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by Kris Rasmusson
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Our greeting cards are 5" x 7" in size and are produced on digital offset printers using 100 lb. paper stock. Each card is coated with a UV protectant on the outside surface which produces a semi-gloss finish. The inside of each card has a matte white finish and can be customized with your own message up to 500 characters in length. Each card comes with a white envelope for mailing or gift giving.
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This piece could be considered Ekphrasis art in that it sort of pays homage to Picasso’s “The Old Guitarist”. I plucked ‘the old guitarist’ from... more
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This piece could be considered Ekphrasis art in that it sort of pays homage to Picasso’s “The Old Guitarist”. I plucked ‘the old guitarist’ from online stock photos and placed the beloved musician from Picasso’s Blue Period on the beach next to Holland Michigan’s famous Big Red lighthouse. But that was after I did a color ‘Invert’ with Photoshop so that Big Red would become ‘Big Blue’. When I used the color Invert tool everything in the image went through a color reversal with all the reds becoming a cyanic blue and vise versa. After the Invert I retained most of the colors but changed a few including my decision to make the sky into a textured red. If you buy an 11 X 14 or larger print of this image you’ll be able to read a little sign on the near side of the lighthouse that now reads ”Big Blue”. I love my hometown of Holland and so I’m allowed to make fun of our clichés and bromidic icons. Big Red is photographed so much it’s challenging ‘Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes from Empire Bluffs’...
James Rasmusson is a resident of Holland Michigan who has been creating fine art photographs since the early 80�s. Jim�s photo-art is best known for themes that express the drama and majesty of nature. �I like to underscore the abstract and tease the mind. I am ever alert for juxtapositions that express irony, absurdity, and poignancy. I want people to feel both tension and resolution in my compositions.� Specializing in scenes from the Great Lakes region, the artist�s portfolios also include the Ozarks, Arizona and California, the Florida Keys, River Rouge, Chicago, �Suspended Amusements�, Nightscapes, Winterscapes, Ontario, and the Caribbean. The award-winning photographer�s work has appeared in many publications as...
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