Dye Transfer Prints


My dye transfer prints are all made using original Kodak papers and dyes. The paper stock is double- or triple-weight fiber base with an air-dried F surface. The prints have at least 1" of white paper around the image area, and I title and sign the prints in archival ink under the image.



Hawai'i ~ 2000 - 2002




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Sealing Wax Palm, HI ~ 2000

The sealing wax palm is named for the brilliant red stalks it sends out, reminiscent of the wax used to seal documents. Intense reds butt up against equally intense greens in the shady tropical light. (307K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 10" wide by 8" high (image area)


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Teak Roots, Foster Botanical Garden HI ~ 2000

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Teak roots look almost metallic in their dark brown-black, shiny bark, spotted with green lichens. They sprawl gracefully across the tanbark of the botanical garden. (303K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 7.5" wide by 9.5" high (image area)


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Heliconia, Foster Botanical Garden HI ~ 2000

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Heliconia blossoms in rosy spikes, hidden in the cool blue-green shadows of the startlingly verdant fronds. The yellow blossoms are nearly hidden in their crimson sheaths. (262K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 9.5" wide by 7.5" high (image area)


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Kahili Wild Ginger, Kilauea Iki Trail HI ~ 2002

A wild ginger stalk blossoms in sunny yellow with crimson tongues, amid the jade and emerald tones of tropical ferns. (303K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 8" wide by 9.5" high (image area)


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Traveller's Tree, Foster Botanical Garden, Honolulu HI ~ 2000

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The spectacular fronds of the Traveller's Tree come together in a tight weave that catches water (from which the tree gets its name). Rich tropical colors line the fronds- brilliant reds and oranges, dusky olive yellows and greens and deep emerald hues. (287K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)


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Taro, Foster Botanical Garden, Honolulu HI ~ 2000

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Deep hues of viridian, emerald, yellow, and jade pattern the leaves of the taro plant, providing a brilliant contrast with the scarlet stalks that carry them. (254K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 14" wide by 19" high (image area)


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Mindanao Gum Tree, Honolulu HI -- 2000

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The very unusual and colorful bark of this tree looks like peeling layers of bright paint.
A rainbow mix of red, blue, green and yellow curls, stripes and patches. (152K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 14" wide by 19" high (image area)


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Two Jellyfish, Honolulu Aquarium HI ~ 2000

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A few rays of sunlight bring out delicate shades of gold and azure in the two jellyfish floating under their reflections in the surface of the water. (111K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 8" wide by 9.5" high (image area)


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Three Jellyfish, Honolulu Aquarium HI ~ 2000

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Three jellyfish are accompanied by their reflections in the watery surface overhead. Delicate shades of orange, gold, blue, and azure dapple their seemingly luminescent surfaces. (147K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 9.5" wide by 8" high (image area)


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Medinilla Berries, HI ~ 2002

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Medinilla berries and their stalks are brilliantly colored with rich magentas, violets, purples, and indigos. The deep blue-green foliage makes the stalks and berries stand out in almost three-dimensional relief in this dark and rich composition. (172K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 7.5" wide by 10" high (image area)


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Lotus Pond, HI ~ 2002

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Bits of sunlight filter through the palm fronds of the tropical forest to create splashes of bright yellow-green light on the shrouded lotus pond, portrayed in dark shades of peacock-green and malachite that verge on black. (287K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 10" wide by 8" high (image area)


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Devastation Trail Cinders and Brush, Kilauea HI ~ 2000

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New plant life springs from the desolate landscape left by an eruption. Amid gray-brown cinders and dead fallen tree trunks, grasses, ferns, and polygonium come to life in yellows, greens, and brilliant reds. (291K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 19" high (image area)


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Hapu'u Fronds, Volcanoes National Park HI ~ 2000

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Huge hapu'u fronds display their intense greens, yellows, and browns in the tropical rainforest, accented by one pink wild rose. (459K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 14" high (image area)


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Fern in September '82 Lava Flow, Kilauea HI ~ 2000

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Ferns are among the first plants to colonize fresh pahoehoe, drawing nutrients from the air and the minerals in the lava and breaking it down into soil that other plants can root in. A lone hapu'u fern spreads its vivid red and green fronds in a crevice in the striped and patterned yellow and charcoal-gray lava sheets, under a dusky blue tropical sky. (360K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)


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Talipot Palm, Foster Botanical Garden, Honolulu HI ~ 2000

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Looking up through the fronds of the Talipot Palm, one sees brilliant blue-white sunlight reflecting off of the glossy sea-green and emerald foliage, set against a clear cyan sky. (242K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 13.5" wide by 19" high (image area)


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Lava Tube and Ashes, Bird Park HI ~ 2000

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A fast-moving forest fire destroyed the grasses and sedges that hid this subterranean lava tube, now revealed in shades of charcoal brown against a stark black and white landscape. (340K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 12"


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Seared Ohi'a and Koa Trees, Bird Park HI ~ 2000

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The short-lived forest fire burnt quickly and hot, reducing the landscape to monochrome ash while leaving the dead trees standing with their leaves intact. There were just a few hints of color, patches of browns and greens, left in this desolate scene. (229K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 14" wide by 19" high (image area)


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Black and White Ashes, Bird Park HI ~ 2000

Forest fire converted the verdant ground cover to charcoal-black and snow-white ash, the delicate shapes of stems and leaves preserved in carbonized form. Pale brown leaves falling from the dead trees dapple a monochrome scene. (369K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 18" wide by 15" high (image area)


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Pahoehoe Slabs and Burnt Sedge, Bird Park HI ~ 2000

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Forest fire cleared away the ground cover leaving behind only charcoal blacks and stark whites, spotted with brown leaves. The large sand-colored underlying slabs of pahoehoe are evidence of the volcanic origins of this tropical isle.(406K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 14.5" high (image area)


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Forest Fire Aftermath, Bird Park HI ~ 2000

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Autumnal colors appear to dominate the tree's foliage, but in fact they are the browns and reds of seared leaves. They stand out against the blackened tree trunks and intense black and pale tans of the scarred landscape, under a gloomy sky. (393K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)


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Polygonium and Deadwood, Devastation Trail HI ~ 2000

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The fire-engine red leaves and hot pink blossoms of the Polygonium are beginning to cover the ghostly gray skeleton of trees felled by an eruption. (406K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)


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Islets in Puhi Bay, HI ~ 2000

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Late afternoon tropical light casts a clear and deceptively cool blueness over Puhi Bay. The icy violets and blues of this photograph bely the tropical clime. (254K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 19" high (image area)


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Ohi'a Grove, Kilauea HI ~ 2000

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A dense grove of Ohi'a trees becomes an intricate interwoven pattern of yellows, tans, and pale greens in this highly textured composition.(438K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 14" high (image area)


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Lichen and Scorched Trees on Pahoehoe, Mauna Ulu HI ~ 2000

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Pale golden lichens help repopulate a textured, barren landscape of dark gray-brown tree trunks and ocher and black folds and pillows of pahoehoe. (340K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 10.5" high (image area)


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Red Spatter Cone, Mauna Ulu HI ~ 2000

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The spatter cone, built up from blobs of molten lava, still glows like an incandescent artist's paint pot in rich and rusty reds, oranges, yellows, and slates. New, verdant life provides a contrast with the somber brown landscape. (328K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 14" wide by 19" high (image area)


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Hapu'u Forest, Volcanoes National Park HI ~ 2000

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Hapu'u ferns populate the tropical rainforest, displaying their massive fronds in dark browns and oranges and incandescent sunit yellows and greens. (389K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 18" high (image area)


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Tree Trunks and Lava Tree Molds, Mauna Ulu HI ~ 2000

The skeletal remnants of an incinerated tree are embedded in the pahoehoe in this nearly-monochrome composition in blue-blacks, grays, and soft browns. (360K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 18.5" wide by 15" high (image area)


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Great Southwest Rift, Kilauea HI ~ 2000

The view across the caldera of Kilauea is portrayed in soft tropical light of pale yellows, dusky blues, soft grays and brick-red browns. (324 K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)


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Rainbow over Mauna Ulu Flow, HI ~ 2000

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A lovely tropical rainbow spreads its low-set arms under a blue sky, over the charcoal blacks of the Mauna Ulu lava flows. (209K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 10.5" high (image area)


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Ohi'a Grove After Fire, Bird Park HI ~ 2000

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Burnt Ohi'a trees are left standing in the aftermath of a forest fire, rendered in tans and browns against a charcoal land. (459K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 15" high (image area)


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Polygonium and Wildflowers, Devastation Trail HI ~ 2000

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Plant life eventually overwhelms lava as grasses and ground cover establish themselves in intense reds, golden yellows, tans and deep blue-greens. (SIZEK JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 19" wide by 14" high (image area)


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Fern Rain Forest, Volcanoes National Park HI ~ 2000

The ferns and trees of the tropical rainforest glow in shades of line, emerald, and deep, cool, greens under a delicate mist.(SIZEK JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 15" wide by 19" high (image area)


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Steaming Bluffs, Kilauea HI ~ 2000

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Volcanic vapors waft off the steaming bluffs of Kilauea, resembling wisps of smoky fog. This soft and peaceful composition is painted in subtle turquoises, blues, cyans, purples and myriad shades of forest green. (233K JPEG)

Dye transfer print: 14" wide by 19" high (image area)



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