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Fernando has completed a clam-shell box portfolio , An All Inclusive Presence , that contains an essay and a selection of 60 (13 x 19") prints from the series of Sumi ink paintings on glass that he has been working on since 2004. This portfolio is intended as both a book prototype and the proposal for an exhibit in which the prints could be seen at their ideal scale (around 40 x 60"). The following text describes the process of the sumi ink painting on glass and the motivation behind the work. For more examples of the images created, visit the website Unbound Art Let me first give you some ide a of the process that leads to these prints. First, a very rough sketch of the hu man form or a landscape is made by painting with water on 6 x 8” or 8 x 10” glass plate. Then, this hardly visible and very basic form is tinted with highly and differentially diluted acrylic pigment or sumi ink. Subsequently, a heat gun (an in