Inspiration comes from everywhere. From drawings on the wall, to a stack of morning breakfast crepes. I walk around observing, examining, surveying and reflecting. I pay attention as I walk down the street, taking in the formations around me. I remember one day, while teaching my printmaking class, I said, "The moment you start "seeing" - that's the moment you're an artist." So, I spend my day "seeing." My phone is always on hand to record the scene. Images are then digitally recreated into abstract compositions.
"Tides"
"Tides"
"Broad Strokes"
"Meanderings"
"Passage"
"Towering"
"Emergence Series"
"Emergence" alludes to moments near the shore; the waves, the sand, shoreline, cloud formations, the vegetation and sea life.
A world of layers emerge. Hints of the prior scenes are still evident as the scenes transform, each bringing a new fire of anticipation.
I see these as abstract digital collages. Shapes upon shapes, upon shapes, with color hinting to the reference but also departing from that inspiration to add pops of color and excitement. I am creating them digitally in my hope to not only reduce the waste I would've created if I had made them traditionally, but I also enjoy the aspect of reusing repeated shapes and tweaking their forms or color to reconstruct the composition, almost like the "ghost"of a monotype. Each spawns a new piece with memories of prior compositions still evident within these recreations. The addition of texture hints at an implied dimension within the flattened plane.
"Emergence" alludes to moments near the shore; the waves, the sand, shoreline, cloud formations, the vegetation and sea life.
A world of layers emerge. Hints of the prior scenes are still evident as the scenes transform, each bringing a new fire of anticipation.
I see these as abstract digital collages. Shapes upon shapes, upon shapes, with color hinting to the reference but also departing from that inspiration to add pops of color and excitement. I am creating them digitally in my hope to not only reduce the waste I would've created if I had made them traditionally, but I also enjoy the aspect of reusing repeated shapes and tweaking their forms or color to reconstruct the composition, almost like the "ghost"of a monotype. Each spawns a new piece with memories of prior compositions still evident within these recreations. The addition of texture hints at an implied dimension within the flattened plane.
