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Scroll down to see 27 new McMillan etchings just added!

Enjoy these fabulously striking aquatint etchings by California artist Stephen McMillan, a favorite among collectors at Saper Galleries. 

No, they are not photographs!  

You may enjoy reading the news article below about an exhibit of Stephen's work and a description of the arduous medium. 

And check out this new article about McMillan and his work!
  
For detailed information about the images shown here and how they were created,
click here to be taken to Stephen's website. 

Each of the aquatint etchings illustrated here is now on display at Saper Galleries.  The quality of these etchings is truly phenomenal.  There is little wonder why Stephen McMillan's artwork is one of the most sought after in our collection -- and one of the best values in original, limited edition artwork. 

We look forward to sharing them with you!
Ashland
                      Creek
Ashland Creek
3-plate aquatint etching, 12 x 9"
(Fall colors in Lithia Park, Ashland Oregon)
$300

Point Sur
Point Sur
3-plate aquatint etching, 9 x 12"
(Big Sur Coast)
$300


Winrer Morning
Winter Morning
  Aquatint etching, 18 x 12"
(Helen Putnam Regional Park, Petaluma, California)
$250


Mountain High
Mountain High
3-plate aquatint etching, 6 x 9"
(Mt Langley from Cottonwood Lake #2, John Muir Wilderness, California)
$200


Summer
                  Afternoon
Summer Afternoon
  Aquatint etching, 18 x 12"
(Near Sonoma, California)
$250


Colors
Colors
3-plate aquatint etching, 11 x 8"
(Fall colors in Bellingham, Washington)
$300


Marina
                  Reflections
Marina Reflections
4-plate aquatint etching, 9 x 6"
(Reflections of a boat, Squalicum Harbor, Bellingham, Washington)
$200


Snowfall
Snowfall
2-plate aquatint etching, 9 x 6"
(Fresh snow on tree in Ashland, Oregon)
$200


Campfire
Campfire
3-plate aquatint etching, 6 x 9"
(Yosemite National Park, California)
$200

Squalicum Fog
Squalicum Fog
Aquatint etching, 12 x 18"
(Squalicum Harbor, Bellingham, Washington)
$250

Stephen McMillan weaves landscape artistry

By SARAH JUNIPER RABKIN
Special to the Santa Cruz Sentinel (July 20, 2002)

In an old snapshot, print maker Stephen McMillan stands grinning before a warren of condominiums near the UC Santa Cruz campus, under a street sign bearing his name.

The match is more than happenstance. Like other roads in the condo development, McMillan Drive was named for a Nobel laureate: the late nuclear scientist Edwin McMillan, Stephen’s father.

The younger McMillan, who studied art at UCSC in the 1970s, grew up in a household animated by curiosity about the way things work.

As if in tribute to this legacy, his landscape etchings — on exhibit at the Santa Cruz Natural History Museum through Aug. 4 — reveal not only attentiveness to the natural world, but a mind in search of a challenge.

For starters, McMillan’s chosen technique, aquatint etching, is one you’d expect of an artist who might have chosen a life in science.

His mastery of this technically complex printing method yields images whose accuracy astonishes fellow print makers and misleads many first-time viewers.

"There’s hardly anybody I know of who’s willing to take the trouble to do aquatint anymore," said Anne Sawyer, owner of a Santa Fe gallery that has carried the artist’s work for more than 25 years.

"People are more inclined to do fast, easier photo mechanical processes. People who know what they’re looking at fall on the floor when they see his work.

"Others stare and begin by asking whether it’s a photograph. They end up being blown away."

While other printing techniques produce contrasting areas of inked or blank paper, aquatint — like a watercolor painting or ink wash — allows the artist to produce tonal gradations from dark to light. McMillan exploits this subtlety to capture the play of light on water, the range of hues in a twilight sky or the deepening shadows in an Anasazi ruin.

The painstaking process begins with a photograph taken on one of McMillan’s frequent expeditions: a bicycle ride through the Sonoma County countryside near his Petaluma home, a backpack through High Sierra back country, a trip to Finland to visit friends.

Relying loosely on his photo as a guide, he draws the image freehand onto a rosin-coated copper plate, using a watercolor brush dipped in tarry, acid-resistant goo.

Between applications of this viscous medium, he subjects the plates to a series of acid baths, etching the unprotected portions in a scrimshaw-like pattern. Ultimately, the most deeply etched areas will hold the most ink, producing the most intensely colored areas in the finished print.

For a single print, McMillan may create up to four separately drawn and etched plates, each to be inked with a different color. He calculates in his head how much of each ink to use so that the hues will combine effectively in the finished image.

The influences of science on McMillan’s art go beyond technical wizardry.

A childhood home frequented by intellectual luminaries provided early training in the rational consideration of problems.

The first useful bit of art criticism he received came from nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, who saw one of 12-year-old Steve’s sketches of the San Francisco Bay as viewed from the family’s Berkeley Hills home.

Oppenheimer said he liked the drawing, but noted that the vegetation in the image looked "like spinach."

"He offered it as a neutral observation, without judgment," said McMillan. "It made me think more closely about my technique. I was impressed that a grown-up would make such a serious and helpful comment to a little kid."

At 16, McMillan won a prize in an international science fair for his speculations about the nature of space, drawing on both mathematics and imagination to envision a world beyond the third dimension.

A magazine ad for the oil company that sponsored the competition showed young Steve in 1966 — "cross-country track man, artist and explorer of worlds that do not exist" — staring out from behind the toothpick models he built to illustrate his ideas.

The same year, he had his first one-man show at a local library. One visitor wrote a congratulatory note to the senior McMillan, praising the young artist for "an extremely subtle line and a sense of organization.

"Your son explores many routes," continued the admirer, "and he always remains himself. His pictures are imaginative in the best sense of the term; they appear as true discoveries."

Considering the source, it’s not surprising that the artist still keeps a framed copy of the letter in his studio. It was signed by the photographer Ansel Adams.

In the spirit of that other master of two-dimensional landscapes, McMillan’s inspiration springs from his fascination with what he calls "magic" — the power of handmade images to evoke an experience of place.

"It’s fun to fool people," he said. "Part of being an artist is being a magician."

While he takes some pleasure in creating illusions through realism, he is fundamentally motivated by his fascination with patterns in nature, and by sensory engagement with landscapes that call to him.

He cites a print titled Oak Woodland. "It doesn’t really look like a photograph," he said.

"If you look closely, you see patterns and brushwork. It’s more like an abstract pattern. The labyrinth-like way the branches intertwine with each other is like a mosaic or a stained-glass window — pieces of color. I wouldn’t want it to look just like a photograph."

Jenifer Lienau, curator of his exhibit, said she was struck immediately by the power of McMillan’s landscapes to conjure an emotional response.

"When I showed one of his prints to the museum board," said Lienau, "I got a lot of gasps.

"Our mission at the Natural History Museum is to inspire people to make connections with the environment, in hopes that they will want to preserve it," she said. "Steve’s work is inspirational in that way."


For additional descriptive detail on the process of creating aquatint etchings you will enjoy visiting 
Stephen McMillan's website directly.  Enjoy!


Autumn Light
Autumn Light
3-plate aquatint etching, 12 x 9"
(Fall colors in Lithia Park, Ashland, Oregon)
$300


Mountain
                  Paintbrush
Mountain Paintbrush
3-plate aquatint etching, 4 x 6"
(Mt Baker from Skyline Divide, Mt Baker Wilderness, Washington)
$150

Elfin Forest
Elfin Forest
3-plate aquatint etching, 6 x 9"
(Elfin Forest Preserve, Los Osos, California)
$200
Shoreline
Shoreline
3-plate aquatint etching, 9 x 12"
(Cliff Lake, Dinkey Lakes Wilderness, California)
$300

October Colors
October Colors
3-plate aquatint etching, 12 x 9"
(Fall colors on Chuckanut Drive, south of Bellingham, Washington)
$350

Northern Woods
Northern Woods
  Aquatint etching, 12 x 9"
(Fog on Chuckanut Drive, south of Bellingham, Washington)
$200

Misty
                    Morning
Misty Morning
4-plate aquatint etching, 16 x 24"
(Helen Putnam Regional Park, Petaluma, California)
$600

Cypress Path
                  (1982)
Cypress Path <Just Added!
3-plate aquatint etching, 24 x 36"
(Point Lobos State Reserve, Monterey County, California)
$2,000
This is McMillan's artist proof of the sold out edition.

Cavedale Creek
                  1980
Cavedale Creek <Just Added!
4-plate lithograph, 36 x 24"
(Near Sonoma, Sonoma County, California)
$1,000
This is McMillan's artist proof of the sold out edition.

The Slot #7
The Slot #7 <Just Added!
3-plate aquatint etching, 36 x 24"
(Near Borrego Mountain, Anza Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, California)
$1,500
This is McMillan's artist proof of the sold out edition.

Ancient Wall
Ancient Wall <Just Added!
3-plate aquatint etching, 36 x 24"
(Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico)
$1,000
This is McMillan's artist proof of the sold out edition.
Approaching
                  Storm
Approaching Storm <Just Added!
5-plate lithograph, 24 x 36"
(Stinson Beach, Marin County, California)
$1,000
This is McMillan's artist proof of the sold out edition.

Carmel
Carmel <Just Added!
4-plate aquatint etching, 12 x 18"
(Carmel, California)
$400

Creekside
Creekside <Just Added!
3-plate aquatint etching, 12 x 18"
(Bear Creek, Ashland, Oregon)
$400

Cypress Trail
                  a la poupee
Cypress Trail <Just Added!
Aquatint etching a la poupee, 24 x 18"
(Bear Creek, North Mountain Park, Ashland, Oregon)
$250

Goat Rocks
                  and Mt Adams
Goat Rocks and Mt Adams <Just Added!
Aquatint etching, 12 x 18"
(South from Old Snowy Mountain, Goat Rocks Wilderness, Washington)
$250

Spring Snow
Spring Snow <Just Added!
Aquatint etching, 18 x 12"
(San Simeon, California)
$400
Cambria Fog
Cambria Fog <Just Added!
Aquatint etching, 12 x 24"
(Cambria, California)
$300

Ashland Woods
Ashland Woods <Just Added!
3-plate aquatint etching, 9 x 12"
(Ashland, Oregon)
$300

Duck Drawing
Duck Drawing <Just Added!
3-plate aquatint etching, 7.6 x 11.7"
(Lithia Park, Ashland, Oregon)
$300

Cambria Coast
Cambria Coast <Just Added!
4-plate aquatint etching, 9 x 12"
(Fiscalini Ranch, Cambria, California)
$350

Lily Pad
Lily Pads <Just Added!
3-plate aquatint etching, 9 x 12"
(Lake Terrell, near Ferndale, Washington)
$350

Ocean Rocks
Ocean Rocks <Just Added!
4-plate aquatint etching, 8 x 10"
(Montana Del Oro State Beach, California)
$300
Mountain
                  Morning
Mountain Morning <Just Added!
4-plate aquatint etching, 10 x 8"
(Hayes Lake on Chain Lakes Loop Trail, Mount Baker Wilderness, Washington)
$300

Rugged Coast
Rugged Coast <Just Added!
4-plate aquatint etching, 9 x 6"
(Sonoma Coast, California)
$200
Duck Pond
Duck Pond <Just Added!
3-plate aquatint etching, 4 x 6"
(Lithia Park, Ashland, Oregon)
$150

Pacific Colors
Pacific Colors <Just Added!
3-plate aquatint etching, 5 x 4"
(Fiscalini Ranch, Cambria, California)
$150

Little Sur
                  River
Little Sur River <Just Added!
3-plate aquatint etching, 6 x 4"
(Big Sur Coast, California)
$150

Island Light
Island Light <Just Added!
3-plate aquatint etching, 4 x 5"
(West from Cypress Island, Washington)
$150

Coastal Fog
Coastal Fog <Just Added!
Aquatint etching, 4.9 x 7.8"
(Cambria, California)
$90

Daybreak, Columbia
                  Gorge
Daybreak, Columbia Gorge <Just Added!
Aquatint etching, 6 x 9"
(View east from Corbett, Oregon)
$100
San Simeon
                  Trail
San Simeon Trail <Just Added!
Aquatint etching, 9 x 6"
(San Simeon, California)
$100

Carmel Beach
Carmel Beach <Just Added!
Aquatint etching, 6 x 4"
(Carmel, California)
$50
Distant View
Distant View <Just Added!
Aquatint etching, 2 x 9"
(The view northwest from Bellingham into San Juan Islands, the Gulf Islands, and Vancouver Island)
$80

Pacific Oaks
Pacific Oaks
Aquatint etching, 4 x 5.25"
(Henry Coe State Park, Santa Clara County, California)
$50

Chuckanut Fog
Chuckanut Fog
Aquatint etching, 36 x 24"
(Chuckanut Mountains, Bellingham, Washington)
$700
Forest Walk
Forest Walk
Aquatint etching, 15 x 10"
(Chuckanut Mountains, Bellingham, Washington)
$200

East From Orcas
East from Orcas
Aquatint etching, 11.9 x 8.6"
(View east from Orcas Island, San Juan Island, WA)
$200

Coastal
                  Hills
Coastal Hills
4-plate aquatint etching, 24 x 15.5"
(Hills above San Juan Bautista, San Benito County, California)
$600

Bison
Bison
Aquatint etching, 9 x 10.3"
(Bison in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming)
$180

Agave
Agave
Aquatint etching, 10.5 x 16"
(Agave plants, La Mesa, California)
$200

Point
                  Reyes Seashore
Point Reyes Seashore 
3-plate aquatint etching, 24 x 36"
(Tomales Point, Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California)
$900
Boats
Boats
Aquatint etching, 9 x 6"
(Reflections of boats, Squalicum Harbor, Bellingham, Washington)
$100

Venice
Venice

Aquatint etching, 6 x 8 1/4"
(Venice, Italy)
Gondolas bob in their slips by Piazza San Marco as a boat
passes by San Giorgio Maggione in the distance.
$90

The Lovers
The Lovers
Aquatint etching, 7 x 4"
(A couple on a bridge in Venice, Italy)
$100

Autumn Leaves
Autumn Leaves
3-plate aquatint etching, 9 x 6"
(Fall colors on Chuckanut Drive, south of Bellingham, WA)
$200
Bricole
Bricole
Aquatint etching, 5.25 x 7.6"
(Posts, "bricole", by the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy)
$90 by special order

Monterey Coast
Monterey Coast
4-plate aquatint etching, 6 x 9"
(Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park)
$200
Fence lines
Fencelines
3-plate aquatint etching, 9 x 12"
(Hills west of San Joaquin Valley, California)
$300

Wild Sky
Wild Sky
4-plate aquatint etching, 9 x 12"
(Ottoway Lake,Yosemite National Park, California)
$350

Glacier Divide
Glacier Divide
4-plate aquatint etching, 4 x 16"
(Glacier Divide from Humphreys Basin, John Muir Wilderness, California)
$300

Winter Zen
Winter Zen
Aquatint etching, 12 x 9"
(Whatcom Falls Park, Bellingham, WA)
$200

Oak Path 1 plate
Oak Path
Single plate aquatint etching, 9 x 12"
  (Helen Putnam Regional Park, Petaluma, California)
$180
Oak Path
Oak Path
2-plate aquatint etching, 9 x 12"
  (Helen Putnam Regional Park, Petaluma, California)
$250

Water Music
Water Music
Single plate aquatint etching, 9.3 x 9.2"
  (Reflections of boats, Squalicum Harbor, Bellingham, WA)
$120
Wildflowers
Wildflowers
3-plate aquatint etching, 9 x 6"
  (Henry Coe State Park, California)
$200
Sold the one we had but more are available.  Just ask!

Inside Passage
Inside Passage
Single plate aquatint etching, 11.6 x 7.9"
  (Fjordland, Inside Passage, British Columbia)
$100
Pacific
                  Highlands
Pacific Highlands
3-plate aquatint etching, 6 x 4"
  (Garrapata State Beach, Big Sur, California)
$150

Monkey
                  Business
Monkey Business
Single plate aquatint etching, 6 x 9"
  (Spider Monkeys, Costa Rica)
$100
Alpaca
Alpaca
Single plate aquatint etching, 5.4 x 4.2"
  (Alpaca, San Juan Island, WA)
$60

Swan Song
Swan Song
Single plate aquatint etching, 3.9 x 7.9"
  (Trumpeter Swans, Lake Padden, Bellingham, WA)
$60
Pack Train
Pack Train
Single plate aquatint etching, 3.4 x 6.5"
  (Mono Pass, John Muir Wilderness, California)
$60

Buena Vista
Buena Vista 
3-plate aquatint etching, 36 x 24"
(Buena Vista Lake, Yosemite National Park, California)
$900
Doorway
Doorway
Aquatint etching, 6 x 4"
(Puye Cliff Dwellings, Santa Clara Indian Reservation, New Mexico)
$90

Carmel Bay
Carmel Bay
4-plate aquatint etching, 6 x 4"
  (Carmel Bay from Point Lobos Reserve)
$150

Carmel Bay 1
                  plate
Carmel Bay
Aquatint etching, 6 x 4"
  (Carmel Bay from Point Lobos Reserve)
$50
Pacific Cove
Pacific Cove
4-plate aquatint etching, 9 x 6"
(View north on Big Sur coast)
$200

Salish Sea
Salish Sea
2-plate aquatint etching, 9 x 6"
(Salish Sea from Skyline Divide, WA)
$150
Shadow Creek
Shadow Creek
4-plate aquatint etching, 18 x 24"
(Ansel Adams Wilderness, California)
$600

Winter Walk
Winter Walk
Aquatint etching, 13 x 18"
(Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park, California)
May be sold out at $250
Foxtail
                  Pines
Foxtail Pines
4-plate aquatint etching, 12 x 9"
(Cottonwood Lakes, John Muir Wilderness, California)
$350

Little Pete
                  Meadow
Little Pete Meadow
4-plate aquatint etching, 12 x 8"
(Middle Fork Kings River, Kings Canyon National Park, California)
$350

Chileno
                  Valley
Chileno Valley
4-plate aquatint etching, 4.6 x 14"
(West from Helen Putnam Regional Park, Petaluma, California)
$400 (Last one available)

Findland
Finland
Aquatint etching, 4 x 12"
(Virolahti, Finland)
$180 (Last one available)

Finnish
                  Woods #2
Finnish Woods 2
4-plate aquatint etching, 17 x 36"
(Virolahti, Finland)
$800

Solstice
Solstice
Aquatint etching, 9 3/8 x 10"
(Heather Meadows, Mt Baker Ski Area, Washington)
$180

Harbor Music
Harbor Music
Aquatint etching, 6 x 8"
(Under the pier in Friday Harbor, Washington)
$90
Geese
Geese
Aquatint etching, 9 x 12"
(Canada Geese in Lake Padden, Bellingham, Washington)
$180

Shorebirds
Shorebirds
2-plate aquatint etching, 9 x 12"
(Godwits on beach at Salmon Creek, California)
$250
Bellingham
                  Bay
Bellingham Bay
Aquatint etching, 9 3/4 x 11 5/8"
(West from Taylor Dock, Bellingham, Washington)
$250

Into The
                  Woods
Into the Woods
Aquatint etching, 9 x 12"
(Silver Star Ski Resort, Vernon, British Columbia)
$180
Winter
                  Reflections
Winter Reflections
Aquatint etching, 9 x 12"
(Green Lake, Seattle, Washington)
$200

Perfect Day
Perfect Day
Aquatint etching, 9 x 12"
(Kayaks coming into Marine Park, Bellingham, Washington)
$180
Alder
                  Creek, 1 plate edition
Alder Creek, single plate edition
Aquatint etching, 18 x 28"
(Sinkyone Wilderness, Mendocino County, California)
$300

Koi
Koi
7-plate aquatint etching, 28 x 20"
(Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California)
$500

Jewel lake
Jewel Lake
Aquatint etching, 28 x 20"
(Jewel Lake, Tilden Park, Berkeley, California)
$600

Serenity
Serenity, Black Edition
Aquatint etching, 20 x 28"
(Jewel Lake, Tilden Regional Park, Berkeley, California)
$400
Valley Fog
Valley Fog
Aquatint etching, 24 x 36"
(Almond orchard, Atwater, Merced County, California)
$700


Mountain Goat
Mountain Goat
Aquatint etching, 8.75 x 5.25"
(A mountain goat in Glacier National Park, Montana)
$120
Mountain
                  Family
Mountain Family
Aquatint etching, 10.5 x 7.875"
(Three mountain goats in Glacier National Park, Montana)
$150

Sand Tufa
Sand Tufa
Aquatint etching, 4.5 x 9.25"
(Formations by Mono Lake, Mono County, California)
$90
Haiku
Haiku
Aquatint etching, 5.5 x 8.875"
(Lake Whatcom, Bellingham, Washington)
$100 by special order

Island
                  Journey
Island Journey
Aquatint etching, 4.875 x 8.875"
(View of the San Juan Is from Cypress Island, Washington)
$90
Dhauligiri
Dhauligiri
Aquatint etching, 6.5 x 9.25"
(Dhauligiri, Anapurna Region, Nepal)
$100

Daydream
Daydream
Aquatint etching, 6 x 9"
(Lake of the Woods, Desolation Wilderness, California)
$90
Dew Drops
Dew Drops
Aquatint etching, 6 x 4"
(Petaluma, California)
$60

Distant Sea
Distant Sea
Aquatint etching, 4 x 10.5"
(West from Skyline Divide, Whatcom Co, Washington)
$90

Distant Peaks
Distant Peaks
Aquatint etching, 5.875 x 7.875"
(East from Skyline Divide, Whatcom Co, Washington)
$90

Point Reyes
Point Reyes
3-plate aquatint etching, 5.6 x 8"
(Northwest from Point Reyes, Point Reyes National Seashore, California)
$200
Red Sky
Red Sky
2-plate aquatint etching, 4 x 6"
(Mono Creek area, John Muir Wilderness, California)
$150

Mt Shuksan
Mount Shuksan
Aquatint etching, 4 x 10.5"
(Mt. Shuksan, from Skyline Divide, Whatcom County, Washington)
$100
Winter
                  Afternoon
Winter Afternoon
Aquatint etching, 4 x 10"
(Bellingham, Washington)
$90

Winter
                  Oaks 2
Winter Oaks 2
Aquatint etching, 16 x 24"
(Helen Putnam Regional Park, Petaluma, California)
$400

Valley
                  Light
Valley Light
4-plate aquatint etching, 12 x 35 1/2"
(West from Helen Putnam Regional Park, Petaluma, California)
$800

Mountain Light
Mountain Light
4-plate aquatint etching, 18 3/4 x 12 1/2"
(Long Lake, Emigrant Wilderness, California)
$350

Winter
                  Light
Winter Light
4-plate aquatint etching, 8 x 15"
(West from Helen Putnam Regional Park, Petaluma, California)
$30d sk0

Pacific
                  Light
Pacific Light
4-plate aquatint etching, 8 x 16"
(South from McClures Beach,
Point Reyes National Seashore, California)
$350

Russian River
Russian River
4-plate Aquatint etching, 10 x 24"
(Mouth of Russian River, California)
$350

Wild
                  Mustard 2
Wild Mustard 2
4-plate aquatint etching, 12 x 24"
(Southwest Napa Valley, Napa County, California)
$600


After
                  the Rains
After the Rains
3-plate aquatint etching, 4 x 16"
(Four miles west of Petaluma, California)
$300

Northern Spring
Northern Spring
3-plate aquatint etching, 4 x 10"
(Virolahti, Finland)
$200

Petaluma
                  Oaks
Petaluma Oaks
Aquatint etching, 4 x 11"
(Helen Putnam Regional Park, Petaluma, California)
$150

Alder
                  Creek
Alder Creek
4-plate aquatint etching, 18 x 28"
(Sinkyone Wilderness, Mendocino County, California)
$650

Skagit
Skagit
Aquatint etching, 3.8 x 11.3"
(Skagit Valley and the Cascades, Washington)
$100
Eagle
Eagle
Aquatint etching, 6 x 9.4"
(North Fork Nooksack River,
Whatcom County, Washington)
$100

Fall
                  Color
Fall Color
4-plate aquatint etching, 12 x 18"
(Bellingham, Washington)
$450
Lake
                  Whatcom
Lake Whatcom
Aquatint etching, 6 x 10"
(Lake Whatcom, Bellingham, Washington)
$100

Oak in
                  Fog
Oaks in Fog
  Aquatint etching, 10.2 x 16"
(Helen Putnam Regional Park, Petaluma, California)
$200

January Snow
January Snow
Aquatint etching, 18 x 12"
(Bloedel Donovan Park, Lake Whatcom, Bellingham, Washington)
$250

Oak Grove
Oak Grove
4-plate Aquatint etching, 15 3/4 x 24"
(Helen Putnam Regional Park, Petaluma, California)
$600


Grand
                  Canyon View
Grand Canyon View
  4-plate aquatint etching, 36 x 24"
(Toroweap Overlook,
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona)
$900

Early
                  Spring 2
Early Spring 2
4-plate aquatint etching, 18 x 24"
(Almond orchard, Atwater, Merced County, California)
$600

Evening Reflections
Evening Reflections
4-plate aquatint etching, 17 x 24"
(Jewel Lake, Tilden Park, Berkely, California)
Sorry, sold out at $600
Oak Woodland
Oak Woodland
Single-plate Aquatint etching, 12 x 24"
(Helen Putnam Regional Park, Petaluma, California)
$250


Colorado
                  River
Colorado River
Aquatint etching, 6 x 3 1/2"
(Toroweap Overlook, Grand Canyon National Park, Azrizona)
$100

Summer Shade
Summer Shade
  Aquatint etching, 8 x 24"
(By American River, East of Sacramento, California)
Made be sold out at $350

The Slot #9
The Slot #9
3-plate aquatint etching, 36 x 24"
(Near Borrego Mountain, Anza Borrego State Park, San Diego County, California)
$1,000

Winter
Winter
Aquatint etching, 8 x 12"
(Mount Shasta Ski Park, Siskiyou County, California)
$200

Wildcat
                  Creek
Wildcat Creek
 4-color lithograph, 24 x 36"
(Above Lake Anza, Tilden Park, Berkeley, California)
$1,200
Oak Grove1
Oak Grove
Single-plate aquatint etching, 15 3/4 x 24"
(Helen Putnam Regional Park, Petaluma, California)
$300

Vernal
                  Fall   Vernal
                  Fall, Yosemite
           Vernal Fall       Vernal Fall, Yosemite
3-plate aquatint etching, 9 x 6" and single plate etching
(Vernal Fall, Yosemite National Park, California)
$150                              $100

Morning
                  Fog
Morning Fog
Aquatint etching, 20 x 28"
(Near Sonoma, California)
$400 (Only one available)
Yosemite
                  Dreams
Yosemite Dreams
  Aquatint etching, 24 x 16"
(Southern Wall of Yosemite Valley, California)
$250

Light
                  Patterns
Light Patterns
4-color lithograph, 24 x 36"
(Jewel Lake, Tilden Park, Berkeley, California)
$1,000

Hillside
                  Barn
Hillside Barn
4-plate aquatint etching, 11 1/2 x 18 3/4"
(Sonoma Mountain, east of Petaluma, California)
$400
Winter Oaks
Winter Oaks
Aquatint etching, 24 x 36"
(Helen Putnam Regional Park, Petaluma, California)
$1,200

Sawtooth Ridge
Sawtooth Ridge, 1987
4-plate aquatint etching, 36 x 24"
(Northeast Yosemite National Park, California)
$900

Enchanted Forest
Enchanted Forest
2-plate aquatint etching, 24 x 36"
(Patterned after coastal forest in Oregon)
$700

Windward
                  Passage
Windward Passage
Aquatint etching, 9 x 9"
(East of Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Bay, California)
$180

End of the
                  Road
End of the Road
Aquatint etching, 8 x 11"
(Early 1930s Model A truck, Marin County, California)
$120

Jerseys
Jerseys
Aquatint etching, 6 x 9 3/4"
(North of Petaluma, California)
$250
Still
                  Water
Still Water
Aquatint etching, 8 x 12"
(Yosemite Wilderness, California)
$200

River's
                  End
River's End
4-plate aquatint etching, 9 x 12"
(Mouth of Russian River, California)
$350
Pacific
                  Fog
Pacific Fog
Aquatint etching, 9 x 12"
(Point Lobos State Reserve, Monterey County, California)
$350

Spring
                  Blossoms
Spring Blossoms
3-plate aquatint etching, 6 x 9"
(Berkeley, California)
$200

Mmmmmmmmm
Mmmooooo
  Aquatint etching, 5 x 6"
(North of London, England)
Sorry, sold out at $300

Live Oaks
Live Oaks
4-plate aquatint etching, 24 x 36"
(Helen Putnam Regional Park, Petaluma, California)
$900
SnowBirs
Snow Bird
Aquatint etching, 14 x 24"
(Bellingham, Washington)
$300

Neigh
                  Sayer
Neigh Sayer
Aquatint etching, 9 1/2 x 6 3/4"
(Horse in hills in south central Idaho)
$140

Grand Canal
Grand Canal
4-plate aquatint etching, 24 x 13"
(Venice, Italy)
$600 unframed
$1,290 framed as on display now

Chuckanut
                  View
Chuckanut View
Aquatint etching, 6 x 20.5"
(View northwest into San Juan Islands and Canadian Gulf Islands from Chuckanut Ridge, south of Bellingham, Washington)
$250
Sisters
Sisters
Aquatint etching, 9 1/4 x 17"
(The Sisters Range, Whatcom County, Washington)
$200

Rooster
Rooster
Aquatint etching, 6 x 4"
Printed "a la poupée", using different colors over the single plate
(John Day, Oregon)
$160

Nightfall
Nightfall
Aquatint etching, 8 x 9"
(By Lake Whatcom, Bellingham, Washington)
$90

Rooster
Rooster
Aquatint etching, 6 x 4"
(John Day, Oregon)
$60

Tatoosh
                  Range
Tatoosh Range
3-plate aquatint etching, 10 1/2 x 24"
(Tatoosh Range, seen from the slopes of Mt Rainier, Mt Rainier National Park, WA)
$450

Diablo Lake
Diablo Lake
Aquatint etching, 9.8 x 15.3"
(Diablo Lake, North Cascades National Park, WA)
$180

Shadows
Shadows
Aquatint etching, 5.8 x 10.2"
(Side Delivery Rake, Hovander Park, Whatcom Co, WA)
$100

San Juan
                  Hills
San Juan Hills
4-plate aquatint etching, 6 x 4"
(Hills above San Juan Bautista, San Benito County, California)
$150

Mt. Hood
Mt. Hood
Aquatint etching, 5.8 x 19"
(Mt Hood, seen from the slopes of Mt Rainier, Mt Rainier National Park, WA)
$200

Mmmmm
Mmmmmooooo, 2003
  Aquatint etching, 5.4 x 7"
(North of London, England)
Sorry, sold out at $250

Putnam Park
Putnam Park
Aquatint etching, 2.2 x 6"
(Helen Putnam Regional Park, Petaluma, California)
$100

Drawing a Crowd
Drawing a Crowd
Aquatint etching, 9.8 x 7.9"
(Cows near Lynden, Whatcom Co. WA)
$250

Snow
                  Patterns
Snow Patterns
Aquatint etching, 6.8 x 10.2"
(Bellingham, WA)
$100

Sea Rocks
Sea Rocks
Aquatint etching in 2 plates, 12.3 x 7.9"
(Point Lobos State Reserve, Monterey County, California)
$250

Rosario
                  Strait
Rosario Strait
Aquatint etching, 3.8 x 12.8"
(View southeast from Orcas Island, San Juan Island, WA)
$100
Winter Path
Winter Path
Aquatint etching, 21 x 14"
(Whatcom Falls Park, Bellingham, WA)
$300

Flight
Flight
Aquatint etching, 3.6 x 10"
(Seagulls over the Nooksack River, East of Bellingham, WA)
$80
Dunlins
Dunlins
Aquatint etching, 5.9 x 7.1"
(Dunlins, Birch Bay, WA)
$80

Orchard
Orchard
Aquatint etching, 5 x 8.5"
(Almond orchard, Atwater, Merced County, California)
$100

High Country
High Country
Aquatint etching, 4.7 x 7.5"
(Nine Laker Basin, Sequoia National Park, California)
$80
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