fig. 7-20

I found a book called the Manual of Structural Kinesiology that has lots of illustrations that are just crying out to be made into monotype prints.

 monotype print, on vintage textbook page
printed 5.26.2026

halo effect

I’ve come a long way from my origins as a black and white photographer…here’s an image from a magazine ad made more colorful by my paintbrushes.

image transfer monotype print, from magazine advertisement
printed 5.14.2026

your head crowns you (Song of Solomon)

As I’ve been learning more about monotype printing, I’ve been experimenting with using different kinds of paper, including pages from books. Here’s a page from the Song of Solomon with a very odd image transfer on it.

image transfer monotype print, from magazine advertisement, printed on Bible verses
printed 5.13.2026

last look

Here’s a mash up of collage and monotype printing, with a couple of images mined from the pages of an old Vogue magazine. A weird spot on the gel plate makes it look like she’s got an additional nostril, but at least her eyebrow game is strong.

image transfer monotype print, from magazine advertisement
printed 5.23.2026

bad-ending vacations

Moving on…but still not going back to straight photography quite yet.

I saw these two banged-up travel trailers behind an out-of-business motel in Mason, Texas, a few months ago. As a photo, they looked like this:

Photo transfers give an entirely new feeling to the scene.

photo transfer monotype print, from original photograph
printed 6.30.2026