Statement

For many years I have been exploring the intersection of painting and photography. My goal is to combine the techniques of painting via collage, abstracting color and texture to complement and contrast what already exists in nature. I want the illusionary element of photography to have a larger role. For too long photography has suffered from the just one moment instance of reality; one single vanishing point. Seductive colors are a pathway into the images. I'm striving toward a photograph whose construction method and appearance reveal multiple moments and perspectives simultaneously.

Each image reflects is a transition from the familiar to the unknown, from public too private. Each image forms a new view of a given site. By manipulating colors and perspectives I can summon an image which is at once a view of a photographic reality, yet one that does not exist. The illusion of permanence challenges the transitory nature of light, space and reality. A photograph of a dream. A dream that began as a photographic reality. By creating an abstracted version of reality, increasing natural or unnatural colors, I can free the medium from the inherent confines of a single vanishing point.

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