Approach

My work explores the relationship between “nature” and the urban environment. By combining and inventing visual elements of both verdant growth and decaying organic forms with industrial and urban detritus. The combined images call into question the long held isolation of “nature” as something separated and apart from the insistent human desire for progress at any cost. Declaring them as intertwined in their life cycles and use.

The works present multiple visual perspectives. Coexisting multiple viewpoints proposing a visual version of “polyperspectivity”.  I am recognizing, as did the Cubists, that this is how we perceive the world.  That the process of “seeing” is not static, but involves highly dynamic saccadic movements.  We continually scan our area of vision even when attempting to focus in on a single point.  This is true when we visually recall a memory or imagine a scene .  Our thoughts are not limited to one single restricted image, one view, one moment, but rather conjure multiple interwoven images.  In my works present more than a combined image as an illustration of motion, time and depth but provide an entry into a  dynamic space where the exploration of the interdependent visual elements supports the cross referencing of the subject matter.

The process of producing these works is essentially one of printmaking. That is to say, the image is created by the layering of many manipulated photographic image segments. Some are large formal elements while others are small, subtle details. What separates this approach from the more traditional methods of printmaking is that these layers are composed of photographic images, captured by me, of found or constructed objects and scenes (what I think of as events).

Some of the works are in small editions (5-10) while others a unique works. The images a printed using an archival pigment print prcess on Moab 100% cotton rag paper. No AI processes are involved in image generation.