Dick Garvey

At the age of 18, Dick Garvey purchased his first camera. At 19, he decided to hop in his truck and travel across the country and see what the land had to offer. He did so through the lens of his camera. "My friends were going to visit Europe and see the world. I was seeing this country." On a lark, he decided to send for information from a photography school. After receiving a BFA from the Brooks Institute of Photography, he decided he didn't want a big, glamour job in Hollywood or New York and decided to connect again with the architectural landmarks of the West and to capture those images.

"I practiced, I explored, I experimented. I learned that photography should be honest. If you can understand how light describes everything, you do not need tricks and gimmicks. I learned that if you do it right, you can take a subject that people often walk right past, and present it in such a way as to stop them in their tracks," Garvey says. "Light is the most stimulating element of life. Light is a sensation. Without it, we have nothing. Often I will stumble upon something at just the right moment and make the photograph. But usually, I see something and have to go back several times to capture the image in just the right light. Sometimes I just wait."

Mr. Garvey uses a large format cameral to create giant prints on canvas. His attention to detail is remarkable and breathtaking. "All of my work is in color. The prints are archival because I would like to think people want to have them around for awhile. I make only 12 prints of any image. I like the larger format because it gives so much more control of perspective, focus, and exposure."

He has taught in numerous elementary schools, Western Washington University, the University of Washington, and the Brooks Institute of Photography's Workshop Series. He currently shows with numerous galleries in California and Washington. This is his first year with Chaparral Fine Art.

      Eucalyptus Furrows      photograph, 48 x 38      $ 1,595     

Pinedale, WY     photograph, 38 x 48      $ 1,595

Bodie, CA     photograph, 38 x 48      $ 1,595

Truck Bouquet      photograph, 38 x 48      $ 1,595

Foss River, Monet     photograph, 38 x 48      $ 1,595

Slims Tavern      photograph, 38 x 48     $ 1,595