Jeff Van Tine - Wilderness Images

Glacier Two Medicine Alliance Fundraiser

2011-10-01T16:22:00.001-06:00

Hand Made Palladium Prints at

2010-11-01T20:23:00.006-06:00

The Ho Ho Holter! Christmas Sale

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This will be my 10th year participating in the Holter Museum's Ho Ho Holter! Christmas Sale, November 12th thru December 31st. This year I am finally showing off some of my hand made Palladium prints.

Although I am known for my color photographs, my true love has always been Black and White prints. I compare Color images to a movie and Black and White to the original book. The Black and White image leaves more to the viewer’s imagination.
I am inspired by the beautiful Palladium prints of Edward Curtis and Edward Weston. In creating my Palladium prints I strive for timelessness. I encourage the viewer to question; How old are the images? I invite the viewer to contemplate; How are these prints different from traditional B&W prints? I hope you will also fall in love with Palladium prints

Information on my Process

Archival Hand Coated Palladium Prints

After eight years I am close to perfecting my method of Palladium print making. This finicky 170 year old process has a multitude of variables. I stuck with Palladium print making for a couple of reasons: the prints are the ultimate in archival quality, capable of lasting hundreds of years, and I love the look of the chocolate browns.

The process I follow to make these prints follows: In the darkroom I use a paint brush to hand coat acid free French watercolor paper with a light sensitive Palladium solution. I place the negative directly on the coated paper to make a contact print (enlargers do not emit enough light to print Palladium). I expose the paper to light, then develop, wash and dry the print. The print is now stable under all types of conditions, no longer sensitive to light or atmospheric contaminants. The Palladium will remain unchanged even if the paper disintegrates around it. The final step is to frame this archival print using a hinged mat and other acid free materials.

2010 Prickly Pear Land Trust Harvest Moon Banquet & Auction

2010-09-26T08:43:00.002-06:00

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This year I was unable to join with nearly 500 others at the Helena Civic Center Saturday September 25th for the Prickly Pear Land Trust Harvest Moon Banquet & Auction. My photo "Gateway to the Bob Marshall Wilderness" appeared in the Live Auction and drew a very generous flurry of bids. Thanks to everyone who helped raise the bidding on my framed photo to $1100 in this annual benefit.

Featured Artist April-May 2010 at Helena's Lewis & Clark Library

2010-04-08T21:55:00.001-06:00

Jeff Van Tine and Jennifer Thompson will be the featured artists at Helena's Lewis and Clark Library for the months of April and May.

The Library is featuring an exhibit of Jeff's photos of Montana's Rocky Mountain Front. Jeff's photos are accompanied by "Front Poems", the poetry of Jennifer Thompson.

Jeff and Jennifer will be the Lewis and Clark library's featured artists for Helena's Spring Art Walk on Friday April 30th. Jennifer will give a poetry reading at 6 and 7pm that evening.

The artists will also give a poetry reading , slide show and talk in the library's large meeting room Thursday May 6th at 7pm.

Pygmy Owl with Prey

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Pygmy Owl with Prey 12/27/09 - Sun River Valley, Montana

I have a Clark's Nutcracker to thank for helping me spot this Pygmy Owl (and keeping it occupied while I went and grabbed my camera). Some of the images were snapped as the Owl was blinking. Note the translucent eyelids.

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Wildflower Prints and Magnets

2009-12-07T20:38:00.000-07:00

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Carroll College Fighting Saints Football NAIA Semi-Final December 5th, 2009

2009-12-05T00:17:00.002-07:00

Carroll College Fighting Saints hosted the Lindenwood University Lions at Nelson Stadium in Helena, Montana today. The Lindenwood University Lions ended Carroll College's Fighting Saints footbal season today in the Semi-Final round of the NAIA playoffs with a 42-35 win.

Linwood went up by 7 with less than a minute to go in this close well fought game.

Links to photos from the NAIA Football Playoff game Saturday December 5th, 2009 are located just below.

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Carroll Fighting Saints Football NAIA playoff November 28th, 2009

2009-11-27T22:56:00.010-07:00

After a 34-13 win today Carroll College's Fighting Saints and fans are headed back to Helena's Nelson Stadium again next Saturday for the Semi-Final round of the NAIA playoffs.
Links to photos from the NAIA Football Playoff game Saturday November 28th, 2009 are located just below. Carroll College Fighting Saints hosted the MidAmerica Nazarene Pioneers at Nelson Stadium in Helena, Montana today.
The (12-0) the Frontier Conference Saints defeated the (10-1) Heart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC) Pioneers 34-14 today.

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Carroll Football first-round NAIA playoff November 21st 2009

2009-11-22T22:04:00.008-07:00

Pictures form the Carroll College Fighting Saints win 59-7 at Home in the NAIA playoff game against North Dakota's Dickinson State Blue Hawks Saturday November 21st

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Now at the Holter Museum

2009-11-10T23:56:00.021-07:00

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If you have been wondering how to purchase some of my photos, you are in luck.
The Holter Museum Ho Ho Holter Holiday Sale opend last Friday nite.
They will be selling my Prints, Fridge Magnets and Bookmarks thru New Years.

As always, If Augusta, Montana is closer for you, Latigo & Lace has a large selection of my Prints, Fridge Magnets, Bookmarks and Postcards.

I just put on my web site (jeffvantine.com) a page of my Panoramic Landscapes that I sell in a 12" x 36" format or as a 2" x 6" Bookmark.

This page hasn't been incorporated into the menu system yet but you can get there by clicking the Image or the Link Below

http://www.jeffvantine.com/Panoramic_Landscapes/

September 25th - MacDonald Pass Fire

2009-11-08T10:20:00.000-07:00

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September 26th - Harvest Moon Banquet & Auction

2009-10-07T23:24:00.003-06:00

I joined nearly 500 others at the Helena Civic Center Saturday September 26th for the Prickly Pear Land Trust Harvest Moon Banquet & Auction. My photo of Crown Butte and the Sun River appeared in the Live Auction and drew a very generous flurry of bids. Thanks to everyone who commented how much they loved the photo.

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September 30th - Queen City News Cover

2009-09-29T10:27:00.000-06:00

MacDonald Pass Fire Cleanup

Blackfeet Crew # 4

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Ear Mountain Summit and Circumnavigation June 26, 2009

2009-06-26T12:29:00.000-06:00

Dave Sabato, Jennifer Thompson and I found our own route from the north to the summit of Ear Mountain. For our return to our vehicle we decided to try Tom Kotynski's southern route. This summit and circumnavigation wound up take taking approximately 12 hours. We all preferred the northern route. In the future we would do the traditional northern route as opposed to our route which took us up the next ridge to the north from the traditional route.

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