Post #269081 by kooche on Mon, Nov 27, 2006 7:39 PM

with regard to the publication of a book - it's something in the near future for sure. i have a one man show in 07 at La Luz, a gallery synonymous with publication - another one man show in 08 @ the Shooting Gallery which is another gallery that is also a publisher - i have tiki paintings hanging in homes all over the world and THAT makes it hard to have a book becoming a reality...had i the foresight i'd have shot every painting as i finished them but as it is there are very few photographed for print...all it takes is a slide but that means a decent photographer has to have shot it...over 75 tiki images in all, easily a book! it was my intention to have Tell Tale Tiki be published as a book - it seemed the gallery was more interested in publishing a pamphlet than an actual book - i want my paintings to be represented in print as best as possible and that means the reproduction has to be high end -if i do a book i want it to be a hardback with beautiful end-papers and great heavy bond, close ups, rough sketches - when i do prints, they have to be as good as they possibly can be and that's why i use Harvest Productions just like Ryden and Biskup and Shag - they pioneered the giclee print themselves

it's all about what i would want as a customer and that's why i don't skimp on production value - EVER - thus no book YET - very few prints - and this is also the reason i am pricing this print run so reasonably - i hope those of you that opt to pick up this print are as impressed with the quality as i am - Harvest is incredible and they never disappoint

thanks again for the interest and support!