I like to use urbane imagery, particularly the scruffy, mundane details passersby barely notice.
I take a digital photo, transform it with Photoshop, sketch in details, and then transfer the altered image onto a light sensitive plate. The subject might be tire treads, cracks in the pavement, shadows on a wall; when they’re transformed – in fact, when they’re even noticed – they take on aspects that are other worldly, even religious.
The way I ink the plate imbues a painterly quality – in fact, my prints are often taken for paintings. The colors migrate in surprising ways, often blending and deflecting, so that each pulled print has its own look.
Tree shadows, rendered into color…a diptych.
Swimmer under the surface of the pool.
Tree shadow rendered in green hues.
Shadow of palm branch cast on the sidewalk.
Tree shadow rendered in autumn colors
This is urbane imagery, particularly the scruffy, mundane details passersby barely notice. I take a digital photo, transform it with Photoshop, sketch in details, and then transfer the altered image onto a light sensitive plate. The subject might be tire treads, cracks in the pavement, shadows on a wall; when they’re transformed – in fact, when they’re even noticed – they take on aspects that are other worldly, even religious.
