Photography
Probably every artist for the past 100 years (at least) who works 2-dimensionally has had to come to terms with their relationship with photography. In my artist statement, I claim that all of my work is abstraction and that I'm not interested in representation or narrative. So how does photography work for me?
Although I consider my works to be abstractions, they grow from reflections on experiences. One step of my process, then, has to do with having experiences and collecting them in some way so that later reflection is possible. Taking photographs, picking up rocks, keeping ticket stubs - these are all ways of remembering an experience or event so that later reflection can happen. In the photographs I present here, the color has been desaturated or has been removed all together. This action is itself a way to abstract the image, but it also suggests a feeling of nostalgia which sometimes motivates my work. To that end, all of these photos were taken while traveling.
Photography, which is something that I teach in my graphic design and digital photo courses, has a limited role in my artistic production. You can see photographs in the cyanotype book Water Ways, and here on this page. My collage work is not related to my own photography; all photographic images I use in my collages are "found images," meaning I find them already printed. I do not take photographs for collage, nor do I search for digital images that could be manipulated to be a part of that work.
Although I consider my works to be abstractions, they grow from reflections on experiences. One step of my process, then, has to do with having experiences and collecting them in some way so that later reflection is possible. Taking photographs, picking up rocks, keeping ticket stubs - these are all ways of remembering an experience or event so that later reflection can happen. In the photographs I present here, the color has been desaturated or has been removed all together. This action is itself a way to abstract the image, but it also suggests a feeling of nostalgia which sometimes motivates my work. To that end, all of these photos were taken while traveling.
Photography, which is something that I teach in my graphic design and digital photo courses, has a limited role in my artistic production. You can see photographs in the cyanotype book Water Ways, and here on this page. My collage work is not related to my own photography; all photographic images I use in my collages are "found images," meaning I find them already printed. I do not take photographs for collage, nor do I search for digital images that could be manipulated to be a part of that work.