival ink under the image.

	Puddles on Sculpted Stone ~ 2011 At first glance it's hard to tell the size of this subject. It could be anything from a close-up to an American Southwest aerial photo. Hint: look for the snail a bit down and right from center. A satisfyingly-intricate composition in tans and greys. (410K JPEG) Print sizes: 22" x 17", 32" by 24"
	Pines at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve ~ 2011 A JPEG doesn't do this photograph justice; you can practically fall into it. It has so many textures, so many details and colors at all scales. Click here to see part of the photograph at 100% screen magnification, like looking at a small section of a 50" by 60" print. (535K JPEG) Print sizes: 22" x 17", 32" by 24"
	Oakland Shipyards across Bay ~ 2011 On this lovely day by the SF Bay, the sun broken through scattered clouds to send beams down on the cranes of the Oakland shipyards. The grey-green waters play beautifully against the cerulean sky. (310K JPEG) Print size: 22" x 17"
	Mussels, Fitzgerald Marine Reserve ~ 2011 Another photo where the JPEG doesn't do it justice; there is so much texture and so many details in the print. The cobalts and indigos, by the way, are not tricks of lighting; those are these mussels' natural colors. Click here to see part of the photograph at 100% screen magnification; this is like looking at a small section of a 50" by 60" print. (375K JPEG) Print sizes: 22" x 17", 32" by 24"
	Driftwood Trunk, Fitzgerald Marine Reserve ~ 2011 A strikingly animate piece of wood. Makes me think of whale or elephant bones, done up in tans, golds, and greys. (355K JPEG) Print sizes: 22" x 17", 32" by 24"
	Hotel Roof in Snow, Boston ~ 2011 Nearly, but not quite, a monochrome scene, as a thin layer of snow dusts the roof and ductwork of a downtown Boston hotel. The photograph is mostly light greys, with accents in blues and browns (270K JPEG) Print size: 22" x 17"

Panoramics

This panoramic is exquisitely detailed. You can click the thumbnail for the usual large JPEG, but to fully appreciate it, you really ought to click the "really large JPEG" link and pan across the image in your browser. You'll be entranced.

Seals Rolling in Surf, Fitzgerald Marine Reserve ~ 2011

The title sums it up. I love the jade light coming through the breaking wave. Here's the really large JPEG (860K) (254K JPEG)

Print sizes: 34" x 20", 44" by 20"

**Dye Transfer Prints**
My dye transfer prints are all made using original Kodak dye transfer paper and dyes. The paper stock is double- or triple-weight fiber base with an air-dried F surface. The prints have oversize white borders around the image area, and I title and sign the prints in archival ink under the image.

	Topiary Sea Serpent, Calgary ~ 2005 A mix of the fantastical, whimsical, and horticultural make for a dark yet cheery photograph, in shades of deep blue, jade, browns and yellow-greens. Not all art has to be serious, y'know. (220K JPEG) Image area: 14" x 19"
	Sun Setting under Blue Arcs, Herring Cove Beach MA ~ 2004 It was an intense and amazing sunset. I exaggerate nothing in this print. If anything, it only can approach the deep, rich blues, reds, and oranges of the real scene. The kind of photograph dye transfer printing was made for, conveying that hyperreal quality of reality. (195K JPEG) Image area: 19" x 15"
	Contrail and Cloud Arcs, Herring Cove Beach MA ~ 2004 Post-sunset, the most delicate blues, indigos, and violets suffused the sky. The various hues form a contrasting background for the still-sunlit, slightly-rosy clouds. (165K JPEG) Image area: 19" x 15"
	Lake Louise Shoreline, Canada ~ 2005 A study in greens, Lake Louise almost glowed with milky jade light, below a mountainside of verdant meadows dappled with dark firs. Distant, hazy blue slopes set off the dominant colors. (200K JPEG) Image area: 15" x 19"
	Marconi Transmitter, Cape Cod ~ 2004 A remembrance of things past, in somber brick-reds, yellow and tans. This is all that remains of Marconi's great transmitter. Still there's a hint of life in the shadows. (300K JPEG) Image area: 19" x 15"