These new works reflect a major departure for me as a photographer: from classical training in black-white film with Minor White in the 1960’s to the meta-photographic of new media.
I begin with one of my own original photographs. Building on the physicality of the frame and then pushing beyond its limits, the frame becomes a new and fluid place where I can wander about and play; this magical space becomes my canvas and I imbue it with visual, moral and cerebral dimensions.
The original photograph becomes the core of a visual puzzle. Combining the seen and the imagined; questioning, disrupting, imbuing a magical quality to what I see, feel and think.
My creative process is meditative and organic. I layer associated and disassociated objects, historical and contemporary references, to create visualizations that turn my wildest imaginings into visual delights. I want to share these magical realities with those willing to LOOK hard at the surface and then SEE what angels or demons lie below.
