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Photographed N-Z

Artist Photographed © Richard Tullis
Years 1976-2006
Photo essays about the inner workings of the Tullis Studio.
Sequences of photos exploring the ways artists create work.
Private moments, a closer look inside the print studios workings.

Directomat 800 ton hydraulic platen press, workhorse of Atelier Richard Tullis.

John Millei putting the final touches on his woodcut monoprint with the not so subtile embossed "fucker". Photo: © 1996 Richard Tullis

Sam Messer transversing the length of the Wagner offset press while making adjustments to huge monoprints. Photo © 1989 Richard Tullis

Kenneth Noland pulling hadnmade paper sheets for his colored paper painting. Noland was a huge fan of the paper movement and embraced the relationship with Garner Tullis, Ann McLaughlin and the crew of Experimental Printmaking with an enthusiasm few could match, he also was happy to share our trade secret. Photo: © 1980 Richard Tullis

Richard Nonas fabricating sculptures for one of his shows at Pamela Auchincloss Gallery - Santa Barbara. Photo: © 1988 Richard Tullis

Therese Oulton making hr meticulous marks. Photo: © 1988 Richard Tullis

Beverly Pepper showing of her new monumental prints. Photo: © 1985 Richard Tullis

Arnaldo Pomodoro and Garner Tullis met at Stanford University in the early sixites when Garner built a bronze foundry in redwood city and was moonlighting at Cal Berkeley with Peter Voulkos.
Photo: © 1980 Richard Tullis

Harvey Quaytman was a friend of John Walker and Jake Berthot and a very interesting artist. His study of pigment was legendary and Richard was a fan. He once watched Harry take a gaden watering can and proceed to water the iron pigment on his canvas so it could rust. Photo: © 1989 Richard Tullis

David Reed wasted more paint than any other artist encountered up until this point. The sheer cost of premium artist oil color turned into grey was obscene to Richard. The prints on the other hand were exquisite. Photo © 1989 Richard Tullis

Lucas Reiner was one of the last projects Richard did in the Santa Barbara studio. Photo: © 2006 Richard Tullis

Carol Robertson working on her precise geometric painting in 2000 at Atelier Richard Tullis

David Row micro managing his plate placement before the big roller presses that image into the paper. Photo: © 1990 Richard Tullis

Italo Scanga was quite a charismatic character to work with and certainly to photograph. Photo: © 1985 Richard Tullis

Emanuele Cacciatore holding steady while Sean Scully assaults his plate with a karate kick, cancelled. Photo: © 1987 Richard Tullis

Carol Seborovski making marks in Santa Barbara. Photo: © 1989 Richard Tullis

Richard Smith and Ann McLaughlin working on cast colored paper paintings 1981. Photo: © 1981 Richard Tullis

Sique and Andy Spence working hard to make as many prints as possible in 1989. Photo: © 1989 Richard Tullis

Clinton Storm was on an existential journey while making huge monoprints in 1990 before he left New York for Berlin. Photo: © 1989 Richard Tullis

Nicole Strasburg painting her woodcut Underpass series in 2001. Photo: © 2001 Richard Tullis

Trevor Sutton paints with precision on jeweler made copper plates during his 1987 session of monoprinting. Photo: © 1997 Richard Tullis

Jeffrey Warda moving wet had cast paper sheets onto drying tables in the Santa Barbara Tullis Studio. Photo: © Richard Tullis

Joan Tanner ever the unconventional actor in the studio, insisted on not using the presses in her last project in the Santa Barbara Tullis studio 2004. Photo: © 2004 Richard Tullis

William Tucker making monotypes at the Tullis Big Press in Emeryville, Ca. Photo: © 1985 Richard Tullis

Tullis, Garner

Garner Tullis teaching Richard Tullis about paper maceration 1973. Photo: 1973 photographer unknown

Garner Tullis and Emilio Vedova collaborating. Photo: © 1989 Richard Tullis

Verity, Charlotte

Peter Voulkos working on the Tullis Big Press in Emeryville California after hours 1985. Photo: © 1985 Richard Tullis

There wouldn't have been such a robust with out Jeffery Warda working for the Tullis studio. Thanks Jeff. Photo: © Richard Tullis

John Walker slathering on the paint for the next run through the Tullis press in Santa Barbara 1987. Photo: © 1987 Richard Tullis

SB 800 ton Secret. Photo: © Richard Tullis

Wiley, William T

Ronnie Wood checking out his recently pulled prints of Chuck Berry at Experimental Printmaking, San Francisco 1980's. Photo © 1980's Richard Tullis

Ann McLaughlin, Wilbert Foo and Joe Zucker work on his cast paper pieces in the early 1980's at Experimental Printmaking. Photo: © 1980's Richard Tullis

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