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Digital Abstracts
I had never expected the developments in computers, digital cameras, and creative software that have become my tools over time. I began in the darkroom, loading reels in the dark, making prints under dim lights, and smelling of fixative. Things that were impossible with an enlarger and negatives are now available at the click of a mouse. I began creating abstract images several years ago. Photographs I had taken that seemed to need something else led me to begin creating new images from older photographs. I soon developed techniques for obtaining the results I was seeking and often stumbled by chance onto serendipitous surprises as I manipulated the digital files. I also began to see the world a bit differently, looking now for images that offered a structure for beginning a new abstract. All of these abstracts began as a single photograph. They have been through many steps to reach their final appearance. But much as a painter paints, today the digital artist uses the tools of newer technology to blend the colors, create the textures, arrange the composition, and create a new work from the raw materials of their art. How the art effects us, our reaction, is not a product of how the image appeared on the canvas or paper, but the message conveyed from the mind and vision of its creator.
Nina’s Spirals
Spirals appear in art going back to the earliest cave artists and carvers of petroglyphs. They have religious symbology and mathematical precision. There are numerous actual types of spirals, these being, I believe, Fermat’s spirals. There are other well known spirals that appear in nature and art and mathematics such as the Fibonacci, or Golden Spiral, the Archimedean, and the spiral of Theodorus. This one actually began as a photo of Nina herself.
Open Edition - Loose Prints
Collection of 4 Archival Pigment Prints on Paper
Paper - Museo Sliver Rag, 13 x 19 inch, 250 GSM
Signed in Pencil on Verso
Ventian Bands
I had the joy of visiting Venice, Murano, and Burano in 2014. Besides these abstracts, I have produced two books, a show, and a limited edition portfolio from hundreds of photos of these amazing island cities in the Venitian Lagoon. As sea levels rise with the warming of the planet, Venice and other coastal treasures are threatened with destruction and loss. Venice holds countless art treasures that can never be replaced. This abstract series is built from the colors of this magnificent city echoing the variety, the richness of Veneto.
Open Edition - Loose Prints
Collection of 4 Archival Pigment Prints on Paper
Paper - Museo Sliver Rag, 13 x 19 inch, 250 GSM
Signed in Pencil on Verso
Abstract Arrangements
This set of images is about separation, isolation, independence, expressiveness, elevation above commonality. But with humor.
Open Edition
Collection of 3 Archival Pigment Prints on Paper
Paper - Museo Sliver Rag, 13 x 19 inch, 250 GSM
Signed in pencil on verso