Although many of my images contain clearly
recognizable subjects, and all start as photographs, I want to present something
more than just a photographic representation of an attractive scene. Sometimes
only slight changes of color, form, or texture will focus attention on specific
relationships, or emphasize a particular mood. In other images, the reorganizing
of color across natural forms results in a very abstract pattern of interaction
between the natural forms and the crosscutting color forms. There is a beauty
and complexity in these images that is enjoyable as an experience in itself.
The image of a form made of tiny bubbles created by a specific volume flow
of water in a stream bed modified by fallen leaves can cause one to think about
all the shapes we see in nature, and wonder about the energy and material flows
that created them.
The original image may have been captured
on film, or with a digital camera. This original image was developed into the
final image using a digital darkroom instead of a chemical one.
These images are one of a kind prints.
Most were printed onto cotton rag paper, some on HP Canvas Matte, all with
Roland pigmented inks. The images printed on paper are mounted on Gatorfoam
or Dibond boards, and protected by a coating of acrylic polymer medium with
a final coat of acrylic polymer varnish. The images printed on canvas are
coated with Premier Art™ Spray, and stapled to heavy-duty stretcher
bars.
