NW Contemporary Art

06/10/2026

If you’re an artist or gallery and have been thinking about expanding your reach, there is a huge opportunity right now in licensing your artwork and selling high-quality print reproductions. It’s a great way to generate recurring income from a single original work of art—but you need pristine, museum-quality digital files to make it happen.

With over 30 years photographing my own work, I’m now offering professional art capture services to help you open up those exact revenue streams. All my photography info is on my art website at the bottom of my homepage (photography services link also now in bio)

How it works:

Mobile Setup: I bring my professional gear straight to your studio or gallery if the space is adequate.

Drop-off: For small to medium-sized pieces, you can bring them right over to my place.

The Goal: Flawless color accuracy and immaculate files optimized for both fine art printing and web/social media packages.

Skip the technical headaches so you can focus entirely on creating! Feel free to reach out with interest or to schedule. I’m always happy to answer questions and help out with any curiosities you may have. The art world is a big place, navigating it, and finding success can come in a variety of ways. I look forward to connecting soon! Cheers

05/26/2026

Bellingham Artists and Galleries!

With over 30 years of experience photographing my own artwork, I’m now offering my professional art services to help other artists and galleries in the Bellingham and surrounding areas. I provide pristine high resolution digital files for fine art reproductions, archival uses, and for web/social media uses.

To make it even easier, I also offer a complete mobile setup and can come to you. Or for small to medium sized works, you can come to my place in Bham.

I’ve put together straightforward pricing packages depending on what you need:

* Reproduction Capture: Ultra-high-resolution TIFF/JPEG master files perfectly balanced for high-end fine art printing.

* Web & Social Media Capture: Ready-to-use JPEG digital files optimized to make your website catalog, portfolio, and Instagram feed look incredibly sharp.

Individual and full packages details can be found by clicking the photography services link at the bottom of my website homepage at www.alschwartzart.com. (Link in bio) Or reach out to me directly with questions, info requests, or to schedule.

“I highly recommend you give him a call if you’ve been struggling to get high res images for making prints or images that really represent your paintings on your web site or socials.”
- Sharon Kingston

04/07/2026

“No matter what tools you use to create, the true instrument is you. And through you, the universe that surrounds us all comes into focus.”

From the book ‘The Creative Act: A Way of Being’ - Rick Rubin

02/26/2026

12/25/2025

Happiest of holidays to everyone and last day (30) from the archives sale. I'll keep everything up and available until the end of the year. This is one last 'Raindrop Raku' hand-thrown ceramic vessel. I love this one, the form and surface compliment each other so well. For you potters out there, from a technical perspective, I would always throw my shapes without trimming. I'd throw with what's called a Japanese egote, or throw stick. I'd also use a torch when needed while working it. With the Raku firing, I'd use my own homemade gloves/pads, Id reach into the kiln at approx 1800 F, pick up the glowing red pot, walk it outside to allow the rain to hit the surface, then transfer it to a combustion with organic material smoke it. The rapid cooling would shock the piece (thermal shock) causing the 'crazing' in the glaze, then the carbon from the smoke would pe*****te into the cracks making them dark and visible. If you know pottery, every step of the process working with clay from start to finish is what makes the finished work 'complete. It takes a combo of creativity, skill, knowledge, science, pyrotechnics, and more... such a challenge, but such a reward. Feel free to reach out with questions, interest, or to see more. Bellingham pick up and viewings available.

Hand thrown vessel
12” dia. x 8” h
Raindrop Raku
Artist