Collage is how I articulate what I see. Experience is layered. Memory colors perception. Photography offers a passing glimpse of reality. Collage lets me temper that view making an image that is more personal, more abstract, more granular. The photographs describe items that catch my eye, details of the city, the occasional person, erosion, water worn rocks, unusual architecture, machinery, ancient ruins. The images are about movement, atmosphere, the feeling of a particular place, more than the subject itself. The collages tease the eye. Space and depth are distorted. The seams follow the lines in the image, but the clues that explain the space are bent. Is that view looking up or looking down?The photo sculptures explore a variety of methods to fuse photography with three-dimensional forms. The aim is to overcome the traditional boundaries of photographic portraiture: stretching the image beyond its flatness; and manipulating, altering and commenting on the “decisive moment.” This body of work explores the threshold of recognition, distortion, and ambiguity. In “Mesh Panels” the images emerge and submerge, disintegrating or materializing. Incorporating sculptural materials, experimenting with photographic processes, layering, folding and bending are all a part of creating portraits with depth and nuance.Links to more collage web sites
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