My Process

My process is really an attempt to not have one. To let the image speak for itself, though the image itself might only be a “jumping off point”. Through a process of digital alchemy, physical manipulation with glass, prisms, and/or painting, I layer and command the frame until origin gives way to a tactile, “fingerprint” experience. I am interested in what remains when a photograph is pushed past its limits into the realm of abstract expression….or to simply leave it alone.

The only real continuity of my work is to enhance or change our perception. Not to escape reality, but to expand it!

For the most part, I start with an image that interests me. The captured moment will impose its limitations. These limitations force you to be more creative, finding a more interesting change than the original. Intent…most people try to make their art solely based on intent, and will only consider it finished if the intent is reached or abandoned. I find that intent is necessary for the impetus, but not necessary to finish, and more often than not, better than the original intent. In other words, I always expand outward on making a piece of art, and let “it” tell me when I am done.