ARTIST STATEMENT
I use the computer
and Photoshop as my sole mediums to create images that are the
basis for three ongoing series of works -- Planets, Islands,
and Still Lifes. Employing techniques that resemble collage
and painting by "borrowing" pixels of color from images
found on the Internet using search engines, I entirely absent
the camera from the artistic process. My “photographs” honor
Nature while celebrating Technology, an important concern for
me in an age when humans are struggling to find a balance with
the planet that sustains them. I approach my work as a “regenerative” project
in that it will change in a manner similar to how the Earth is
diversifying in the face of global warming and other cataclysmic
events. The early stages of altering my images, which will
be most noticeable in the plants, trees, and flowers, will take
place over the earliest numbers in the edition. So while
the edition of each work will remain fixed, the images that constitute
the beginning numbers will differ from each other in modest ways. As
the project advances, the deserts, swamps, forests, plains, oceans,
and tundra will expand, each needing its own new, unique vegetation
to conform to its vastly changed environment. My research
and direct observation of how Nature has solved its problems
provides inspiration as I try to resolve the aesthetic and social
issues this project presents. Through my art, I have found
a way to showcase Nature's all-encompassing beauty while at the
same time expressing my genuine concern for its preservation
and safety.
