Royce Howland Print Studio

RHPS is a sponsor of the 2024 Calgary Artists Studio Tour!

Royce Howland Print Studio is proud to announce our sponsorship of the Calgary Artists Studio Tour (CAST)! Join us in supporting Calgary's local art scene by attending this exciting event, which runs from May 3rd to 5th.

Seminar with Christine Klassen Gallery: Adding Printmaking To Your Creative Practice

Are you an artist creating original visual artworks, and thinking about adding prints of your works to your practice? If you've got questions, join Christine Klassen (Director of Christine Klassen Gallery) and Royce Howland (Master Printer at Royce Howland Print Studio) the evening of March 28, 2024. In about 75 minutes Christine and Royce will … Continue reading Seminar with Christine Klassen Gallery: Adding Printmaking To Your Creative Practice

Inspiring Prints: “The Black Canyon” by Edward Steichen

If you're honest, I suspect you'd admit that the image shown here more than likely wouldn't make you stop for a long glance, let alone a second glance... based strictly on what you can see from this small thumbnail on a busy web page. Nevertheless, when I saw an original print of it in a … Continue reading Inspiring Prints: “The Black Canyon” by Edward Steichen

Ansel Adams on the Expressive Print

The term "fine print" (or "expressive print" as I think of it) is elusive in meaning. The fine print represents, to me, an expressive object of beauty and excellence. The difference between a very good print and a fine print is quite subtle and difficult, if not impossible, to describe in words. There is a … Continue reading Ansel Adams on the Expressive Print

Print is alive and well

Regarding rumors that the digital age is soon to render photographic prints as being no longer necessary or relevant (due to increasing numbers of photographic images being viewed on electronic monitors) speculators overlook the tremendous importance and historic relevance of the physical artifact as being a uniquely necessary and applicable aspect of photographic art. The … Continue reading Print is alive and well

RHPS has launched!

I'm super stoked to announce that Royce Howland Print Studio is officially up and running! Over the past several years, I've grown to love working with photographers and artists to help them better understand how to work with digital tools and digital print, and to make great prints for them. Now, with RHPS as my … Continue reading RHPS has launched!

Panoramic prints

Did you know that here at Royce Howland Print Studio, we can make prints that aren't limited to "standard sizes"? Our large format printers can use standard pre-cut sheets, but they are primarily designed to print from rolls. Rolls do come in a few standard widths, such as 17", 24", 36" and 44". So the … Continue reading Panoramic prints