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Bayside Park (Grand Marais Plein Air 2019)

Diner After Hours

Uptown Boats

57 to Door County

When Dogs Run Free

Recent Snow, Quiet Street

7-Eleven Sunset

Breakfast Meeting

Carl Bretzke
Fine Art Plein Air Painter
I met Carl Bretzke back when I was taking landscape oil painting classes from Joe Paquet. I’ve enjoyed watching Carl while developing his style and continuously improving over the years. Consequently he’s received many accolades in the past couple of years winning many Plein Air painting awards, here are some of his most recent:
- Carmel Art Fesitval – FAC Award of Excellence
- Maui Plein Air 2017 – Collector’s Choice
- Lighthouse Plein Air – Honorable Mention
- Plein Air Salon – Grand Prize Winner
- Grand Marais Plein Air – Best of Show
- Door County Plein Air – Best Of Show
- Carmel Art Festival 2016 – Plein Air Magazine Award Of Excellence & 1st Place Quick Paint
His paintings often have large dark areas, rich color saturation and he varnishes them to a high shine. As a result, these qualities present major challenges to photograph, but they always come out because of my specialized process.
Gallery Owner, Laura Grenning, talks about new paintings at Grenning Gallery including works by Carl Bretzke.
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Joe Paquet
I would recommend anyone who needs art photography to avail themselves of Mitch Rossow Photography. We have worked together for 10 years and in that time has photographed and catalogued all my paintings besides managing all my website duties.
He believes in quality and craft.
Over the years he has refined his process to such an extent that the usual problems of glare and delicate color balance are no longer an issue.
For me personally his ability to hit subtle neutral tones and extremely nuanced tonal transitions make him the only choice to work with. Personally he is a courteous, punctual and easy to work with – a true professional.
Sue Wipf
I want to express my gratitude for your dedication to your business, which means your dedication to your clients! Your skilled work of photographing my paintings never disappoints. I am always extremely satisfied and amazed at the quality and your ability to capture the painting down to the smallest detail. Thank you!
Sue Wipf
Steven J Levin, ARC Living Master
Hey Mitch, just wanted to let you know that I had that same large hats painting photographed by another photographer that you had done for me because I wanted to compare the results.
Yours is by far the better one.
The old method I had been relying on of going from transparency first and then to a scan is really pretty inferior now that I see them side by side.
Wish I'd had you photographing my works these past many years. Oh well, live and learn. Thanks!
Matthew Rucker
I've tried to photograph my own work for years, and it never worked well. I couldn't get the painting square, neither the color nor the detail could be captured properly, and they were barely usable for my portfolio and website.
I've also used professional scans of my paintings. While these turned out better than my personal photographs, details were often lost, the color wasn't always accurate, and I had issues with banding when producing prints.
I've used several professional photographers that specialize in art documentation, including at local museums. None have come close to capturing the amount of detail and accuracy that Mitch achieves with his photographs.
Mary Pettis, ARC Living Master ASMA, AIS, OPA
I am an oil painter working in the contemporary style of expressive realism. Mitch Rossow has been my photographer for a few years now, and I have nothing but glowing words to describe what it is like to work with him. His photos have captured accurately the gamut of color palettes that I use, whether the subject is an 8x10” Plein Air flower study, the subtle gradations in 30x40” sunrises over the ocean, or large 4x6’ studio paintings of Italian villages and vistas...
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Amira Freidson
Artists need high quality images of their work for so many things. Portfolios, websites, social media, submitting to grants and juried competitions, and more. Mitch is incredibly knowledgable about what it takes to properly document work, he is easy to get ahold of and schedule time with, and his turnaround time can't be beat. Absolutely, Mitch is the person you want to photograph your paintings!
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