NEW! Limited edition, signed archival pigment ink on paper prints are now available of some of the hand-painted photographs.
Painted Photographs
Wendi's hand-coloring technique developed from her background in oil painting. Delicate layers of oil paint have been painstakingly applied to each archival photograph to achieve rich and subtle hues. This technique differs from traditional hand-tinting, which involves applying color and then removing it to leave a 'tint" of color. Here the artist builds up layers of color to achieve depth and subtlety, using photo oils, oil sticks and oil paint in tubes, a variety of fine brushes and often her fingers. Most of these hand-painted photographs date from the 1980s to the mid-1990s. As each version is hand-painted, every photograph is unique.
Though these hand-painted photographs are limited to editions of ten prints per size - 16x20, 20x24 and 30x40, only a few of the images have more than four versions completed. Most versions differ in use of colors. There are also variations to the prints themselves, which are printed on archival fiber-based paper. Some of these vintage painted photographs are available for sale. A few of Wendi's images were also printed in 11x14 and 40x60.
