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Digital Reproduction of Original
Oil
Paintings
Original Images by A Kelly
Pruitt, (February 9, 1924 - February 15,
2009)
Epson jet ink to fine art paper sealed
in
soft
gel
and
mounted
on
thin
fine
woods by Paul Stephen
Pruitt
paulStephenPrueitt@gmail.com
call for availability -
850 736 1526
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Business Plan For Gathering and Returning Images My father passed away
after eighty-five years on this earth,
February 9, 1924 to February 15, 2009. His story is
partially told
by the board members of the La Junta Heritage Center, http://lajuntaheritage.org/
and by the web site started by his friend Pawnee. http://www.akellypruitt.com/. My effort is part of a life, my
life, now closing on sixty-five years. It is a private effort, for
now. I ask that collectors of my father's paintings, bronzes and
novels communicate with me about how they might wish to be involved.
The "Return Path" is a
concept I gleaned from my
father's discussions with me about the American Indian’s view of the
world. These discussions began
very early in my life. I often rode with my father in an old
pick-up or
Model T
along the back roads of Arizona. As a boy, I was fortunate to
make more than one cattle round-up with my father.
I am not the only one who
was influenced by my
dad. Many hundreds of thousands of
individuals observed him paint at the Fort Worth Stock Show, in a bank
art exhibit, or in Taos; or heard him talk about “Old Way” while
sitting around a fire in his TeePee. During the years 2006
through 2008, I lived in Taos or at his place in Presidio Texas.
The plan that we talked about was centered on re-collecting as
many of the original paintings as possible, and producing a high
quality
digital image from each one. This process
might
produce a virtual museum and restir the secondary market for his
paintings, his novels and his bronzes. It
was
something that he talked about with others, and with me.
I have around one hundred
images to start out with, and
selected 43, the initial inventory, to
work with. He
and I talked often about how the reproductions might be
re-presented in such a way that the observer be involved in the
creative
activity of perception. Perhaps over time, these discussions will
become relevant to the La Junta Heritage Center, and to resources
dedicated to preserving the art, bronzes and novels of Kelly Pruitt.
During the last three
years of his life, he and I worked on some
methods that have now evolved to the Digitally Enhanced Image
. These are now
offered for
sale and as a means to boot strap the business plans that are still not
public. The digitally enhanced image is printed on fine art paper,
mounted on thin fine wood, and
sealed with acrylic soft gel and then varnished. The
result
is
a
piece
of
artwork
that
appears
somewhat
as
an
original
oil
painting. It may framed without
glass, or mounted on the wall with small attachment strips. The
small ones may be displayed on easels as miniture art.
The intent is to continue
developing small editions, of
between 1 and 10 pieces per edition. Over
time, the methods I use are likely to evolve. The
way
I
think
of
this
is
that
an
edition
of
enhanced
digital
images is similar to a bronze edition in
that each piece
has an original production process. Highlighting
brings
the
life
back
into
that
one
piece. Please call if you would
like some of those that I
produce, or if you would like to contribute a story about meeting my
father. Paul Stephen Pruitt July 2025, Gulf Breeze Florida 850 736
1526
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