Phil Harris
Two streams have fed my art practice over the course of my career: teaching and meditation practice. I had the good fortune to teach across a number of fields at the Oregon College of Art and Craft in Portland. As any teacher who's excited by the classroom knows, contact with students is a great gift, and one for which I'm very grateful. The honesty, creative energy and drive to grow that one can witness in the classroom have been so very inspiring.
Meditation, in my case, has taken the form of Buddhist Vipassana (insight) practice. This has fed not only my teaching, but also my ability to slow down, to notice, to persist in noticing, and to wonder. I wouldn't be able to see or gather the evidence of change that is Duration without having cultivated stillness, openness, curiosity, and the ability to observe without expectation.
I've found that the combination of meditation and teaching nourishes a continual state of learning. Making the Duration pictures helps sharpen my ability to see into the developing moment, and to appreciate what I find there. It's about discovery, surprise, integration and letting be. I hope there's something useful for you here too.
For a more in-depth introduction to my work, please watch this talk given through the Portland Art Museum on November 18, 2020: https://vimeo.com/493150780
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Duration print pricing
11/2021
All Duration prints are made using high-quality archival pigments, at high resolution. All (except “Sheets”--see below) are printed on 44-inch (112 cm)-wide Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308 gsm paper.
Full-size images are almost universally 36 inches (91.5 cm) tall, and variable in width. They are bounded by blank borders on all sides. The measurements listed on the website for each print are for image size only, excluding borders. Individual image sizes can be seen by moving the cursor over a particular picture in one of the portfolios.
Full-size prints are USD $200 per running foot (approx. 30.5 cm). Thus, for example, a six-foot (183 cm)-wide print costs $1200. This price includes packaging, US domestic shipping and insurance. International shipping will likely incur additional expense, depending on the destination.
“Sheets” are printed on 17 x 22 inch (43 x 56 cm) paper. They cost USD $200 each, plus USD $15 for US domestic shipping. International shipping will likely incur additional expense, depending on the destination. Only certain images are available as Sheets: please refer to the website, under “Smaller Duration/Sheets”.
Please contact me (below) for further information about materials, pricing, mounting/hanging, shipping, and so on. I'm happy to help.