Stephen McMillan
Print Statement
Throughout his life, Steve Mcmillan has been inspired and sustained by the natural world and has spent much of his time outside. Whether it's a bike ride in the Bellingham area countryside, or a week-long backpacking trip in the high Sierra, he is renewed and invigorated by being in and moving through landscape. It is this sense of renewal that he seeks to share with others.
About the Process:
Aquatint etching is a technique that produces a full tonal range and rich texture in etchings. An aquatint is created by etching sections, rather than lines, of a plate in order to create areas of uniform tone. An aquatint is prepared by applying resin or a similar ground to a metal plate, which is then heated, thus adhering the ground to the metal. This gives a roughness or grain to the plate which adds texture to the image. The plate is then immersed in an acid bath, which bites or etches the plate and creates areas which will hold the ink. The design is created with gradations of tone achieved through repeated acid baths combined with varnish used to stop out areas of lighter tone. Aquatint is an intaglio process, so prints made in this manner will have a platemark. Aquatinting, with its areas of tone, was often used to duplicate the feel of a watercolor. Aquatints were invented by Jean Baptiste Le Prince around 1768, but became especially popular among British printmakers in the first part of the nineteenth century.
The image size posted is image only, not paper size and the prices posted are unframed.
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Mountain Paintbrush
Mountain Paintbrush
Color aquatint etching || 4 x 6 inches image || Edition: 200 Mount Baker Wilderness area || $ 150
Red Sky
Red Sky
Color Aquatint etching || 4 x 6 || An afternoon soaking mountain rain is followed by a spectacular sunset over Mono Divide. || $ 150
Bellingham Bay
Bellingham Bay
Aquatint etching || 11 x 12 image || West from Taylor Dock, Bellingham, WA || $ 250
Sea rocks
Sea rocks
Color Aquatint Etching || 12 x 8 || Edition:250 || $ 250
North Cascades
North Cascades
Aquatint etching || 11 x 7 image || Edition: 200 || $300
Island View
Island View
Aquatint etching || 11 x 15 paper || $ 100
Drawing a Crowd
Drawing a Crowd
Aquatint Etching || 15 x 11 paper || Edition:250 || $ 250
Wild Sky
Wild Sky
Color aquatint etching || 15 x 17 paper || Ottoway Lake,Yosemite National Park, California || $ 350
Last Light
Last Light
Aquatint etching || 5 x 7.5 image || Edition:120 || $ 100
Foxtail Pines
Foxtail Pines
Color aquatint etching || image 12 x 9 || Cottonwood Lakes, John Muir Wilderness, California || $ 350
Nisqually Duck
Nisqually Duck
Aquatint etching || 6 x 9 image || $ 90
Cloud Dance
Cloud Dance
Aquatint etching || 6 x 9 image || Clouds swirl around the summit of Mt Shuksan on this early Summer day at the Mt Baker Ski Area. || $ 90
Haiku
Haiku
Aquatint Etching || Image: 5.5 x 8.9 || This view of fog over Lake Whatcom is a study of a quiet meditative setting. Though it is a visual image, at times I think of an image as akin to a musical composition, or even as a kind of poetry. || $ 100
Gathering
Gathering
Aquatint etching || 9 x 10 image || Lake Whatcom, Bellingham, Wa || $ 180
Boats
Boats
Aquatint etching || 15 x 11 paper || Reflections of boats, Squalicum Harbor, Bellingham, Wa || $ 100
Chuckanut Fog
Chuckanut Fog
Aquatint etching || 36 x 24 || Edition:250 || $ 700
Chuckanut View
Chuckanut View
Color Aquatint Etching || 6 x 21 || Edition:250 || $ 250
North Cascades
North Cascades
Color Aquatint Etching || 11 x 7 || Edition:250 || $ 300
Marina Reflections
Marina Reflections
4 plate color Aquatint Etching || 9 x 6 || $ 200
Mt Hood
Mt Hood
Aquatint Etching || 5 x 19 || Edition:250 || $ 200
Flight
Flight
Aquatint Etching || 3 x 6 || Edition:250 || $ 80
Dhauligiri
Dhauligiri
|| 6.5 x 9 || $ 100
Winter Morning
Winter Morning
Aquatint etching || 18 x 12 || Helen Putnam Regional Park, Petaluma, California || $ 250
Elfin Forest
Elfin Forest
Color aquatint etching || 6 x 9 image || Elfin Forest Preserve, Los Osos, CA || $ 200
East From Orcas
East From Orcas
Aquatint Etching || 19.25 x 15 paper || Edition:120 || $ 200
Day Dream
Day Dream
Aquatint etching || 6 x 9 image || I was floating on Lake of the Woods watching as the waves from my small boat bent the reflections on the water into intricate patterns. || $ 90
Squalicum Fog
Squalicum Fog
Aquatint etching || 12 x 18 || Squalicum Harbor, Bellingham, Washington state || $ 250
Colors
Colors
3 plate color aquatint etching || 11 x 8 || Fall colors in Bellingham WA || $ 300
Campfire
Campfire
3 plate color aquatint etching || 6 x 9 || Yosemite National Park, California || $ 200
Autumn Light
Autumn Light
Color aquatint etching || 12 x 9 image || Fall colors in Lithia Park, Ashland OR || $ 300
Ashland Creek
Ashland Creek
Color aquatint etching || 12 x 9 image || Fall colors in Lithia Park, Ashland OR || $ 300
Mountain High
Mountain High
Color aquatint etching || 6 x 9 image || Mt Langley from Cottonwood Lake #2, John Muir Wilderness, CA || $ 200
Shoreline
Shoreline
Color aquatint etching || 9 x 12 image || Edition: 200 || $ 300
Autumn Leaves
Autumn Leaves
Aquatint etching || 15 x 11 paper || Edition: 250 || $ 200
Rosario Strait
Rosario Strait
Aquatint Etching || 10 x 20 paper || Edition:250 || $ 100
Salish Sea
Salish Sea
Color aquatint etching || 10 x 20 papwe || Salish Sea from Skyline Divide, WA || $ 150
Mt Shuskan
Mt Shuskan
Aquatint etching || 4 x 10 || Edition: 250 Mt Shuksan, from Skyline Divide, Whatcom Co, WA || $ 100
Island Journey
Island Journey
Aquatint etching || 5 x 9 Image || I was on Cypress Island when I caught this view of a small sailboat under a beam of sunlight. In the print I try to capture the drama of the sky, and the sense of adventure for the intrepid sailors as the wend their way through these magical islands. || $ 90
Pacific Cove
Pacific Cove
Color aquatint etching || image 9 x 6 || View north on Big Sur coast || $ 200
Solstice
Solstice
Aquatint etching || image 9 x 10 || Edition: 200 Heather Meadows, Mt Baker Ski Area, WA || $ 140
Alpaca
Alpaca
Aquatint etching; Edition: 125 || 5 x 4 Image || Alpaca, San Juan Island, WA || $ 60
Swan Song
Swan Song
Aquatint etching || 4 x 8 || Trumpeter Swans, Lake Padden, Bellingham, WA || $ 60
Beach Dance
Beach Dance
Aquatint etching || 5.5 x 7.5 image || Edition: 120 || $ 80
Burano Dreams
Burano Dreams
Aquatint etching || 4 x 6 image || 3 plate color - Edition:200 || $ 150
Water Music
Water Music
Aquatint etching || 15 x 16.5 paper || Reflections of boats, Squalicum Harbor, Bellingham || $ 120
Bricole
Bricole
Aquatint etching || 7.5 x 5.25 paper || Edition: 120 || $ 90
Winter Zen
Winter Zen
Aquatint Etching || 19.5 x 15 paper || Whatcom Fall, Bellingham WA Edition: 200 || $ 200
Inside Passage
Inside Passage
Aquatint etching || 15 x 11 paper || Edition: 100 Fjordland, Inside Passage, British Columbia. || $ 100
Glacier Divide
Glacier Divide
Color aquatint etching || 10.5 x 21 paper || Glacier Divide from Humphreys Basin, John Muir Wilderness, California || $ 300
Together
Together
Color aquatint etching || 19 x 15 paper || Bald eagles in tree at Semiahmoo, Whatcom County, WA || $ 180
Harbor Music
Harbor Music
Aquatint etching || 11 x 14 paper || The pilings under the pier in Friday Harbor, WA || $ 90
Perfect Day
Perfect Day
Aquatint etching || 15 x 20 paper || $ 180
Pacific Oaks
Pacific Oaks
Aquatint etching || 4 x 5 || Edition:250 || $ 50
Diablo Lake
Diablo Lake
Color Aquatint Etching || 10 x 15 || Edition:250 || $ 180
Sailing
Sailing
Aquatint etching || 10 x 20 || $ 120
Snow Bird
Snow Bird
Aquatint etching || 14 x 24 paper || $ 300
The Lovers
The Lovers
Color Aquatint Etching || 11 x 15 paper || $ 100
Venetian Red
Venetian Red
Color Aquatint Etching || 11.5 x 11.5 paper || $ 150
Geese
Geese
Aquatint etching || 15 x 18 image || Canada Geese, Lake Padden, Bellingham, WA || $ 180
Winter Reflections
Winter Reflections
Aquatint etching || 9 x 12 image || Green Lake, Seattle, WA || $ 200
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