Silkscreen Print of my Union Station Photograph

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In December, a reader from the Netherlands named Ron contacted me and said that my photograph of the hall at Union Station inspired him and that he made a silkscreen print of it (shown above). He said:

I can’t make good pictures of buildings or landscapes. Somehow they don’t connect with me. I prefer people. I used to have a traditional camera, with black and white film and my own dark room. I could spend hours on getting the right print. Now my camera is broken down, my dark room is in use by one of my children and I can spend just the same time on silk screen printing. I started printing about six years ago and now I am starting to print a quality that I like. Of course I can see that the real professional printers do a much better job. But I see that as a challenge. Printing portraits is extremely difficult, but sometimes it works. I did a picture of our queen, and that is in my office now. I work as a civil servant (boring!), with Queen Beatrix as my formal boss. So a few months ago I decided I wanted her picture. The official portraits are very dull, so I made one myself. It is hanging straight ahead of me. So every time I want to do some creative thinking I can look up to our queen. And it helps. I always get the bright ideas, or find the sollutions, whenever I look at that picture.

Even better, Ron offered to send me a silkscreen print of the image that was inspired by my work. I was so excited to see how it came out. In early January it arrived in the office. At first I was surprised at the lack of detail, but then I realized that’s how silkscreens are. As I looked at it more, I realized that all the important details are there and that it really is more interesting and imaginative than the original photograph. I like it! Thanks, Ron!

Other times I have inspired someone else’s art:

One thought on “Silkscreen Print of my Union Station Photograph

  1. hi rachell, i’m an italian girl, i’m 24 and i frequently visit your website.I like it very much, i like your photos and colors.Watching your photos, i known your family, your city and a lot of you. I also made an album in my blog about your photo.I hope you can visit it and comment it.My blog is: http://mimirta.spaces.live.com
    Bye, Mirella

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