"Photo Extensions"

I’m attracted to photos most people would throw away; photos that are out of focus, with partial or distorted images, or unnatural eye-popping color.

Using a spontaneously taken photograph as a starting point, this image is photo transferred onto medium, applied to a substrate, then “extended”.  Through multiple layers of acrylic glazes the photo’s color and form reaches beyond its borders until the initial image is almost undetectable.

My interest in this process began as a study in the precise nature of my decorative painting business, started in 1993. Focusing on murals, faux finishes, and marbleizing, my business also includes the constant challenge of color matching and “fooling the eye” through trompe l’oeil.

Exploring this method of blending an original image into an “extended” version through color and form becomes the basis of this work.