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I’m fascinated by soil.
The soil we walk upon is teeming with gazillions of tiny, unseen critters, with one gram containing as much as 5,000-7,000 bacteria species.
And most people don’t even realize it.
Strata Discs revolve around those critters seen or unseen and the environment surrounding them. Each completed piece becomes a decomposing, creature-filled and impermanence abiding environment soon to crumble into soil. It’s what all matter eventually becomes--layers of history.
I like to imagine what a cross-section of this strata could contain—perhaps fictional frolicking creatures, colorful minerals, objects that have been disposed of or demolished, all of them past memories embedded within deposited layers.
Paper covered wood rounds. This series consisted of large circular rounds containing trapped frolicking creatures within boldly colored strata.
Private collection.
Paper covered wood rounds. This series consisted of large circular rounds containing trapped frolicking creatures within boldly colored strata.
Private collection.
Paper covered wood rounds. This series consisted of large circular rounds containing trapped frolicking creatures within boldly colored strata.
Private collection.
Paper covered wood rounds. This series consisted of large circular rounds containing trapped frolicking creatures within boldly colored strata.
Private collection.
Paper covered wood rounds. This series consisted of large circular rounds containing trapped frolicking creatures within boldly colored strata.
Private collection.
Paper covered wood rounds. This series consisted of large circular rounds containing trapped frolicking creatures within boldly colored strata.
Paper covered wood rounds, 24”x 24”. This series consisted of large circular rounds containing trapped frolicking creatures within boldly colored strata.
Paper covered wood rounds. This series consisted of large circular rounds containing trapped frolicking creatures within boldly colored strata.
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.
acrylic/photo transfer on Hardboard panel
30" X 30"
private collection
acrylic/photo transfer on Hardboard panel
30" X 30"
private collection
acrylic/photo transfer on Hardboard panel
30" X 30"
private collection
acrylic/photo transfer on Hardboard panel
30" X 30"
private collection
acrylic/photo transfer on Hardboard panel
artist collection
A picture can represent many possible ideas unseen by the viewer. Using spontaneously shot photos as a jumping off point, I let these ideas find their way out past the picture's edge. Sometimes clear, sometimes blurry, the chosen photos always contain some thread of interest, either through color and/or structure, that guides in these "extensions". Connecting until the viewer can not instantly tell where the photo ends and the drawing begins, I first use ink to develop the idea then acrylics to blend the color.
acrylic/photo transfer/ink on Hardboard panel
private collection
acrylic/photo transfer/ink on Hardboard panel
30” X 30”
private collection
acrylic/photo transfer/ink on Hardboard panel
24” X 24”
artist collection
acrylic/photo transfer/ink on Hardboard panel
private collection
acrylic/photo transfer/ink on Hardboard panel
private collection
photo credit: Duncan Price
acrylic/photo transfer/ink on Hardboard panel
private collection
photo credit: Duncan Price
acrylic/photo transfer/ink/interchangeable paper-covered-compact discs on Hardboard panel
private collection
acrylic/photo/ink on paper
16" X 24"
artist collection
Acrylic on Ampersand Hardbord panel
12" X 12"
Donated to 2007 PONCHO
Each book is custom made. After determining which photos will be used, I transfer them onto medium then apply the transfers onto fold-out books. Each image is 'extended' with acrylics and ink throughout all pages for a continuous look.
I continuously work on books. I use my own photos, photo transfer them onto medium, apply the transfers to the paper pages, then 'extend' them by letting the color and shape determine the final look. Random words also come to mind and find their way onto the pages.
acrylic/photo transfer/ ink on paper
A Father's Day commissioned piece. Custom made for a father that travels often; he can easily travel with it to remember his son everyday while away. My client provided photos of her son's first 11 months along with 4 pictures for his 12th month (15 total).
acrylic/photo transfer/ ink on paper
A Father's Day commissioned piece. Custom made for a father that travels often; he can easily travel with it to remember his son everyday while away. My client provided photos of her son's 13th month through his 24th.
acrylic/photo transfer/ ink on paper
